What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

bed step installed...

 

Where did you buy that? I love it!

 

Fueled up at Wawa, thought the Taco was looking good, so snapped a quick pic. This is my first Tacoma, and I am in love with it!

 

Welcome to TW Bud!

 

Great choice. Softopper is amazing!!

 

I second this.

 

I asked @dewelrTX the same thing earlier.
https://www.tactical-decals.com/collections/toyota-tacoma

 

Does it work with Google?

 

I’m on my first one too. They are very addictive though.

When I first bought it:


Latest picture:

 

Does it come already appropriately sized to the window? No need to trim edges?

For example, when I buy the cheap white vinyl decals on Amazon, they usually do a shitty job of cutting straight lines, so I have to use the straight paper cutter in the office to straighten the cut so I don't butcher level when I apply it. I only ask because that tool is close to $50+ at office depot, and my company is WFH till at least next year, lol

 

That’s a question for @dewelrTX
He has them installed.

 

looks like an aluminum wheel spacer

 

Not so much what I've done to my Taco, but what I'm waiting to come in the mail:

1: @runnin4tacos grill light DRL harness
2: KTJO door lights in ice blue
3: @MESO V2 ultimate dome light-dual brightness.

So like many others:

 

Yes: https://www.toyota.com/content/connectedservices/marketing/PDF/Remote_Connect_CFA.pdf

 

Nice setup Lift or level kit? Are those 255/80r17 tires I see?

 

Welcome to TW M8!

 

Is this a new kind of engine? V6 Feline?

 

I’m not good at this, but I’d guess the politically correct terminology would be an F-1

I’m sorry, it’s late, I’m tired, and I’m still working on a plug and play harness for a kicker powered sub.

 

Pulled the plug on bed matt . Funny thing, I was so against it. Didn’t see use for it when I had my 13 Sport. With everyone’s post and speaking highly of these, I picked one up from local dealer . These things actually work- go figure haha.

 

OK. The Prinsu Rack project has begun...


Because I *always* have to do everything the HARD way... I pulled the weather stripping, measured where I would cut away the metal ridge and rubber underneath and then I used I mounted the black mounting stems and got an exact fit and then hand cut the rubber and sanded it so it carefully fit the mounting stems.

Front mounting bolt with stem...


Middle mounting bolt and stem...


Rear mounting bolt and stem...


I'm going to change out the chrome bolts with black anodized ones tomorrow. I want everything to be black. Not sure why they sent me half of the mounting hardware in black and some of it galvanized. Easy to fix - just weird.
Also - no instructions with my Pinshu cab rack. I'm sure I could probably download them but I really don't need it. Lots of Youtube videos out there.

I found it funny watching some of these Youtube videos - and some of the mistakes they ran into. One used a sawzall to cut the rubber strip and mangled the hell out of it and then I saw another use a spade bit to cut the hole - which mangled the strip as well. Then I saw one use a hole saw on the strip. My god...

I saw how they pulled the strip off the bottom to find the holes and I kept thinking, why not just use a small exacto knife and just carefully cut where the mounting bolt hole is. So - that's what I did. Worked great!
Then - I used a plastic peg in the hole to keep the spacer stem in place and then measure my cut on the backside of the weather stripping.

On the weather strip, I made a general mark to allow for final deviations in the location of the mounting stem, then flipped them over and line sighted to place them and marked it on the side with a sharpie.
The metal ridge was easy. I used a hacksaw blade on either side of the initial cut and carefully cut it. Its not very big (maybe 1/8") and it cuts easy enough. Then I used a utility knife to cut the ridge off flat.


Then use a small utility blade to cut the circle on the top and then sand it nice and round (See up top).
The rubber sands easy enough and it smooths out nicely - I would periodically test for fitting and keep sanding until it just pops in there. I wanted snug but not too tight.