What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Ordered my @Baja Designs ditch lights and @CaliRaisedLed brackets. And scored a set of Camburg Uniball UCAs NIB for over half off on offer up

 

Posing-up, but I don't care I love the look of this grill.



Also noticed in the Taco Twonz video they missed the two slide-in metal brackets on the original grill to hold the radar in securely. They just went with the one upper screw...
They slide out of the old grill and right into the new one.


Garnish snaps in with the bottom two snaps...
I found a 1/4" extension worked great to get the clips started on the upper two pins, and then a 10mm socket worked to hammer them home.
I placed a block under the garish with a piece of vinyl (soft thing to avoid scratches) to protect the garnish and give me something to hammer (lightly) against. Quick medium taps seemed to work well.


Have all the old pieces if anyone nearby (Ridgecrest, CA) needs them... Don't think it's worth shipping, but let me know if it's worth it to you.

Still need to get the new front camera mounted. Doing a little sanding and painting to the mount I designed, it's turning out well.

 

Absolutely nothing. Throttle response was better, but the engine noise was louder than the muffler, an not in a pleasant way. Almost a tank of gas before I took it out. No change to mileage. Are you running heavy?

 

Installed a set of generic mud flaps and the Toyota OEM power tailgate lock kit.

The tailgate lock kit install went well...no real problems. I just took my time and made sure it was being done correctly

Next upgrade will be the Redline Tuning hood strut kit - Amazon is supposed to deliver it Thursday.

Ted

 

Only 26K? 26 months and 58.5K. Just getting broken in!

 

Changed the engine and cabin air filters today. The cabin air filter surprised me with how much junk was in there!

 

The Tacoma already has a CAI, airflow stock is surprisingly good, other than being louder as the resonator is removed, you won't see any difference in HP or mileage. It does look nice under the hood though.

 

Added a couple of kc cyclones as a third brake light on the bed rack. Excuse the propped up phone on the ground camera shot lol

 

Looks good, I did something similar when I had my bedrack and rtt.

 

Last year my sister gave me an Amazon gift card for my birthday, and I ordered the k & n air filter, and let me tell you, when I pulled out the paper one to replace it, it was disgusting (probably first time it's ever been taken out tbh). Saying that, I pulled the k & n one out in either oct or nov to clean it out, and it was pretty dirty. The nice part is it can be cleaned and put back in fairly quickly. It cost more up front, but beats paying for a new one every so often.

 

Went and checked out some trails on the outer boundaries of Fort Hunter Liggett today with a friend who drives a Chevy Trail Boss....

Little wet out today; rained for the entire hour or so drive down but worth it. Some moderate trails......

Nacimiento Ferguson Road was barricaded heading towards Big Sur.......

This hill was a lot steeper than it looks in the pic and wetter than it appears. Packed the treads on the KO2’s about half way up...... I chose to back down rather than roll down

Don’t see these out on a trail very often......

The ultimate off-road machine.........use your best judgment here

Almost forgot.....these little

$69 Cobra ACXT545 Weather-Resistant Walkie Talkies - Rechargeable, 22 Channels, Long Range 28-Mile Two-Way Radio Set (2-Pack)

Cobra ACXT545’s came in handy during the rain

 

That’s awesome. Florida has two types of trails. The street or 4 foot deep mud holes. I’d love some moderate trails to play on.

 

Very fortunate here in California. I can drive about an hour down 101 to Fort Hunter Liggett or Lockwood (did Lockwood last weekend) or about an south on Highway 1 to Big Sur or about an hour north to Hollister Hills OHV park (plus there’s an old ghost town with some trails out that way that’ll take you half way across the state and come out to interstate 5). Very fortunate....
BTW...my avatar pic is from last weekend at Lockwood.

 

I grew up in Southern California. The state has it’s issues (just like any) but there’s nothing like it when it comes to scenery. From the beaches to the mountains, desserts etc.

 

Sounds like Miss'ippi lol. There may be places out there, but some I'm not aware of.

 

Hoping to head down to Death Valley next fall to hit some trails and do some camping. You’re absolutely right, this state has its issues. Just happy they haven’t taken away all the OHV parks......yet. I believe they are planning on closing Pismo Beach to OHV’s within the next five years.

 

There are but this place is where i got mine, their service is great just series of “shit happens” they did give me a loaner Tacoma for the day so i can get some work done... plus i got free oil change for life there

 

I agree. It really is barely broken in. Obviously I just don't drive it much. Bluebook values are high now on all Tacomas. Figure it's a good time to sell and move on to a 4runner or, hopefully, a low mileage FJ Cruiser. I see 5 to 8 Tacomas selling fast for crazy money on the local craigslist every month. With $4500 in good mods, as well as being pristine with low miles, I should have no trouble getting the high book value. Not too many blue ones on the market. Not many access cab V6 rear wheel drives on the market. Zero access cab rear wheel drive blue Sport models on the market in the whole USA. It is a rare combo. I use the truck bed maybe 6 times a year. Nothing I can't handle with a 10' trailer.

 

Got my arb compressor put in, finally. Bought it during the beginning of the pandemic and was trying to figure out how i was going to install it.

Wasnt to hard, still need to mount the switch ans am waiting for a caliraised switch panel to come in.

 

Killer stance! Is that all you did to the suspension? What size wheels and tires?