What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Would love to see how this turns out! VERY interesting!

 

Installed the airbags:



Made by Torque here with the Daystar cradle here.

 

Check out this place : https://longrangeautomotive.com.au/

 

Posted about this last week but took the stickers off the taco - looks way more clean imo . Should’ve done this when I first got the truck

 

Cant believe I took a sledge hammer and a grinder to my brand new truck today. CMC and Pinch weld.

 

Had someone do that for me while installing my lift...still unnerving. Although recently cut holes in my fender to add a snorkel myself. Now that is a difficult thing to start. Once you do, well...cut away! Congrats on making room for larger tires! Doing it yourself is more than I could do at the time.

 

Air bags a cool and work. I know. I put them on my work truck. But I found I needed more. How much more weight would you guess that they are helpful and how much to render them not enough. Hope that made sense.

 

I did, the cost will be triple what I will be paying.

 

I'm still experimenting, but anything over payload and you're looking at replacing the leaf pack (of course, it's not recommended carrying more than payload because of wheel bearings/seals, brakes, etc.). My camper fully loaded probably weighs 1,500 lbs, and the airbags handle the weight just fine with the stock springs, but add my 250lb KTM on the trailer hitch rack, or pull my 14' fishing boat, and I'll be pushing it. I'll probably end up replacing the stock leafs with something like the Icon RXT here in the option 2 position...

 

You might want to reconsider "PAN HEAD ALL THREAD" bolts for your bag bolts? Just a thought.

 

I thought about replacing the "carriage bolts" with a better grade, but this is what came with the installation kit. They're not holding any weight besides the plastic Daystar cradle to the top of leaf pack, and there's 4 of them (bolts)...

All the Firestone/Torque installs use the same bolts as also seen here. When I replace the leaf springs, I'll probably look at getting a better grade with an unthreaded shank...

 

Not sure if you’re asking how much HE paid for it, or how much it is in general, but I was interested as well and looked it up.
It’s about $129.00 and $30.00 shipping to the lower 48 give or take.

https://state48overland.com/products/pakrax-05-current-tacoma-tailgate-panel?variant=30329659064459

 

129$, totally worth it.

 

I maxed my ford work truck weight and air bags wasn’t enough. But I like them in addition to more leafs as sometimes I’m even much heavier and the air bags work.

 

Its not rocket appliances
;-)

 

Out of curiosity, what are the benefits of this product?

 

Dilemma Help.
Hypothetically, if you were gonna upgrade from a 2009 , (A) would you go with the second year of the 3rd Gen ? or (B) try to find a clean 2014 - 2015 of the second Gen.? Forget the cost. Talking durability and dependability. V6 Auto

 

I'm no power user. But I was searching in my area for used Tacomas. I bought new because used prices were just nuts. Sure you may get some guy's mods. And I lot of you I would love your mods. But random modder? Same price as new? Made my decision easy.

 

I like it, thats a cool post. Great job.

 

Asking that in a what have you done to your 3rd gen today forum? I am sure you will get a lot of unbiased opinions here. Lol. Joking aside, a few real thoughts.
1) there really isn't enough info to determine the reliability and dependability of the 3rd gen. Three years data just isn't enough. But we all know it's solid. Thats why we are all here. Just pick the one you like and move on.
2) My opinion? If price isn't a concern you are comparing a 2 year newer truck that should have less miles. To a truck with 8 year old technology? If you can afford the newer there would have be something damming about it or a crazy good deal on the older to even make that a choice worth thinking about.

Good luck with whatever you pick and roll on.