What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Congrats and welcome!

 

Yes I’m very happy with the gearing. My ARB breathers though are spitting diff oil, one shop was thinking it was from the 5.29s.

This truck isn’t designed to go fast as we’ll be driving it while retired. Just be prepared for dropping 10 mph off your highway speeds, that’s the only downside

 

I’m 6,800 lbs empty

 

Painted all my calipers and starting the install..

 

Hope you all had a Happy Taco Tuesday, peeps. The Tacoma got some PPE upfront today for the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been an expensive Q1 for 2020, but I feel better getting the off-roading gear caught up a bit more with the overlanding gear. Thanks to God for helping me get a job in the “essential” sector (aerospace w/ gov’t defense contracts puts the company on the CISA list). But, I think it’s time to slow my roll on mods, especially with the 10% pay reduction that got implemented recently at work.

Demello Off Road front bumper with WARN winch (synthetic line), Factor 55 ProLink, Baja Designs Squadron Pros and some red d-rings
I didn’t really mind the chrome the past three years, but after getting more black and more red on the quicksand it’s making me think of doing a chrome delete to keep the truck at the Black and Tan and Red colors theme. The other gear can be other colors, but I’m starting to want to keep the truck going with that Black and Tan and Red theme. Also, might ditch the TRD front skid for some Bud Builts armor in black or red from front to back later down the road. ...ooh, and that 5.29 regear people keep talkin about. Mpg’s have dropped significantly, but at least the gas prices have also gone down recently. Aaagh... gotta pray for some financial discipline here.
The Taco turns into a Spawn mobile at night now and preys on SW20’s Just saw these today and it got me second guessing the Black Rhino Primms ...but, then I remember that the Primms come in the same red as the Factor 55 link on the winch and comes in a 9” wide, -12 offset that helps get the wider stance for the Taco. ...one moaaar pictchooor

 

Damn son

 

I did that same thing, I also ran the aux cable through the dmm slots

 

Welcome to the forum from Eastern North Carolina!

 

I actually have a similar device with a tune on my BMW 440 and it makes quite a difference. Both the device and the tune were however designed to work together buy the tuner I used. It sits between the accelerator pedal and the ECU and really just amplifies the signal sent to the car from driver.

If you (and I mean the bigger "you" here as I'm really just confirming your input @Tullie D ) plan to utilize a @OVTune product in the future; they already takes into account the situation that the Pedal Commander "sorta" addresses. I would say that the Pedal Commander is a good option to look into if you do not plan to pickup an Orange Virus Tacoma Tune. @OVTune has indicated that his tune is not designed to work in concert with a Throttle Modulator like the Pedal Commander.

 

As a 1st ('96), 2nd ('06), and 3rd ('16) Gen owner - when I think back - I want to believe that I loved the previous Gen o-that-much more than the current. If I were to drive them side by side however, I have a feeling that I might find that the the newer was "overall" probably the better vehicle - even if there were characteristics about and older Gen that I truly missed.

I really found this to be true in '95 when I purchased a new Chevy S10 to replace my '90 S10. My '90 was my first new car and I dearly loved it - it even has "special" hand-crank windows. I had both for a period while the '90 was listed in AutoTrader. I started to get buyer's remorse (very common for me) and then I drove my '90 for a day - there was really no comparison after that I still loved that old S10 and was thrilled that it was eventually purchased by a Fire Department to become a Trail Safety Vehicle, but an honest comparison probably easily put the '95 over the '90.

 

More like GatorSkins Looks awesome

 

Nice idea, what did it run you?

 

Wow! How heavy are you after a big meal?

 

Not sure anyone really cares, but TireRack carries wiper blades now - far easier to identify the right one than other options (IMO) and the prices weren't bad.

 

Let's be honest here, other than the Tacoma name there are very few similarities between the 3 generations (2nd gen and 3rd gen drivetrain notwithstanding) so trying to determine which is best is like trying to determine which bourbon is best. (Pappy) I bought a 3rd gen for the creature comforts and it's a quantum leap forward from my '96. But the 1st gen is small on the trail and super visceral to drive. If the perfect truck ever comes out, I'll buy it. Until then, get what works best for you.

 

@Karminski I love the fact that you went from a RC to AC to DC. Way to try all the flavors!

 

Installed a overhead console USB port to power the GP

 

I moved the bike mount to the lower part of the bed divider, now the bike will fit straight in the bed and yes that snow is from this morning.

 

and I installed puddle lights........ don't judge, I've never rock crawled with the trunk so I can't really call them rock lights.

 

2nd Gen drive train is what I missed most from my 2011. My '11 would smoke my '17, it wouldn't even be close. There were also a number of little things that I missed as well, like the spin-on filter and a real rear bumper to name but a few of the items.
I'll always be a Tacoma owner but for me up to this point my 2011 was the best of the best. Had it not been totaled I never would have let it go, never!