What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thank you sir. That sounds easier than I was expecting. I'll just slide under there with my creeper I suppose.

 

Got it from the dealer when I bought my Tacoma. I paid about $400 including tax.

 

Classic Toyota. I'll do that for sure, I appreciate it.

 

Technically yesterday, but I installed the Tungsram H11 bulbs. They seem to make a difference in brightness, but mostly I noticed a sharper cut off of the beam vertically.

 

link for the roof rack?

 

Re routed the AC drain hose away from the frame and did the viper cut today. I didn’t want to cut out the fender liner so I used the heat gun to bend it up; that way the fog lights aren’t exposed. Also, removed the stickers in between the doors. I never noticed them before, until someone posted about them. After that, it couldn’t be unseen. I just think stickers and emblems look terrible on a nice vehicle.

 

Did you use a heat gun on the stickers between the doors to remove them?

 

Had that with our Lexus RX300, stupid $20 cable you have to take half the engine apart to get to...

 

Lol, i'm not even at 6k on my 16/mo 2020 yet.

 

TRD PRO Skid Plate (PTR60-35160) installation instructions from Toyota are attached. I also drove up on ramps to get some easier access. It's a one person job, but a helper makes getting the new skid plate in place much easier.

Hopefully I made this descriptive enough for the search to find when anyone needs it in the future.

 

One of the first things I did within one week of owning our Sport was pull the black vinyl off on the doors. Our second gen didn’t have it and looked so much better.

 

Exactly, I want to see more paint, less sticker.

 

You're a good man for that.

 

Ebay, at the dealer it's $600 +tax...(Alberta) and even if it's a knockoff I'm ok with the price.

 

I'm a big fan of OEM stuff...some stuff. Yours looks awesome. I'm not a hard-core off road'er so for me this is better that the steel one stock on Offroad model.

 

I shall do that...hopefully Canada but I have a feeling it's chinesium.

 

$600!? Dang man, you guys have it rough up there. Most dealer sites seem to be offering the oem plate for a bit under $400 around me. Plus shipping cost if you can't physically pick it up.

 

Yah man, everything up here costs more...have you seen the prices on Tacoma's up here...$65000-$70000...for a sport model with some dealer add-ons

 

That's insane, why is that? I would definitely not be driving my sport if I lived up there. I was able to buy slightly used for about 29k in Illinois/Chicago area.

 

But don't forget to add 30-40% to your price depending on exchange rate. $400 USD is about $520-530 depending on the time

I don't think those above prices are accurate. I got a used 17 OR for $31k plus fees. The new ones were about $45k and up