What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Weatherproofed the bed caps & side and front rails for my A.R.E. MX shell. Took the opportunity to install the front track as well. Fingers crossed that this will help to keep the bed & contents dry.

I need to do some touch-up/clean up work, but I'm pretty happy with it.

I used the EternaBond microsealant putty tape:

$48 EternaBond DoubleStick 2" x50' Double-Sided Bonding Tape | 60 mil Adhesive Thickness | EB-6D020-50R | Permanent, Weather Proof, Self Sealing Bond Sticks to Many Surfaces

https://www.amazon.com/EternaBond-D...putty+tape&qid=1564473813&s=automotive&sr=1-1

If I had to do it all over again, I'd buy the 3" wide putty tape--much less work over having to cut additional strips.

I'll add the "after" photos tomorrow; ran out of good light.

 

Jealous... with 4.88s and 34in tires, I get 15.5 city

 

That's some dedicated work, I hope it works to be weatherproof!! Keep us posted.

 

I have debated getting some bigger tires but it's my daily driver and I am not ready to give up the mpg. Though I have heard it rumored that pizza cutters may not cause that much if a drop...

 

While I bow to your mad 'shoop skillz (and I hear that Bimmer execs are taking a serious look at your design), you could have just posted a pic of one of these:



That's right, the Cadillac Escalade EXT (EXtremely Tacky, and big brother to the Ridgeline). I'm not seeing any excessive bodywork gaps there.

 

I'm grooving the ammo can storage idea, I've got several of these laying around, would be interested in knowing how you have them mounted, the way yours looks would interfere with my bed cover, but I like the idea!

 

These are the ones I used:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4S62LC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

My question is how you get in an out of your truck...lol.

 

(Almost) twin brothers from another mother. The younger one is mine. One spot apart in the office lot. Amazing how similar the two are. Even a lot of the little cosmetic details match. Quite a few Tacos in our lot. Pretty cool to see the diversity, or in this case, lack of, I suppose.

 

Got my Icon progressive 3 leaf aal installed. The front Bilstein 5100s were incorrectly installed on the 4th notch with OME 885s. For now it still has a slight lean, but wow what a difference in ride quality with the 1 1/2" lift in the back. I felt like I was dragging a$$ while riding on a flat road. Getting the fronts adjusted tomorrow to the bottom notch then I'll be removing the SR5 emblems and the pin striping. Why do dealerships still pinstripe cars?

Before
After

Before

After

 

Congrats on the milestone. Any issues outside of normal maintenance stuff??

 

Just drill a hole through the sides and attach to any kind of mount to the bed rails

 

Low cost, easy to install, high profit margin

 

Going to be installing a new grille today. Anyone got a link to a thread or video of what needs to be done and not done? Pretty sure it’s straight forward but I’d rather avoid doing unnecessary work if possible

 

Just search youtube. There are multiple videos out there explaining how to remove/install a new grille.

 

Pop n lock install

Works great but the locking unit is really loud when it does its thing

 

Do a search. It’s a pretty common complaint and others have found ways to dampen it a bit.

 

Oh no!

Attention Walmart shoppers...