What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Throttle response is way better. Feels like a 50% "ECT Power" setting. It holds gears better, shifts smoother, responds great when performing an overtake, slight changes in throttle do not force a 6 to 4 downshift to go up a slight incline, and so far I have gotten better fuel economy (always used 93 octane, so that was not the factor).

 

No more stickers!

 

Not today, but since the last post -- removed stickers & blackout kit for badges

 

I cleaned up the wire junction for my rack lights.

Before:


After:

 

What did you use to mount the license plate?

 

15k at 8 months right now lol

 

Lol. Very true! My DD ditch lights were on for over a week before my girlfriend noticed them, and the DD fog lights, which stand out a lot to me, have gone completely unnoticed.

 

A new shifter knob on my 2018

 

@Justinhisle Surprised you didn't paint them blue

 

@HeyWannaTaco said:
I think we're the only ones that know what we do to our trucks except for maybe other Tacoma owners. My wife still hasn't noticed the wheel covers I put on. My mods are for me.

my wife hasn’t said one word about my interior trim painting

My wife did ask about the bottle opener in the bed. She said “has that always been on there?” I said “yes!”

lol ... A factory installed Blazing Blue Pearl bottle opener stock on TRD models!!!

 

Got to wait for the center caps!

 

Beautiful Lab. The Tacoma is also nice

 

Got the Predator Steps installed, More of a function over form install, my Wife and Dad where have some trouble getting in and out so........

 

What do those do?

 

Hope you don't mind me asking but did you install that OEM roof rack yourself or did the dealer do it? The reason I ask is that I am looking at some kind of roof rack / bed rack combination. Thinking through the strategy since I don't anticipate putting a lot of weight on the roof I was thinking go with the OEM rack on the roof and a Leitner rack in the bed (since the Leitner seems to hold the most weight).

I've seen a lot of mixed posts about the OEM roof rack fitting on the 2020 with the shark fin and wanted to check and see if you had any issues.

Appreciate the insight ...

 

Installed the Meso tail lights. Super easy peasy and a big difference even in the daytime. Meso on the left, stock on the right.

 

Did you make those tool mounts? They look good

 

They're based off of @Benson X instructions here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-hi-lift-and-tool-mounts.260147/

They're going to need a coat of paint ... eventually

 

Nice. I went with the blue logo to match my Calvary Blue paint.

 

Back in April I decided to plasti dip (white) the trim around the infotainment screen and the trim to the left of the steering wheel, but I realized after having it there for 6 months that it’s lame and doesn’t match any other part in the interior, so I peeled it off (with rubbing alcohol) and it came off easily. Gray is the way to go honesty lol.



here’s the old plasti dipped trim I didn’t like


my trucks value probably just went up as well hehe