Cheap/Free Mods

Jean Leg Strap Protectors -




Just enough protection to insert and get by a rough edge - doubled or tripled - cheap.

 

Like this a lot. Moving my mounts from behind the rear seat to the front today.

 

Further, if you sew those cutoff pantlegs together end to end, you can make GUN CASES.

 

haha, I remember in the BSA handbook you could make a backpack, life vest, pontoon boat, float plane... ok ok maybe not a boat or plane but it seemed like there were a zillion things to use pants/jeans for. (I'm sure I'm mixing in other books. there was one similar to the BSA field guide and handbook... maybe also by a scouter that had tons of survival/camping skills and instructions)

edit/found it: The American Boy's Handy Book By Daniel Beard (one of the founders of scouting in America)

 

We have some other legs used in the camping gear - my Mrs sewed one end closed and then rigged the other with a drawstrings. There's one with re-bar pegs and so-on - whatever is long and skinny and known to scatter. I know one of my field service outfits had the arms and legs of a jacked set of Carhart arctic coveralls, rolled up and stashed in the toolbox. Whatever works.......

 

Brilliant, even helps the aching knee after a long day of wheeling!

 

Armrest cushion. Picked up from Amazon few months ago . Forgot what brand but they got several similar looking ones . Cut off straps and glued anti slip shelf linner on so when need to access console comes off easily .

 

Add Mirror Defrost to first Gen.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/manual-mirror-adjustment.528029/#post-16888813

 

Pericedtiger that is really cool you spent all the time on putting this together. Thanks for doing this I will be use it fairly often.

 

Sometimes the simplest mods are the most useful. Like all of us, I occasionally use my tailgate as a workbench. But that corrugated plastic cover on the inside makes for a terrible work surface. I want to eventually get a steel replacement but that's not as priority right now what with the limited funds I currently have in the Truck Fund.

So for less that $25 and a trip to Home Depot I came up with an adequate improvisation that will do for the time being.

Here is a simple 48" x 12" MDF shelf board from Home Depot for about $11 and change, held down by some countersunk drywall screws I already had. On the edge is a 48" piece of aluminum U channel to keep things like nuts, bolts, small parts, etc. from rolling off. The aluminum is also about $11.

Quick and easy, cheap, and installs in <10 minutes.

 

I'm not familiar with MDX. Is that the same as MDF?

 

Yes, in fact it is MDF. Fat Finger error on my part.

 

Aren't you concerned that it will come apart in the weather? Just wondering. Looks like a good mod for me other than that.

 

If you're worried about MDF, you could try ABS.

https://www.interstateplastics.com/...4953-4p&dim2=12&dim3=48&thickness=0.177&qty=1

 

Well, it's cheap to replace if necessary and it is just temporary until I can get something metal.

 

I'm surprised this thread doesnt have more pages if ppl are still talking on it.

 

Great idea

 

Great idea

 

use the multi quote feature

 

Great idea … Sorry had too