What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I have a similar set up and everything stock works except I have a different mic. This was done by the previous owner. I want to see if I can relocate the mic but other than that it’s awesome.

 

Wow! 100% coverage FTW!
I did around 70% coverage of the butyl material and then 100% of the dynaliner, and I also dammed up the air gaps on the doors. My truck is significantly quieter than my wife's A5 (which I found disappointing, frankly). I'd be very curious to hear how much difference there is between your truck and mine. Nice job

 

Finally got around to installing the powered sub a Rockville ssp8. Its a solid upgrade for under 100 bucks. Took about 2 hours taking my time. Super easy.

 

You could possibly get some adhesive rubber sheet, but that might still peel off in the summer heat. I always use a bond promoter after cleaning the surface for any adhesive product, but I don't know if that would be worth it on that large of a piece. I would say to shoot it with a nice thick coat of LineX or something similar.

 

Yes, everything works. This comes with its own mic, which I routed up to the stock mic location. I made a test phone call, and was actually told that it sounds better than stock.

 

Looks fantastic. Clean and good fitment from the picture. Mazeltov

 

I routed the mic to the stock mic location. It was pretty easy to do.

 

I’ll have to look into it. Have any process photos?

 

Actually probably not really any quieter than yours. Not really going to notice. Most of my noise now is wind noise from the roof rack through the sunroof.

 

Rigid ditch lights installed this morning. Cable management was the hardest part.

Also changed my air filter and installed a K&N. Put on the flow accelerator I had bought months ago while I was at it.

Did the raptor lights...I know bro style.

Rokblokz and MESO start button too. Busy weekend.

Rigid SAE 360 fogs tonight.

 

Thanks!

Thought about a spray liner, but don't feel like uninstalling the cover and that texture is a little aggressive for my use. Need something with a little "squish" to it.

Since the canister is inside the closed bed and isn't exposed to direct heat/sun, I'm pretty sure a mild adhesive would work. There has to be some kind of adhesive backed MLV that I could just stick on there...

 

Added the Getta Grip Van's waffle shift knob this morning. It looks cool but is kind of a PITA on the 3rd gen auto. They claim every kit is vehicle specific but that's not really the case with the auto trans. I got in contact with them about and and all they would tell me is that there is a solution for this in the works and it will "drop soon" no real time frame. So there is no way to install it with the provided parts and have it look "finished". Here is the process I went through to make it look and function the way that it should.
You need to remove the chrome collar from the shift boot and shave it down with a grinder leaving just enough of it to reattach the boot to the color with new zip tie or wire like I used, otherwise you will not have the range of motion you need to shift the truck into gear.You will also need to buy one of these to finish off the top of the cap. https://www.etsy.com/listing/776940...f=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&bes=1 I totally dig the look and it is a quality product, but it is definitely not a complete kit for the auto trans, and shouldn't be this much of a pain in the ass for the price you pay, so be prepared of you buy one of the Etsy pieces until their adapter is available.

 

Is your topper that close to the paint? Mine over hangs the bed on both sides by at least a quarter inch and I thought that’d be sufficient. I’ve checked it at full flex with a tire off the ground and it doesn’t seem like it gets any closer. Now you have me wondering. Either way I’ll be getting rid of mine next year when my GoFast comes in and might ask them to put the the heavy duty seal on!

 

Did the 12-pin dash-cam install. No more hanging wires. Thanks for all the guidance TW!

 

Will do. I haven't purchased any shackles yet, still looking around. I think I have a new generic pair in my rollaway but I'm not sure if they're 5/8" or 3/4" I'll have to check. Day off tomorrow I'll take a look then. The discs look well paired prior to being welded. Wouldn't take much with a dremel tool fit with a small drum sander bit or a rat tail file if they were slightly off.

 

Great video! Should be really helpful for anyone that wants to tackle this.

 

Mine didn't have it either, saves me the trouble of pulling it off.

 

Let's see some pics of this sub install.

 

Added 2020 LED Head Lamps

IMG_2566 by Mike M, on Flickr
IMG_2579 by Mike M, on Flickr
IMG_2568 by Mike M, on Flickr
IMG_2577 by Mike M, on Flickr

and a little before and after

Comparo by Mike M, on Flickr