What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Prepping for tomorrow, the day has finally come!

CMC
BFG KO2 285/75/R16
Icon RXT leaf pack for my chunky butt.

 

What lift do you have installed for the 285s?

 

those are cool! tell the wifey nice job

 

No lift yet, just stock TRD pro which is supposedly 1". The RXT leaf pack is configurable from 1.125 to 2.75 though depending on weight and setup. I have a wescott spacer/block combo for 1.5"up front if it comes to that, I'm hoping not to though.

 

Had to ride out to one of my job sites this morning.. had some type A silt fence fail miserably over night. Just what I wanted to be doing on a Sunday morning!

 

I recently picked up a DV8 Off Road skid plate for $50 and installed it today. The seller also had some TRD Off Road emblems that he gave me so I de-badged the OEM Tacoma and V6 emblems, got rid of the TRD Off Road stickers on the side and replaced them with a more subdued TRD Off Road emblems on the doors, and on the tail gate. I like the look, especially getting rid of the stickers on the bed.

 

Just checked out your channel. Subscribed!

I look forward to your install on the aux power set up. I'll be doing mine soon. Keep up the great work!

 

How did you debadge? I debadged my previous truck and ended up with scratches in the clear coat.

 

Its why I'm sitting on the fence with modding mine, I don't blame people for not investing in vehicles, the winters here are not nice to a vehicle after a few years.

 

First I cleaned the area very well. I then left the truck out in the sun for an hour (90 degrees), then took some dental floss and broke the emblem from the adhesive at one end, then used a plastic pry tool to work the rest of the emblem off. Once the emblem was off I used Go Be Gone and rolled and pulled the adhesive off with my fingers. Once the bulk of the adhesive was off, I used a microfiber cloth with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol to clean any residue off. Worked like a charm, no scratches at all. After a few days of letting the adhesive on the new emblems cure I will re-wax. A wax wheel would have been nice to have to remove the adhesive, but I couldn’t find my old one, so I worked by hand. The entire time spent to remove all of the emblems and clean was about 45 minutes.

 

When are you heading south?

 

Feb! Though I'm really considering applying elsewhere, as much as a foot in the door and a 12 month residency at the VA sounds amazing as a new grad, the idea of Birmingham, AL, not so much...

 

Don’t live in Birmingham. Live outside of Birmingham and drive in. Check out the Alabama forum, there are a good many of us around the metro area.

Lots of good food and things to do without much driving time.

 

Yep, I heard Hoover, Bessemer, Homewood all good areas, trying to not buy but rent, seems apartments are more reasonable than house, was looking at a place in Meadowbrook. And I did drop into the AL section to say hi!

 

Hoover and Homewood yea. Bessemer, not so much. I’m sure some areas are ok over there.

Trussville, Pelham, Gardendale, Vestavia Hills, are good areas but I wouldn’t live down 280 if you don’t like traffic.

 

Thanks dude! Ya my commute to work will be the VA hospital.

 

Sounds like you have some great options! Best of luck and please don't hesitate to get in touch if there's anything I can do to help.

 

Those badges are awesome!

 

Did you go all the way around the doors, or just along the top? I had some tubing lying around and put it along the top, but didn't see how to run it the rest of the way around unless I glued it on

 

@reymataco looks awesome! What are using to keep your wire loom connected to your crossbars? Nice junction box! Where did you find it?