What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I hauled 3 loads of 3/4 cubic yard of dirt over 2 days. 20 mile ride, hill climbs. 2 week old truck. Think that was about the max rated payload for SR Cab 6' bed. Love this truck so far.

 

Been a while since I've been on here but in recent weeks I have added the factory tailgate power lock kit, installed the rear driving came and routed all the wires for the dash cam install, installed the lexus LED fog lights, mocked up and drilled the mounting holes for the RAGO bed stiffeners and repainted the area to prevent rust, got a factory bed mat, and used the truck to pick up a bunch of stuff at lowes for around the house as well as for my truckless friends. I have a mountain hatch on the way, and i just got my meso customs minimalist key fob

 

Welcome to TW Ben!

 

how else am i going to stick weld?

Yeah had to shave down the clear plastic panel, cut around a bit to where the flare is of the 1/O connector and the edge of the pinch connection had to get filed down a tiny bit to allow me to keep that last mounting tab.

though not sure what you're talking about in regards of the rear/side windows; i turn my head like and owl and see just fine through them as i have a rear view mirror as well. The pod lights that i have can't be seen since they hide behind the pillar, but if you're talking about how i seem to have only 2/3 photos from just the driver side in my build thread - this is purely coincidence

my PC building skills finally paid off for something other that PC building

 

I just posted this in another thread and figured, might as well add it here too
I’ve been working on mine. Just waiting for the foam tool organizers and the drawer will be done.
Drawer dimensions: 50”L x 16.5”W x 3”D
Fridge slide gives access to both zones
8020 frame utilizing factory seat mounts and fully removable in a few min.
Platform is 30”x54” still need to add carpet or something.

 

Highly recommend using POR-15 on any rust spots that come about and then Rustoleum to give it a nice uniform finish! Also because I brought it up, even more highly-er recommend using Fluid Film on the whole frame after it's cleaned/painted if you live anywhere there's salty road. Before I did it again this spring I had my original coat on for almost 3 years and had to thoroughly wipe the frame to get it off, i.e. great stuff IMO.

 

OK i need to build this for myself but only for the 30/ split seat

that is absolutely fantastic! Good on you bud!

 

What’s going on with your tailgate? I love the black on the lower indent

 

Here you go. It’s a fun trail to get there. You won’t be disappointed. Take care.

 

Called the dealer I bought the truck from to find out if they used full synthetic 0w20 when I bought thr truck. Yep they did. 10,000 mile intervals! Never had that before. I'll do my tire rotation every 5k and oil every 10k. That's a win.

 

Its an awesome bumper, you are going to love it.

 

This is slick and seems to be a better solution than the Goose Gear with how it interacts with the rear cubbies. I'm sure there would be buyers if you were to sell this as a kit...

 

I wish I could build kits and sell them. But it’s simple enough to build probably would be hard to sell haha. I thought about goose gear but didn’t like the look of them. Plus I have less money tied up in this with everything, drawer, platform, fridge slide and the organizers haha.

 

Decided to remove the steps. Since I'm not a midget they really didn't serve any purpose and I prefer the cleaner look.

 

I go to Bowman Lake a few times each year. Those pics you posted are not Bowman Lake. Did you go to McMurray or Weaver?

 

Like the black accents, is it a vinyl wrap, or paint. I was thinking about wrapping my roof before installing a new roof rack.

 

It's a vinyl wrap. I think next I'll wrap the mirrors. Love the black and white contrast on the outside but not sure about the inside.

 

This is the coolest thing ive seen on this thread in awhile.

 

Welcome to TW Ben!
Thinking outside the box.