What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Better take care of that sore throat.

And no, to those who have their mind in the gutter that's not how I meant that!

 

Off Grid Engineering "Side-by-side" dual battery kit with 2 Odyssey PC1400 Group 35's. The house battery to a circuit breaker, fuse box, then the Blue Sea panel you see mounted in the bed. Powers 2 heated blankets for like 8 hours on high Couldn't be happier!
Obviously a couple of the pictures are not from the final product. Maybe i need to do a quick photoshoot with the final product

 

Looking forward to the photo update.

 

Finally got some good weather to paint and mount my @SOS CONCEPTS sliders! They came out pretty good but had some confusion when we went to mount. Eventually figured it out though! I love them!

 

so these are the rock lights I used only problem with them is that the wire comes out the back and I didn't want to put unnecessary holes in the floor, I had a friend 3D print some blocks to space them out then epoxied the blocks to the light and dbbl side tape to the body. the cargo light wire color is light green, beware, there are a few light green wires there...

 

Did not know the headrests can be held there when folded down!
TIL

 

Wonder how the double sided tape is going to hold up in the long run.

 

how did you seal the box?

 

Shift gate vinyl and LED dome lights installed

 

they have been on for 2 winter seasons now. If you use the 3M brand with the activator it will hold until you chisel it off.

 

Glad I’m not the only one!

 

Add me. Almost never put my seats down except to vacume and access the under seat storage and when I did I always pulled the headrests.

 

Are those dealer or after market part numbers?

 

Looks good! I did the same but with magnets that have a threaded post on them and some KC Hilites which are pretty dang bright:

$18 MUTUACTOR 2Pack Strong Magnetic Round Base Pot 100lb(45kg) with Long Male Thread Stud #M8 Neodymium Magnet Mounting for Lighting, Bracket.

https://www.amazon.com/MUTUACTOR-Ma...=1&keywords=post+magnet&qid=1586961565&sr=8-3

https://www.kchilites.com/light-type/led/cyclone/2-cyclone-led-light.html

 

I had the same system and I have totally removed it. On our 3rd Gens this does not work properly. Here are some threads to read. Rather long but it explains why this system will not last with your dual battery set up. Better to know now then down the road..................

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...hem-multiple-batteries-thread.295653/page-131

-from the thread:

Have you read this thread - https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-northstar-agm-battery-voltage-booster-upgrade.604478/

Not so much about the NorthStar battery, but about the preferred/required higher voltage requirement of an AGM battery.

With our "smart alternators", dual batteries will never both charge completely tied in parallel.

I don't want to rewrite that thread here, so I suggest you take a few minutes and peruse through it - there is some really good info there.

This is the thread referenced:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-northstar-agm-battery-voltage-booster-upgrade.604478/

 

Those are good looking lights. Do you have pics of your install?

 

I don't but could get some soon. I didn't tap into the cargo light though; I installed the lights off the battery with a relay and a switch in the cab like you would with rock lights. Then I used DSIM's Dome Rock module to make it so the relay is activated by the dome lights, but only when the doors are locked/unlocked or I approach the vehicle. I can also use the button in the cab to turn them on at will.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...tesy-rock-lights-v4-by-dsim-solutions.545892/

 

I bed lined my aluminum roof rack on my ARE DCU shell shell yesterday and reattached it today. I sanded the rack, three coats of Rust-Oleum self etching primer, two coats of Rust-Oleum bed liner, and one coat of Rust-Oleum semi gloss paint.

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After

 

Thanks!