What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Got rid of the last of the chrome thanks to @no vtec 4me for the headlights and @MESO trim plates and stage 2 side markers

 

Added some new door sills.

 

Does anyone have a good place to get the amber LED’s for the Pro grille. I’ve bought three different sets from three different places, and they are all junk. Only last a couple of weeks and either fog up or flicker out. Any help is appreciated.

 

If you get one make sure you don’t rely on the base coat they use. You’ll need to do something else to protect it from rust. After 2 weeks and 1 storm it rusted horribly. Just finished trying to get the rust off and then did 2 coats of Rustoleum and then I’ll do a coat of bed liner. Wish I would have known this before.

 

Welcome to TW!

 

So does the rear camera mount to the front camera at the mirror and is just aimed out the back window? OR does it mount on the rear window via a cable or is it wireless? That and what mounts to the Go Pro mount is what I'm not clear on.

 

I posted further down, which should answer your gopro question. The front cam has the cable connections. It has a mini usb for power and two headphone style jacks. One is off an optional gps sensor, the other is the rear cam. You would run the wire around to the back window, where the rear cam is. At least for the Rexing 1VP that I have.

 

Strip wash. Dry. Sealed. Cured. Washed. Sealed. Cured. Waxed.

 

Got it! Apologize for being redundant I just want to be clear on everything before I get ready to pull the trigger.
Thanks Shane, Capp and Art for hanging in there with me on this!

 

Installed some Clazzio seat covers. I love how they look but I never plan to install another set. My fingers are as raw as can be.

 

Has to be worth the pain they look great!

 

Bob, I see a few have responded but I'll tell you exactly what I did. For power I used the mirror harness you have saved that I told you about. The cam comes on and off when you start the truck. You can get a wiring harness to tap into the fuse box for the cam to stay on with the truck off. The link I sent you from shapeways is the adapter I used that connects the dash cam to the go pro mount. The rear camera has a long cable that plugs into the front dash cam that I ran from the rear to the front down the drivers side. It easily tucked under the moulding to the A pillar. I took the A pillar cover off and pulled the upper console down. With the console down I fed the wire from the A pillar to the opening then had it come out from under the headliner where the dash cam is mounted. I also ran the cable from the mirror power straight up under the headliner to the opening and also fished it under the headliner to come out on the power side of the dash cam. This way all of the wiring was hidden and the extra wire can be hidden in the console opening and A pillar. If you look at the picture you can see that both wires come out from under the headliner to the correct side of the dash cam. Gave it a nice clean finish IMO. Any questions just hit me up.

Edit. Just went out and took a couple pics with a flash, hope it helps

 

Installed the Gator tailgate mat today;
My disappointment could fill a 5 gallon bucket. It's literally a rubber door mat, poorly trimmed, with some screws made of pot metal. I literally CANNOT unrecommend this product enough......

 

What is the part # of the unit you have?

 

Thanks for the heads up. It IS underimpressive.

 

Thx for the info. I'll look for a good thick doormat and cut to size hopefully saving some $ and the bucket of disappointment you experienced.

 

that's terrible! i'd be returning that in a heartbeat!

 

Did you paint or dip your Sport wheels?

 

Minus not having a gopro mount and doing the hardwire, pretty much exactly how I did it too. I was torn on the mirror power vs hardwire. Great minds think alike!

 

I’m assuming the product images made it look deceivingly better?


I haven’t looked very hard but as people have posted, this was one of the cheapest ones I’ve seen. It’s full replacement and not some “mat,” might be worth looking at for the price.

https://state48overland.com/products/pakrax-05-current-tacoma-tailgate-panel