What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks, something for me to keep in mind for any future improvisation.

Ever successfully painted over galvanizing before?

 

On my fence at the house. Self etching primer and then a coat of black paint. In this case, I'm just going to leave it alone.

 

Thanks for all the information above. I have some knock off tracks and I am stewing on mount ideas.

 

I should just forget about reading anything before the sun is nice and warm. I saw "I was going to paint them..." as "I'm going to paint them...".

Anyway, I recently picked up a can of "cold galvanizing" spray and on the label they recommended a latex primer before any topcoat.

Made sense. When I did my gutters and downspouts at home, the brush-on primer I found for galvanizing was a somewhat gooey translucent blue liquid, most likely a latex (water soluble, as I recall).

 

spent 7hrs installing just the rear portion of my lift. Working with just basic hand tools by yourself in a driveway sucks.

 

lol, all good. I'll have to remember the latex primer in the future. I hate painting anything to be honest. But I'll have my hands full (hopefully this weekend) when my bumper and sliders get here. Opted for the bare metal option and plan on doing the spray on bed liner my self to coat them. Did it before on some jeep bumpers and it came out great and held up even better. Was also a hell of a lot cheaper then the powder coating.

 

Installed my TRD Pro Grill Friday night.


And then went with my dad to go cut Christmas trees on Saturday.

 

I had the same thought and considered turnbuckles at first but the chain was cheaper and easier for the handful of times I’ll actually need to use it. A ratchet strap over the top and one around the back of whatever I’m hauling should provide enough downward pressure to keep the tailgate pressed down

 

Went exploring this morning

 

I received 3 out 4 of my ICON Rebound wheels over the weekend. Also got most of my suspension from @HeadStrong Off-Road. Thank you Marie!

Also thank you to Mike @eccracer104 for the wheels and Don @Discount Tire for the tires!

I was worried about the bronze on cement, but it looks way better in person as compared to photos.

 

Whatcha gonna do with your old wheels ?

 

They will be up for sale for sure! No reason for me to keep them.

 

the bronze looks way better in those photos than on their webpage! I went with the black rebounds instead on my cement.

 

Took my 2019 in for first free dealer check. No biggie whoop. Did not mention tune FWIW.

 

Do you have a snorkel? That looked deep!

 

Those are gorgeous!

 

Water was just below the rocker panels. I did check the diffs for water after since I don’t have extended breathers

 

@SOS CONCEPTS Did a great job on my HC rear.

 

Annual Tree Cutting Fun!!!

 

You definitely have some good points. I only have 2k on my Tacoma right now. What problems did you end up having with the drivetrain and did it get resolved? The only problem with me keeping the wheels is that I don’t really have the storage space for them or I would definitely consider keeping them.