What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Replaced the license plate frames from the dealer with silicone ones!

 

Yep. You know LA mud sticks to everything. It even turns your tires blue if it dries on there.
On another note, waiting for my LSU tickets to come in. Those suckers are getting more expensive every year.

 

1. Vled brake, turn, license plate, and side markers front and back.
2. Kc hilites back up lamps mounted to Tube bumper
3. Kc hilites under hood cyclone lights with a ground switched button so they turn on when the hood opens
4. Switched the rear turn signals to where back up lamps go
5. Switched entire red area of tail lights to running and brake lights

 

Just dropping in for my first post. I’ve been following for a while. Love my TACOMA. Lots of great mods and people on here

 

Welcome! Nicole color! What cover do you have for the bed? I’ve been looking into getting one.

 

Thanks! I love how Inferno seems to change colors. It’s the Toyota factory cover. I really like it and in terms of price, it wasn’t that bad.

 

Put LED reverse lights..............SUBSTANTIALLY brighter even in late afternoon grog.

 

I got Matt Gecko LEDs bed lights for an early birthday gift. I had a lot of fun installing them and their instructions make it very simple to follow!

 

Welcome Aboard. Get ready to spend handfuls of money. Enjoy the ride.

 

Good choice. A1 quality from him.

 

Around how much did this run you?

 

Nice, is this tied in to your cab or a switch in the bed?

 

Just a little info on the black front air dam on TRD Sport Tacomas. I got wax or something on both sides and couldn’t get it off. I used Meguiars Ultimate Black and it looks better than new. Just thought I’d pass it on. Restores black plastic parts. https://www.meguiars.com/automotive/products/ultimate-black

 

Looks like it’d be good to put on fender flares and the trim around the bed.

 

Yes sir, they look great, work great, and he has the whole kit put together so well!

It’s a switch in the bed, I put it in next to the outlet on the right.

 

Finally got my Lomax Tri Fold Tonneau installed after work

 

On the 25.1, it was a relatively short distance doing mostly 50 & a bit at 45.

On the 19.4, I drove mostly at 75 +/- 5.

I forgot to take a picture, but I did the same trip as above having 23,300 miles on the ODO. I got 20.9 mpg driving the same speeds. If I do the 65 mph limit, I get 22 +/- 1 generally. Since I have a 6 speed manual with 430 gears, I have no complaints.

 

Looks good. I can understand the shocks, but why the air bags?

 

I chose to go with shocks and airbags for a couple reasons. First, I wanted to upgrade the shocks from the stock TRD Sport Shocks, I chose the 2.5 rears with resi’s because in the front I will be adding 2.5 Resi adjustable coil overs from Icon, I want to level the truck. Stock the truck has a slight rake and when I loaded the bed with my rack, the rooftop tent, plus all the camping gear, and people the truck sat low and squatted. Secondly, now the truck is level, when I load it up it will sag a little in the back, so I can now use the airbags to level the truck again. With the air bags I installed a Daystar cradle system to allow the airbag to not be anchored to the axle giving your axle freedom to articulate. I don’t do much extreme rock crawling but I would like the articulation if I need it trying to get to a camp spot. I’m planning on towing a small jet boat and jet ski too aside from camping. The airbags will help with the rear when towing. Finally, on the daily my truck isn’t loaded with all the gear, I didn’t want to do an add-a-leaf or leaf pack and constantly have a stiff ride in the rear. Hopes that make sense. At least it does to me.

 

Put some "string" LED's in my camper shell. Before and after.