What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Quote was just for e locker.

 

Well we are probably both using a Sable brush. Beyond that for obvious reasons I'm not going to make comparisons except to say that we use opposing forces to get rid of the dust.
Both accomplish the same task.

 

1st world problem about a 3rd Gen Tacoma!

So I had a Bilstein 6612/5160 installed this week. I can't say enough about it, it smoothed out the ride, gave me the height that I wanted, and later this summer will get broken in out west when I take it to South Dakota.

But the problem I had was when I washed the car today and tried to put panty-remover* on it, I discovered I could no longer reach the middle back portion of the hood.

*Panty-remover is Turtle Wax Hybrid Ceramic wax. This stuff is so easy to use and glossy that women will throw their underwear at your truck when you drive by them!

How awesome is that? The truck is now too tall for me to wax it....good times!

I also added a TRD skid plate while the truck was up on a lift, I think it looks awesome on a silver truck.

Anyway, I took a couple of pictures.

Height

TRD skid plate

Panty-remover

 

On today's episode, more MESO and a dash cam! No more vent chrome, now need to get rid of the push button and 4wd selector chrome. The Dongar adapter for the dash cam is great, you barely even know the camera is there.

 

Tempered glass would be the way to go.
There's a whole new marketing concept for someone out there. Wish I knew how to go about it, if I did I'd probably end up on shark tank!

 

I got the letters from my wife for my birthday. Super easy, inexpensive, and drastic improvement.

 

I got the Dupli -Color Super White at Advance Auto - had it in stock on the shelf - $16.99 - paint on one end, clear coat on the other.

 

Added a matte black hood wrap.

 

Looks awesome!!

 

Installed my 3rd brake light plug. Now I dont have a random wire hanging out when I have my soft top down.

 

Just mask off the scratch and spray? Reversed into a mailbox ‍♂️ Thanks for the tip . This one is deep

 

I got a stone chip right to the bare metal a few months ago. Estimate to paint 2/3 top of the tail gate is $300. OCD won't let me just touch up. Wife agrees though. She keeps on me about when is it going to be fixed.

 

The body shop is going to need to blend that in on the whole tailgate. If they only did 2/3 it will not look right. I wouldn't use a shop that doesn't blend.

 

I talked to the painter and going to use the fold above the lettering as the mask off point and then buff the edge.

 

@MESO mods today. Wish vent rings would’ve made it today but they’ll be here Monday so it gives me something to do next weekend.

Interior Chrome Delete and Climate Control Rings. The install videos are on point.

 

Installed RCI sliders today

 

Got my Taco used and the previous owner put a nice sound system on but left the aftermarket mic on the pillar and was killing me. Thanks to someone that posted here got the push I needed to finish routing the mic to the OEM spot. Worked out great. Also changed all interior and license plate bulbs to LED.





Drilled a hole and pressure fitted the socket of the AM mic so it stays in place and doesn’t rattle. Had to take out the OEM mic.

 

For MY personal tastes, Blazing Blue + long bed + copper wheels = the trifecta of FAIL.

Somehow you pulled it off and that thing looks freakin GREAT. Nice one!

 

I used the touch up brush - paint the first day, clear coat the next. I just dabbed it into the scratch. May want to do it twice to build it up a bit. Never tried the spray.

 

I’ll catch up to this thread soon but I wanted to add to it.

I swapped out my stock Offroad wheels for 2020 Tacoma pro wheels.


just need to give it a good wash today or tomorrow.

Haven’t gotten around to posting on here yet but my stock offroad wheels are going up for sale with stock offroad Kevlar tires with about 5k on them. TPMS Included.