What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

i jumped head into this project WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT ELECTRICAL AND WIRING other than making it look nice (from my years of PC building). so it's a bit of a learning curve but can also be straight forward once you grasp the concept of it. my largest issue to learning about this was figuring out wiring sizes so nothing is undersized and burns to a crisp. there are a lot of safety factors already added to the equipment we can get our hands on but it's always to be certain and have redundant failures before things get out of hand. By redundant failures i mean having stuff like fuses and circuit breakers to be set as failure points and not have the load (lets say LEDS) or the wires break or burn. This way you protect your truck and you can take a look at what went wrong later without taking a trip to the salvage yard.


Starting off; Figure out what you have now in terms of after market stuff if any; Light bar, LED lights for the hood and bed, etc
and what you *might* add into the future; 42 sets of pod lights, backup lights, the light bar for your light bar for your other light bar, neon underglow, etc. (i'm obviously being sarcastic here but it becomes what do you want to have eventually)

It also really helps to draw things out on paper, even basic conceptual stuff; what connects where - how it connects to all the components, specifics can be added in afterwards or before anything else, understanding the order things need to be put in place for something to function correctly is the most important.

this is one of the few pages in my archive of how my wiring is put together for my bed lighting setup as well as how i'd like to utilize my Backrack to hold some of my additional lights for when i do contract work.
i'm planning on doing a proper schematic with my entire system to keep on hand because i will forget in due time.

As you can see a note at the bottom of that page; See chris fix video
its referring to this guide; https://youtu.be/77t1UW4Qc7g on how to set up LED bed lights in the bed of the truck.
I also followed his guide on wiring in a LED light bar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8GY69Ci7l4 for when i first started this project.



I HIGHLY recommend checking his stuff out for a lot of DIY projects but especially the 2 videos above for a simplified version for wiring up lights as it is that simple. The type of auxilary fuse panels I have is sort of the "end game" type scenario, where the old wiring was getting out of hand and needed tending to. So i completed this project just to help tie things together and help keep things organized and icentralized.


you can also checkout the "show off your Aux Fuse Panel" page here; https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/show-off-your-aux-fuse-panels.308677/ to get an idea with what the community has done and what you might be intrested in.

if you have more questions; feel free to ask there

 

Yeah, we pretty much hog all the best food down here in southern Louisiana. Its a soggy paradise.

 

Cheers. I saved this for future understanding thanks for the details.

 

any time bud

 

When I worked at Ole Miss, game days in the Grove were always "interesting." But when LSU came to town, you were guaranteed a full stomach. LSU fans fed our officers and appreciated them doing it

 

Those wheels are niceee!
What tires and lift are you running?

 

Installed a new rack that i'm going to sell, put on the tent that i'm going to sell, hung the annex under the tent, and took pics lol

 

Installed screen protectors on my gauge cluster and radio screen. No more scratches on the gauge cluster trying to clean it or finger prints on the radio.

 

Got a TRD grille emblem as a gift! Then I plastidipped it black

 

Where did you get screen protectors from, I found radio but not cluster

 

Did they go right on, or did you need to remove the instrument cluster plastic to do that?

 

Radio can go on no problem. There are install videos of people putting the gauge cluster protector on without removing anything.

I bought a new unscratched lens to put the protector on, so I did remove the trim as well as the gauge cluster itself.

It's kinda like putting a screen protector on a phone or tablet, the prep is 90% of the work. If you get dust or lint under it, there will be bubbles. I'd recommend pulling it out so you can clean it well.

 

Finally got the BPF recovery point installed. Love the look alongside the RCI skid.

 

removed tonneau cover getting her ready to install the camper

 

You’re obviously not from the south

 

Clean and simple. I like it

 

I want to do the same but my wife absolutely loves her 2014 Honda Pilot

 

Diamondback had the Frontrunner rack system back in stock and I was able to grab one of those up. Put the rails on over the weekend and mounted the bars today. Sorry if these pictures come out super huge they were actual size from my phone.

 

Installed -
Blue Ridge Overland - Taco Attic
OG Fab - Command Center

The command center was a bitch to install, I'm sure if you have small dainty hands it would be easier.
On the other hand the taco attic takes about 30 seconds to install or remove and if you are under 5'10" it shouldn't bother you at all if you sit in the back seat.

 

Those are the best looking switches I've seen. Where did you get those?