What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

A lot has happened over the weekend. Got the OME 887 nitrocharger + dakar medium leaf pack installed. Also put the ecgs bushing in for peace of mind. Then I put on 255 85 16 KM2s. First pic is lift with stock tires. I went with 887 instead of 888 because I didn't want the possibility of having to get new UCAs. I also don't actually care that much about amount of lift, I just wanted the dakar leaf packs for towing and payload (I'll be doing a cross country move soon). I went with 255s with stock wheels because they look awesome and they give you the greatest chance of not having to do any trimming or molding. I firmly believe 255s with 887s is the most trouble free way to lift your truck. No problems yet *knock on wood*. Special thanks to @HeadStrong Off-Road for providing the easiest and most complete package to do the lift.

Since my last post I added a China TRD pro grill, Pace Edwards Switchblade, and XenonDepot HID kit, and a Scangauge II. No complaints about anything.

I don't know my lift numbers, don't really care, just wanted it higher lol. The dakar leaf packs were important to me as I tow a lot. Everything else is gravy. I don't get any driveline vibrations. By my calculations, the cb drop kit OME has should alleviate any disruption of stock driveline angles a 2-3 inch lift induces. You shouldn't need rear shims either as the reciprocating angles between the rear shaft to cb and rear shaft to rear diff shouldn't change. I myself just installed the cb drop and didn't encounter any vibrations.

Skinnies look nice. I'll probably throw on spydertrax spacers to widen the stance. The steering is definitely more loose, maybe because of decreased width. Nothing concerning. They do have road noise, like a whine especially at highway speeds. I drove a POS 1993 Nissan Sentra for 4 years. Noise doesn't bother me but something to consider.

 

Looking good!

 

Ok thanks guys

 

I tried plastidip first and didn't like how the turned out. So I wrapped them. I believe the Sr swap doesn't have the smart feature

 

I don't believe the smart feature is on the SR5 model.

 

the T is a little crooked but @rrentrop sends 3 per so I might fix it

 

Did plasti dip just look bad? Did u come off easily because of always touching the door handles?

 

Nice! You should hold off on the re-install of the decal.
It will more than likely get messed up over time and need to be redone anyway, so why waste the decal.

 

I tried spraying one on the truck and it didn't look smooth because of the angle of spraying it. So If I was going to take them off I think wrapping was better option.

 

Yeah good idea

 

Likewise my friend!

 

Nothing super exciting since so many here have done it but put the $80 Amazon pro grill on my 16 OR. LOVE the way it looks now

 

Ok thanks I was thinking of plasti dip now I may not.

 

You could try it on one handle like I did and see how you like it. Just peel it off it doesn't look good.

 

Speaking of door handles I’ll be updating my interior ones to black today.

 

Removed the fender flares. Test fitting the Bushwackers before painting them with bedliner. Was a little worried that the wheels/tires wouldn't be big enough for them or the bedliner would be too glossy for my taste, but compared to how the Bushwackers came, I think the bedliner on metallic grey is going to turn out better than I thought.

Test fit before bedliner


Before and after bedliner


Now just waiting on the hardware so I can bolt these puppies on.

 

Do you have an after pic? I'm am slowly going to dechrome my interior and I'm curious how this turned out. Where did you snag these?

 

Nice. Haven't seen this mod yet. Post pics when you are done

 

Had a real big itch to do something recently, guess a few slow days at work doesn’t help when I search mods all day. Best $20 I’ve spent on the taco so far

 

Finally got my bumper/winch on last week plus new wheels and 255/75r16 Duratracs put on yesterday. Super happy with how both turned out and can't wait to go get them all dirty.