What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Crow shooter so I have an owl decoy. To be honest I hadn't even considered that. Good idea, now I just need to find a way to mount it........., and remember to remove it before jumping in and taking off. I'm on my second rubber snake!!!
Wonder what my Tacoma would look like sporting silver mylar pinwheels mounted on it.............
Naah, too tacky!

You know with my luck the owl will draw crows and then instead of bluebirds crapping on my truck......

I see a full truck cover in my future.

 

Those are great, I had one on my old Ram.

 

What's your suspension look like?

I went with the SCS Stealth 6 wheels, also 17x9 (forgot the offset, I think the TOTAL offset from stock was 38mm in the negative direction) and Cooper Discoverer tires. Before changing wheels, I had OME 885 springs put on the front and 3-leaf Icon AALs in the back (Bilstein 5100 shocks all around). STILL rubbed, both front and back. Went up a notch on the front spring preload (from 0 to 1). That took care of the front rubbing (mostly), but I swear the rubbing in the back got worse. I don't even see WHERE it's rubbing (and it's too cold to deal with right now).

I had no idea these wheels would cause this much grief. I even asked about this in the Stealth 6 thread in the Wheels/Tires forum before ordering. The people that responded thought it wouldn't be a problem, even at stock height.

 

I stopped parking along the fence at work for that reason. They'd fly from the fence to the mirrors and antenna 100+ times a day.

 

Haha yeah i feel that, i had the TRD 17inch 4runner wheels before and never rubbed, after i got the Ray10s on there i couldn't even turn all the way with out the tire geting jammed on the cab mount which sucked.
I'm running kings 2.5 both front and rear with a 0.25" spacer up front. Have TC UCA's adjusted to max caster and now we're good to go. Running right now 285/70/17 KO2s but now that i got the CMC done i can move up to 285/75s in the near future.

Originally when i got this truck i was so against doing a CMC, but the stance looks so good with the -38 i didn't even think twice to get the CMC done

 

Installed some new lettering.

 

Are you worried at all by water getting in and causing mold issues with the rug or did you seal everything up first.

 

Nice. I've been thinking about putting the bedrug but waiting to see one first.

 

There may be some UCAs in my future to get rid of the last bit of rubbing in the front, but I really need to figure out the rear before then (to protect my sanity, or what's left of it anyway).

<edit> Just went out and took a pic:



It amazes me that with this amount of apparent clearance there would still be rubbing even on slow, sweeping right-hand turns. I don't see any scuffing on either the fender liner in front of the tire or the mud flap.

Yes, it needs a bath, I know, but it's 19degF out there.

 

I hear growling coming from the box...

 

It looks good. Is it needed? Probably not. But I like the finished look.

 

It has a rubber backing on it and can be pressure washed. As far as sealing everything up... there are a few gaps that I may have to seal. I’ve got a bunch of cardboard in there now and it’s been raining. I think this will be a good rest to see if anything gets wet.


*as far as mold is concerned, I had a buddy that had one on an F-150 and never had an issue. It can come out if needed but I’ll have to remove the two forward tie downs and the storage compartment in the back.

 

That's the senerio! The difference here is that they eat the red berries on the burning bushes around the foundation and around the property. Then they go do battle with their fantom foe. Damn truck looks like it was attacked by birds with bleeding hemorrhoids!

 

I can see day lite at the front of the bed. It came with a foam seal to put there but that instruction was an addendum that I didn’t see until I was done. Worse case I know where I can get some black silicone

 

Watch the video on installing it first. The instructions call for one continue piece of Velcro across the front. The vid uses the 2in pieces and the long pieces at the back. That’s what I did

 

My neighbor had a plastic owl sitting on the top of his car. It was a stationary one with no moving head. I looked out and saw a bird sitting on top of the owl. I took a pic and sent it to him lol. I don’t have that pic now though

 

What if you took one of those water soluble white markers like they write on windshields with and use it like you would a high spot blue. Paint the suspected areas with it and see what rubs off. Car wash brush with some soap or a high pressure wand wash to remove. Just a thought!

 

Sounds like something that would happen here.

Those mylar pinwheels are starting to look better to me!

 

That's not a bad idea. I thought about lining the wheel well with sticky white shelf paper, but it probably wouldn't actually stick to anything for long.

 

Well, this is interesting...

$16 Testors Spray Chalk, White, 6 Ounce (Pack of 1), 307587

Spray White Chalk

Washes off with water. Relatively cheap, too.