What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice bumper!

Nice bumper!

That's gotta be a first. This thread bumps itself lol.

 

The OEM knobs definitely fall short.
I have two different sets that I like. One set is from @Tacowiede, the other is a set that mimics the OEM 4X4, fan, output and temp control knobs but I can't recall who I bought them from. Still undecided on which ones I like more, both are a HUGE improvement over the stock knobs!

 

Omg. You must be looking in my Tacoma, my co-pilot Riley's hair is everywhere!
Outside always looks spotless, inside needs a serious detailing.

 

nice! had one of my own..

 

Thought I was making a witty reply that maybe his neighborhood was a bit too dangerous, but I see there's a different interpretation. I wasn't anticipating being stereotyped, but these forums can be entertaining. Oh well. By the way, I may live in CA but I am not against gun ownership or freedom. Rock on, fellas!
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

 

Don't off-road much, but you're right. I do need to get it up a little higher. I'm going to cut a little more off.

 

Picked up some oem OR floor mats to go under my rubber mats from the dealer. For $30 I’m pretty happy (front and rear).

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/list-of-t-sbs-etc.562671/
T-SBs 58-18, 62-18, and 125-18

 

How do you keep the rubber ones from moving around now?

 

ordered some Velcro strips. Will keep them right in place.

 

Dear lord, my car in high school/college was a white '66 coupe. That thing is beautiful.

 

I had a '65 Chey Super Sport with a 283 and a jetted Rochester Quadrojet. When you hit passing gear that thing would snap your head back. For a 283 that thing got out of its own way.
Memories.
Cruising, Drive-Ins, Car Hops, those were the days!

 

Wow I remember drive-ins hadn't thought about them for ages.

 

Here's what I did: (It all started when I drove about 30 miles in a light snow storm, and I was deeply disappointed by my truck's performance. Clearly, I needed new tires. But, I didn't want the same size tires... so)

I added a 2" lift, installed it myself. It took my friend 4 hours to do a very similar lift on his truck, it took me ALL weekend. So, that's not bad... I got Goodyear Duratracs, 265/75R16. I added 1.25" wheel spacers, as I didn't want to spend the money on new rims right now. I would have like to have gone with 285's, but they required wider rims. I actually still like the stock rims, even though I see them everywhere. I'll buy new rims and go to 285's when these tire wear out.

This was stock:


And after lift and tires:



I added a 3TPAM, I love it. Although, I was disappointed that it doesn't really have a way of routing wires into the dash. My whole point was I wanted everything to look very clean, with no wires running everywhere. So, I drilled a hole in the wiring cover, and then I drilled a hole in the top of the bezel on the driver's side. This actually worked out well.



I got a Yaesu FT-8900R, though I don't yet have my license. Still studying. I got a Nextbase 522GW dash cam with a rear facing cam. I mounted it where I did because in Nevada, technically you're not supposed to put anything in the windshield except for the bottom right 6" X 6" square area. I made brackets for the Ham Radio and the dash cam from misc. hardware and painted them flat black. The dash cam vibrates a little, but I can live with that. I got an Auxiliary Fuse Block Bracket from Overland Equipped. I was actually very disappointed, immediately after install, my power brakes went out. Turns out the top edge of the bracket cut through a brake wire housing and blew the jcase fuse.







So, I cut the bracket, it fits much better now.



I got a Blue Sea 5032 12 circuit split buss fuse block, as I wanted to have some accessories always powered, like a usb charger, and some accessories to turn on and off with the ignition, or accessory. I got a 100 amp circuit breaker, and a 75 amp relay. To switch the relay, Caribe Makaira (a well known user on Tacoma World) spend the better part of a Saturday walking me through how to wire to the underside of my fuse block. This was probably the toughest part of all of this for me. The relay box is tricky to get out. Once I did, I tried to pull the green wire out (The one just to the left of the big yellow one) so I could re-crimp the two wires together, I suspect it is not a slip on connection, it wouldn't come out. So, I just wedged a male connecter in and wired it all back up. It's working great.





That big bundle of wires on the right is for when my Southern Style Slimline bumper with a 20" LED Light Bar gets here. I ordered it 12 weeks ago (this Tuesday) from Vivid Racing. They said to allow 10-12 weeks for fabrication. There's also a wire for rear lights if I ever order the

$600 Body Armor TC-2963 Body Armor 2016-2022 Compatible With Toyota Tacoma Pro Series Rear Bumper Black TC-2963

Body Armor TC-2963 PRO Series rear bumper I want, with the 2" Square Flush Mount CREE LED Lights.



I also got some switches for the lights, and I like the idea of having a voltmeter.

Anyway, that is about it. Just waiting on my bumper (I did buy a WARN 8000LB winch, a synthetic winch cable and a WARN aluminum hawse fairlead. I'm thinking about an Ultra Hook from Factor 55).

I like my Tacoma even better now that I've put some work into it!

 

gorgeous!
love the look with the new tires and lift!

 

I had a ‘69 GTO, 400 CU, Hooker Headers, Holly carb, manual transmission. Went fast in a straight line compared to other cars of that vintage but you wouldn’t want to hang a corner with it. Cars today are so much better.

 

Was it a Judge ?

 

My first car was a '70 Plum Crazy Dodge Super Bee, 383 with a four speed. It had "only" 60K miles.
Lasted all of 3 weeks before the engine blew!

My dad bailed me out by buying me a Honda Civic that I drove for two years. When the '79 gas crisis hit six months later, I wasn't as disappointed.

 

love the look of your lift and tire size. I was hoping to keep my stock wheels too so after seeing this I think I might. What lift did you use?

 

Just so y'all know I get this "modding" bug honest. This is my Mom's HL. She's 68 years old, and she did most of this on her own, lol