What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Welcome to TW!

 

I found them on Etsy. Superdec is the seller. They shipped from Ukraine so it took about a month.

 

These are aftermarket lights that are installed on the trucks by south Florida Toyota dealers. I bought them on Amazon. I bought the switch separately and installed it on the actual light so that I did not have top open any more holes in the bed. I did not hook them up to the factory bed lights because then I would have to go inside the cab to turn them on.

 

It comes in very handy!

 

Very nice. It looks clean and I love the convenience of it.

 

Yeah, I looked at the cheap ones at HF and other places and settled on paying $10 more for a heavy duty model

$28 Astro Pneumatic Tool 1423 1/4" Heavy Duty 13" Hand Riveter

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039697ME/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Double axis handles make it very easy to operate and the catch-can captures the spent rivet end so it doesn't go flying around and do any damage.

 

Gotta get one of these for my drawer of whatever tools

 

I was in the same boat as you, I’ve never had a vehicle this nice and I was mortified to drill and or mess it up. After a deep breath and measuring 62 times I went thru with it. Thoroughly happy I did

 

I knew I wasn't the only one

 

They charged me 1,400 for lift, installation, alignment and re calibration of radar sensors. Totally worth it as far as I'm concerned for keeping everything under factory warranty!

 

dropped the truck off at Deaver Suspension this morning to get a leaf pack. They've got a new pack that they're thinking of producing for expo guys and he might try on my truck. I don't have info on it as of yet

 

Thanks for choosing us Nick!

 

Raptor grille amber leds

 

There’s a lot of great Tacoma stickers on Etsy. Here’s a couple of my favorite stores:
https://etsy.me/2CYfhsP

https://etsy.me/2EYpH0b

Some great keychains!: https://etsy.me/2eU8OXR

https://etsy.me/2nGCLge

 

The meats arrived yesterday. It’s gonna be a good weekend with the KM3

 

Called SPC and they were very helpful, particularly Mark in engineering. Nonetheless they gave me some bad news stating that their washers are flat - and that the OE dish can cause problems for the control arms. The explanation seemed pretty rational, that the flat washers only contact the protruding part of the inner spacer on the UCA bushings, and the inner spacer makes contact with the frame in the inboard side of the UCA. As you torque to spec the long bolt, inner spacers, and frame act as the static component of the setup, allowing the bushing to move over the inner spacer as everything else is held together tightly. At least that was my interpretation of what he said. Washers are not available through independent distributors, so I'd have to order them from SPC which would take a few days. No local distributor has the bushing kit on hand - and I don't particularly feel like taking a sawzall to the bushing to replace it right now anyway as it looks good.

I think I'm going to order the bushing replacement kit, and torque everything down as is for now so I can get back to driving the truck. The OE dished washers have the convex portion making contact with the inner spacer of the bushing, and not on any portion of the rubber bushing itself - hopefully it will stay that way when I tighten everything up and won't bind on the rubber. I'll replace the bushings with the new kit which includes new washers when I go back in there - which shouldn't be too long as I ordered the clamshell bushing from ECGs in anticipation of vibration after my suspension work (Bilstein 6112's and 5160's + OME HD leaf pack).

 

Nice set up! How did that sound without the sub? Was your entune radio enough to power them all? Sorry for all the questions... I have the same tweeters and want to throw in those same ks door speakers as well, just not sure if I’d need an amp also

 

Info on your tail lights? TIA

 

Tiny, but radio knobs just arrived.

 

How do you like that phone mount?