What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks Joe! Very fortunate to be here....for the time being.

 

Sold my OEM Firestone tires for $50 each.

 

https://www.sportwing.com/ I've got them too.

 

Thanks. I may of financed two cars in my life, only because 0% interest or some deal, but even those I just paid off in a few months. Not bragging or complaining or lecturing but if I don't have the cash for something, I don't buy it. Yes, I have a home mortgage (smallish) so I'm not perfect, and yes.........well thanks to you clowns I'm using my credit card OT, still pay that sucker off.

 

Absolutely my friend! The light brackets STL provided were unfortunately bare stainless. So I sanded, primed and painted all brackets black. Every connection made was in-line spliced with a 22-18AWG barrel connector, filled with silicone, crimped, wire-shrink wrapped and black taped for added weatherproofing. As for keeping the wire in place I picked up a couple of those black square zip-tie mounting bases with adhesive bottom from Home Depot...(we'll see how the adhesive holds up in CT winter - 10 come in a pack and I used 6, 3 for each side. not the end of the world to replace, zips and bases are cheap) took a black sharpie to the sides of the adhesive tape (tape was white) so it didn't stick out as much on the back or sides of the truck, couple zip ties to keep everything in place and that was it.

As for the feeds to the rear I ran some outdoor/Sun Res 18/4 Stranded speaker cable I had left over from work, down where the bed meets the cab, zip tied to some existing electrical runs underneath the driver side of the truck, up into the engine bay and made my connections to the switch in the bay. ALWAYS LABEL YOUR CABLES!

Hope this is useful info for anyone looking to do a clean BackRack light install, it was hard for me to find anything installation wise about it online or how others have done it. I'm an electrician so I'm used to winging it and figuring s*** out myself so hope this helps. No one likes a sloppy wiring job!

https://www.speedtechlights.com/led-off-road-light-bars/carbine-140-degree-led-spotlight - got a sweet deal on a 4 pack - BRIGHT!! https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-1-in-Mounting-Base-Natural-100-Pack-HW-4AC/203531920
https://www.homedepot.com/p/NSi-Ind...d-Butt-Splice-in-Red-100-Pack-B22-V/303983530

 

Thank you @SimplyMuggle for the vinyl it turned out great!

 

Looking good. What size are the replacement hex bolts and where did you order them from?

 

Dig those pods...could you possibly post a few pictures of the entire truck front end at different angles to get a feel for how big the pods look?

 

Looks good! How are everyone installing these wraps on their wheels...did you removed them from the truck first? Just wondering if it’s not too hard to do it without taking the wheels off.

 

I did mine with the wheels on the truck. Took about an hour and a half.

 

I don’t remember the size but I just took one of the stock ones out and brought it into my local hardware store and found a countersunk hex head bolt in the same length and thread pitch

 

Nice job! I do have a suggestion based on "been there done that" for what it's worth. I recommend removing the foam tape from the adhesive backed mounting pads and replace with 3M Emblem Tape. Just a thought. I've found that the supplied foam tape is fine for indoor use but almost always fails outside.

 

Thank you! I’ll try and do this on my wheels. Do you know where I can get a good precut ones for my 19’ TRD OR wheels?

 

I got mine on Etsy from simplymuggle. She has them for all sizes

 

AJT Vent Rings
https://www.ajtdesign-llc.com/online-store/2016-Tacoma-c36840659

 

Installed a Billetworkz weighted shift knob, today. Lightbulb shape. Very nice.

 

Took my truck in for its first service since it's been in my hands, atleast I know for sure where it stands on schedule. Got a few questions and compliments regarding the Borla exhaust, which was nice. Also had a tech blurt out, "what the shit?", because he apparently looked directly into my tail lights when my service tech turned on the hazards. Thanks MESO, definitely gave me a laugh this morning!

 

Put my switch panel in for I don’t know what yet

 

Thinking ahead? "What would you do for a MESO mod"?

 

Looks perfect. How was it popping the panel out? What "blank" are you using?