What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Garmin mini w/ dongar mirror adapter.

 

Where did you get your camera? I've got a go pro, but I'm not a huge fan of it. Prices vary from $100-150.

 

Amazon, it was like $90

 

I understand people like the smoked color but I've never understood why someone intentionally dims a light. I want people to see me so they avoid me, and I want to be able to see others far enough away to take evasive action if necessary. If darkening your vision were a thing, motorcyclists would leave their headlight off.

 

5 tire rotation and torque check. And I don't even have a picture to share ):

Edit: I added a sticker on the back too. Got a photo of that!

 

Mounted my trax to my bed, courtesy of @supralee Slight adjustment to level still needed on my part.

 

Before trimming, they fit with the slightest, slightest rubbing at full flex. Could have gotten away with just heat-gunning the plastic, but already planned on cmc'ing it, and plan on going to 35s in the future so just did it. This is with 8.5 wide wheels, 0 offset, and 3.5 degrees of castor.

 

The smoked lens sequential lights I installed from Cartrimhome.com are actually quite bright.

 

Which mirror is that?

 

https://cartrimhome.com/With-LED-Turn-Signal-Side-Mirror-Glass-Replacement-For-TACOMA

 

took my baby offroading

 

Does your's have BSM and heat function on it?

 

My smoked sequential indicators are actually brighter than the OEM ‘s that were in there...

 

I'm not comparing weak OEM to bright smoked lenses. I'm saying if you have two bulbs of equal lumens, and you place a smoked lens over one, it's going to be dimmer than an unmasked lens. Whether it's headlamps, tail-lights or side-markers. In my opinion, that's foolish. Replacing dim lights I recommend. Replacing dim lights and then obscuring your replaced light output is dimwitted in my opinion. Faddish, maybe fashionable, but not wise or safe. In front of a jury, the driver with smoked lenses who could not see or be seen as far as another without the obscured lenses loses the battle of comparative negligence.

 

You were quoting someone's photo of aftermarket mirror indicators, were you referring to headlight covers?

If so then yes using them at nighttime is dumb...

 

Your statement may be true for incandescent bulbs but LEDs are so much brighter while using less power I don't think it applies.

 

No BSM, only heated. My Taco is a 2017 TRD OR so it does not have that feature.

 

Damn. I was hoping you would say yes. My Sport has BSM and Heat on them.

These are similar, but about $200

https://www.sumaperformance.com/col...ts/tacoma-3rd-gen-2016?variant=29275152580682

 

Quick quesiton @907rx7: do the RAV4 mirrors also come in BSM and Heated? I found thio part. And on BAM Whole Sale site, it just says" heated." Doesn't indicate BSM:

 

34’s are 285/75 17. I had 285/70’s which are approximately 32.8”. CMC require for both. A lot for trimming for the bigger size.