What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Well, I do not live in Philly but in So. Cal. (I know) All I have in the front of the grille is a 20" light bar and no apparent difference with my cooling by my Fusion app. monitor! Around 194* to around 204* consistently. Pretty hot around here sometimes. Up to 9000', cool, around 190* - 195* . Not bad? Both would be AT and coolant temps. Right around there.

 

Dang! I really wish I can hit the LIKE button a million times for this!!

 

Definitely wort it. It's like a whole new truck.

 

For sheep and goats , yes. For Tacoma ............... Hold my beer

 

The coolant system and thermostat will obviously keep things running at their set temp unless the entire system is blocked off. It will however have to work harder to achieve the correct temp. The fan would obviously have to turn on more often etc etc etc. There’s no way it wouldn’t have some effect on the truck. Example.......... I drove 18 wheelers for many years up north and we’d put covers on the tractor grill to help keep the motor warm, which works.

 

Finally picked it up from Fastenal this afternoon after a week it has been sitting there... Work got in the way! Got to install it right before the rain and darkness came. @SOS CONCEPTS, thx for a great product and packaging!

 

Done with mods for a while. Last few include SSO Slimline bumper (no winch yet) and Car Solutions front camera. Gotta get few k miles till I'll put new tires on.
For now - I only feed her and take her out:

 

Well actually the fan on this truck is on all the time I am running the engine , this is a Tacoma, NOT a 18 wheeler. I have a PRO grille on this 2017 truck and I have not experienced any difficulty COLD weather or WARM weather. I don't believe that there could be a comparison to any 18 wheeler? IMHO.

 

just got a photo of my skids powder coated to match my wheels gonna be dope. Cbi skids gonna look nasty and keep me protected

 

BAMF 8.75" diff skid installed. Check!

 

Washed the 19 OR DCSB. Then, jazzed up the tires with this stuff:

 

Those are wild. Do they pass inspections?

 

By the looks of that impact I bet the frame is bent and cab is damaged as well. IMO, dont think this one is fixable. Sorry about your loss. Hope everyone is ok.

 

Your perfectly right. All it takes is a phone call stating they are backed up in the service bay before you took time off work to pick up your vehicle would have went a long way.

 

I appreciate it. Yes, the frame is definitely bent and the back of the cab is creased. I'm betting it's done, but it will be appraised Monday.

I've not gone through this before so if you all have any tips let me know. Obviously, I'm not at fault here, and my insurance has been fantastic to deal with so far. Very impressed with MetLife

 

It's great to take our dogs with us when we travel but just one suggestion, look into getting a dog harness or restraint, especially for the little guy in the front. We all love or dogs(sometime as much as our kids) and don't want to see them get hurt if for some reason you had to make a quick stop.

 

When i bought mine, the salesman printed the invoice and the price they quoted me was 2k under.

He said, "this is not a negotiable price, you either want it, or you don't."

I looked at him and said, "bring on the paper work."

Then i bought all the warranty stuff and jacked the price right up there anyway. But at 1.9% i was ok with that. Already used the tire warranty over a rivet in the sidewall. Now if anything else happens to my tires they will be free basically.

 

I've been rear ended 3x times in my life. Walked away from all incidents with no long term damage, luckily. Keep in mind that ALL insurance companies don't want to pay, they are in business to make money, not loose it. I fought with my insurance company for over a month, had to do my own research to get replacement value for my car and forced the insurance company to provide a 2nd appraisal because the 1st one "low balled" the value of the car. This doesn't mean you have to be nasty, just firm with getting the best price. If the other person is charged( I assume they would be), follow up with the police and local prosecutor to make sure you get called as a witness to court if it gets that far. I have seen too many times where situations like these get "pleaded out" and the victim(you) is not consulted. The person that caused the accident should be prosecuted considering the level of damage caused to your vehicle and you. Perhaps you didn't get any physical damage but I can tell you it causes a lot of extra stress and cost to you and your family because of what you have to go through after the mess is cleaned up off the road.
On another note, I have recently added this mod to my Taco. Not that it would have helped much in your situation considering I didn't even see any skid marks from slowing down from the car that hit you.

 

How did the Black Satin Tire Coating work out for you? I started a thread on it a couple weeks ago in the detailing section.

 

Love it!