What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

great callouses though!

 

Caliraised behind the bumper light bar that I got for a steal from a local San Diego member!
Decided to paint the tow hook red, and threw on the Meso headlight trim pieces.

FYI for the meso headlight pieces it’s recommended to remove the bumper but not needed... I did remove the front grill, all the bumper clips under the grill, two lower Phillips screws that meet the bumper and fender wall, lower bumper corner Phillips( bottom corner of bumper, and pried out the top corner of the bumper to give access to the lower Phillips screw that holds the filler piece. Sorry I didn’t take pictures as I had only about 30 mins to get it done before wifey got home.

 

The sneaky approach?

 

Got my sliders from "@WhiteKnuckleOffRoad" 15 degree offset up. Drawn on a mandrel (DOM) for strength. Come powder coated. Been hit a bunch of times and no visible damage. Love em!

 

I used hvt shade and a quick clear coat for glossy.

 

Well, one more thing showed up in the mail. Thank you @Coupe for the battery hold down. Great work and fast shipping.

 

Man you’ve been busy lately
Lovin’ it!

 

Hah, I know! I decided this was the truck I wanted to get in mid July, and I had to wait until two weeks ago for one to hit a lot in my area. So I spent two months without a truck watching this forum and researching and planning what I wanted to do when I got it. Now my wish list is a to do list, and I'm just checking things off (and occasionally adding some things to the end ). I'm having a blast making this thing mine!

 

As long as you stay on this site, the "list" will never end

 

Did you trade a truck in for it in july?

 

That is awesome man. And it shows. Everything you’ve done is on point. Not a mod I wouldn’t do on my truck.

 

No, I haven't had a truck in a long time. I started looking for a used Tacoma earlier that month (wanted something I could use to do work around the house and take camping etc. and always liked Toyota trucks). Then some money came my way, and it was enough that I could get my first brand new vehicle. So this is the first time I've actually been able to decide exactly what I wanted instead of finding what was available and affordable. I saw some press images of the 2020 pro in MGM, and knew right away that was exactly what I wanted.

 

Sure did, me and my pygmy pony

 

Any idea if this is enough clips for all 4 flares or know how many of each color are needed per flare? I may take mine off to wrap them and put them back on. Thanks

 

Ran a pair of 4ga wires finally from my spare battery up front to the bed for my fridge, spare portable 35 amp/hr (400watt) battery (has a 20amp charging unit on it), compressor, drone charger, radio and auxiliary backup LED’s. Used much of the frame on the passenger side as a channel for it, and it ends in the passenger side bed cubby where I will mount a Blue Seas fuse block. Pics soon.

Build here:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...table-power-battery-for-less-than-100.631427/

 

It was way easier than I anticipated

 

Looks solid; which method did you use to get that done, especially the emblems? Wanting to do the same but with grey plasti dip...

 

I found this picture of when I had to pull my fender flares and it looks like they use 7 clips each.(at least for the fronts) So that is probably a full replacement kit your looking at there on Amazon.
The lower slits you see are where the flare itself slides in. Not clips.
If that makes sense.

 

Ooooooh... Just bite me, Andrew.

I'm sorry, but this guy has engaged in some bad online behavior, and yet has a "Vendor" tag on TW. I do have a problem with this.

[shrug]

But hey,

 

Off topic completely. I thought your avatar was a bear this whole time. Didn't realize it was your dog. That's cool.