What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Don’t forget to grease the ball joints on the UCAs, they come from SPC completely dry. Also, pull the wire bundle near the bottom of your battery, and move the AC lines on the passenger side to give yourself room to pull the UCA bolts.

 

I stripped my factory "TRD sport" decals off of my rear fenders, and my V6 badge off the back.,
Now all I have is matte black Tacoma badges on the doors, and a TRD on the back tailgate. super clean. I saw it done this way on a cement tacoma zipping by on the freeway recently and loved it so i did it.
Soon I will also install Morimoto fogs I got off Vilmont market.

 

Nice.. Do you have a link? thanks!

 

Looks nice!! something i've been wanting to do, but afraid to drill the holes in the pillar without missing the passenger air bag.. How did you do that?

 

I did that exact same lift minus the UCA’s on mine this past summer. Everything is pretty straightforward, especially since you have some suspension experience (I had none). The only tricky part was removing the leaf pack retainers where it interfered with the AAL but my cousin was easily able to grind off the rivet head so I’m glad he was helping me out.
Also if you’re a visual kinda person here’s two YouTube videos that help show a lot of what’s going on. The second one is for replacing the leaf pack whereas you’re just adding the leaf pack but it was still helpful. Good luck with it! And make sure you measure before and after and post before/after pics!
https://youtu.be/IOW-FRDl5wg
https://youtu.be/spGpKnBejUI

 

Installed the anytime front camera today. Took me forever to install but can’t wait to use it.

 

Went swimming with my taco today!

 

Added some bed lights. Also put in a push button switch so they turn on when you open the tailgate. LET THERE BE LIGHT

 

CORONA? WHERE???? OMG!!!!!!! Oh that Corona, nevermind......

 

Well done looks clean! Can you do mine now?
What bed stiffeners are those?
And what rail mounts for the shovel & trax?
Links if you got em.. thx

 

You forgot your snorkle.

 

Yea that may be the next mod on the list

 

I'm sure he was a good man

Where'd you get the push button switch and where do you install it?

Bed stiffeners are Total Chaos, love em.

 

Started out the day by getting some new shoes 265/75/16 ko2s on method 701s no rubbing with stock or suspension.
than got home and was hyping out on the truck so started the install of my PowerTrays
Than decided I better install my mattgecko leds So that I could see while I finish hooking up the switch pro and my ham radio

 

Where did you get the power tray? It looks nice!

 

Does this just delete the two rear cats? Does this act as a reroute also to tuck the pipe up?

 

thanks! got it during @powertrays Black Friday sale. It is the new vertical switch pro PowerTrays. I painted it green

 

Thanks man! It would probably look even cleaner if my truck wasn't so damn dirty right now.

Those are total chaos bed stiffeners and they are great.

TACOMA REAR CHANNEL BED STIFFENERS (2016+)

https://www.amazon.com/TACOMA-REAR-CHANNEL-STIFFENERS-2016/dp/B01MQEGMHJ

The shovel and traction board mounts are just something I fabbed up. Used some flat steel from home depot, some 3/8" allen bolts, and some of these T nuts.

T Slot Nuts (4 Pack), T Slot Nut for Toyota Tundra & Toyota Tacoma Pick-Up Truck Bed Deck Rails Accessories & Tie Down, Fits Screws with 3/8"-16 Thread.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073ZN63BH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The boards are held on to the steel by some long 1/4" bolts and these

$14 Innovative Components - AN4C----5S2--21 AN4C-5S221 1.38" Star knob thru hole 1/4-20 steel zinc insert black pp (Pack of 10)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GORWKB0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Here's the switch I used. Had to cut it down super short to be able to fit between the bed and the tailgate.

$4 Nickel Plated Pin Switch w/Polycarb Plunger and Rubber Boot

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TQPM6Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The bed stiffeners rock! Love the additional tie down points, which have already come in handy.

 

Negative. Cotton rags, and chemical guys invisible cleaner and dressing