What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

AMEN.

 

How do you like the Eibach stage 1? How's the ride compared to stock? I've been looking at these. I didnt think new uca's were necessary for this setup in order to achieve alignment, unless you went higher than 2".

 

I installed some new lights yesterday. Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro fogs in amber and Stealth Light bar, combo in white.. Super easy to install the fogs after I took of my grill. No problem reaching behind the headlights. Seems easier than through the wheel well that I saw in a few videos. Kept the fogs on the stock switch.

The light bar was another story. Brackets were easy to get in once I removed the plastic guards from each side of the radiator. Did not bolt brackets in before attaching light bar, just like the Diode Dynamics video said. Mounting the light bar to the mounts was a PAIN IN THE ASS. You need to put the plastic guards back in before you try to bolt light to mounts. I see some people trim away some of the plastic guards to make the job easier. I left them in tact. I dropped the damn bolts INTO THE BUMPER at least 4 times trying to get them started. I learned a whole lot about how to loosen all the plastic around the bumper to fish out the bolts. I wired the light bar to my Auxbeam 8-switch setup. Everything works well! If you see my 14mm deep socket, let me know. Probably in the damn bumper.

 

In my extremely biased opinion, this is the best grille we have.

 

2013 no leaks at all just got it’s first light at 60k miles needs a thermostats picked one up for 100 bucks easy install. Been very reliable.

also had a high mileage e46 as my first car. It only ever leaked from the valve cover which was an easy job to replace. That car was a nightmare when it came to the cooling system ended up completely replacing the whole thing. Loved working on that car learnt a lot and it was easy to work on.

bmws are not reliable compared to a Toyota but if you know a thing or two and keep up on the maintenance they aren’t the nightmare everyone tells you they are.

 

You are not alone..

 

.......Happy 4th of July.......

 

There are dozens of us!

 

Nice clean mount. What antenna connector is that?

 

Nice. I had something similar planned out but never followed through since I don’t camp enough in the heat.

 

Once the vinyl letters were on the tailgate and stupid stock chrome vent rings were tossed aside, "build" is pretty much complete. When the wear items start to need replacing (tires, shocks, etc), then the moment of truth will occur when the Taco either stays a understated mostly stock truck or if I go full TRD Bro snorkels and all haha...


Unfortunately in my zeal to reinstall I ended up not being careful enough and scratching the upper dash while putting back in the cluster trim piece. Whatever cheap plastic Toyota uses for the dash these days suck balls - even on my Lexus mall queen same shit material. Oh well probably should have put down some microfiber towels or something, but meh that's life, I guess...


If I can pick up a pair of OEM TRD Pro taillights for cheap, THEN the build will be complete. So as of now 99.09% done lol...

 

Happy 4th of July! Be safe.

 

So far I have roughly 600 miles on this setup. Mostly highway and rough back road, nothing off road yet. I am more than happy with this setup. I went ahead and did the UCA just because honestly. I know I could've gotten it aligned properly with the factory UCA's. My truck had a spacer lift on it when I bought it, this setup rides soooo much better.

 

Used my Taco as if I owned a real truck today!

 

Woah, is this legal?!?!

 

I think you need to be more aware of what’s happening in the country right now...

 

Finally turned 1K on it...and evidently I need to dust it.

 

The company I work for sells DeWalt. Love seeing the Black & Gold in the garage.

 

Don't do it you'll scratch the hell out of it

 

Nice Tacoma, Looks exactly like mine, I mean ZERO disrespect , looks great but Dawn isnt the best thing to use for the wash, YES it will not damage the clear coat but after a few washes it does start to strip away the wax, if you don't apply a fresh coat regularly you could have some paint issues. Sorry just tossing in my 2cents.