What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

The clear coat on the hood of my BBP Tacoma is failing. Took it to Lithia Redding Today. They took pics . Sent them to Toyota. Toyota said there's nothing they can do . They said the Whole Hood has to be painted. Well Duhh. So now what. Can I take them to small claims. Such bullshit. I'm sure Toyota Corporate is a dead end. The dealer said it was Toyota that won't take care of me...

 

I get rock chips and door dings, things like this never just happen to me!

 

I think they look great just the way they are. Nice to see something besides the TRD SEMA wheels.

 

A couple of days ago somebody posted a link to LED backup bulbs on Amazon. Ordered them and they arrived today. Went out after dark to take a pic and couldn't figure out how to turn the damn flash off so pic is with flash on. Anyways, they are a lot brighter than the OEM bulbs and they do wash out the backup cam image but I can live with it. Whoever posted the link, thanks.

 

I'm more impressed that you can fit your Taco in the garage! Must be a short bed?

 

That’s the only reason I got a short bed!! I hate parking outside

 

Re-booted my passenger side CV axle
Got a tune from @TWTaco
So far nothing but smiles. Waiting for 3 fuel tanks to review.

 

Drove 77 miles to meet up with another member here to grab the eibach kit he was selling.

Got amazing fuel economy on the way. Had to take a picture to remember it once it's lifted with bigger tires LOL

Then took the microskiff out fishing for a couple hours and watched the sunset on the water. Caught a few black drum but nothing big. Still a great day.

Now to order a driver side spacer for the lean, a diff drop, maybe a new top hat kit (instead of reusing them off the stocks) ... Then again I'm really still unsure if I want to use the eibach stage one in the front or bite the bullet and get the eibach coilovers... I'll still use these eibach rears and blocks...

 

what brand was that looks good

 

Isn’t there like a 6 year warranty on the paint finish? Look in your included manual/warranty stuff

 

I second that. The body shop uses them and I had the opportunity to try it and if I can use it anyone can.

 

@mgselzer19 - Might you have the part number for the front bedrail? I thought it was odd that this was not a standard piece in the bed!

Thanks!

 

Genuine Toyota Tailgate power lock

no more carrying that extra key!

 

I don't know the part number, just wanted to chime in that they are standard on the 2nd gen and I got mine for $12 at a Pull n Save wrecking yard.

 

Back to the simple to fix days of Toyota for a minute. It was possible to do a "pad slap" on the front disc brakes without any tools. At least that's how I remember it on my 1972 Carolla.

 

Finally got around to adding my side steps today.
Next project: add black vinyl appliques on rims.

 

PT278-35100-BH

Here's one

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Steel-Fron...-Tacoma-4-Door/283801684098?fits=Model:Tacoma

 

Body Armor rear bumper. Not bad for 500 bux. Wouldn't pull from rings on it. Uses the rear most holes on the frame and the two bolts on the top of each rail. Other than that looks great for the price couldn't go wrong.

 

So I put new OEM PRO fender flares on my SR5. The front ones came off easily but the double sided tape was a nightmare. Lots of picking carefully and chunks coming off and goo gone to get it off. Took 45+ minutes for each front.

last night I started to take the back ones off. Decided to try to warm them up first with a hair dryer. Figured out a simple way to get them off and then clean up the tiny amount of residue left over with goo gone. Took me 30 minutes total for both rears. If this video helps anyone it will be worth it. I warmed up the tape with the hairdryer prior to starting to pull it. Key I found was pull it as close to parallel to the surface as possible.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ASWhbQCVhk8

 

Oh yeah, super easy. They pop right out You'll have to expose the tapped factory holes under the tape.