What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Scored some used cali raised molle panels at a great price. Got em installed and my ocd is happy with how things mounted up.

 

You were too nice, I would of said something like "thank you and good luck" from the very begging. I hate when these dealer fools try to low ball everyone, especially someone that obviously knows about the values of vehicles, a Tacoma owner! I think this is a sign to keep your Taco and don't cheat your Taco brothers with a Jeep LOL.

 

Those look great! I am all about the organization!

 

Go for a RAV4, cheaper than the Cherokee, almost as much room, better quality and retail value. Any Toyota dealer will also offer a much better trade-in amount for your Taco.

 

Added more color to my interior

 

I need something can tow more weight than T4R.

 

Exterior

 

Exterior 2

 

Last one ☝️

 

Why is my wife in your garage?

 

What mod did that guy do to his sofa?

 

What is this sorcery

 

yikes.. i got 29k trade for my 16 DCOR 4 months ago, but... that was pre-covid19. dealers are sweating this lockdown shit and losing money every day it continues. anyone walking into a car dealership right now better be prepared to be bent over.

 

You would think they would incentivize people to buy a car. Preparing blatantly bad deals isn't the smartest way to churn up some business. The manufacturers are doing their part with huge discounts and financing options.

 

I did that today too but in Cement. Everything that was gunmetal grey is now cement. I still need to do the steering wheel trim and the gunmetal trim inside the instrument cluster.

 

If you follow the instructions to the letter, the "RedLine" struts open the hood to the same level as the prob because you use the prop to hold the hood up while you select your hole location.

I expect that you could ask a helper (or rig something up) to hold the hood to the level that you want and then mark and drill the holes, but you would also need to make sure that you had room for the total compression of the struts with the hood closed.

Don't get me wrong, I really like the "RedLine" struts and they do exactly what they advertise. I just think if I had seen a "no-drill" option that opens the hood further by default; then I might have gone that way. The only issue with the no-drill struts might be how much access to the engine bay the struts block from the side. The no-drill options look a lot longer and I don't know if they would cause an access issue for me. Of course both options block access to a point and in the worst case for either strut system, you could pop off the struts and use the stock prop pretty simply.

Edit: Just watched a video on the no-drill struts, the low angle of them might actually give you better side access

 

I was just about to say.......

 

Finally installed my ATH Bed Stiffeners. Match the front rail system I have as well.

 

So I'm definitely not the first to do this, but I flush mounted 2 100watt solar panels on my prinsu rack. Bring on the powa!

 

Finally finished up the new Tacoma. 4Runner TRD SEMA wheels offer an excellent offset to match up with the fender flares. Predator steps are on, mud flaps, blacked out emblems. Lift again is 2.25" Rugged Offroad spacer, 1" block in the rear. Rides awesome. No rubbing...........but haven't driven it hard off road yet. Liking this set up!