What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I’m in for one, he said as soon as I figure out where I want to mount the switch he’d get it built for me. The only blank space I have I already dedicated for the 2lo switch, I need to figure out where to get a panel from!

 

Made a gas tank skid. Its just 1/8" steel, but better than plastic. Don't really see a reason for a 3/16th or 1/4" one, as they all just bolt to the straps and some do to the front crossmember like I did. You "shouldnt" have the whole weight of the rig on it, but I guess I'll find out! Skid weighs 37lbs.

 

ha! I thought I was getting weak!! Glad to know I’m not the only one thinking that hood weighs a ton!

 

Trail rides yesterday and today. Only flat place to take a picture! Broke the SHIT out of my rear bumper... I folded it back in, pretty much, kinda. Not so muchish. Departure angles suck on these things. I see a high clearance CBI in the near future.

Also, cleaning it off at the car wash and notice not one, but both CV boots pulled from the hub. Not even 700 miles on this thing. Both leads me to believe they weren’t crimped from the factory. No rips, just pulled right off. Clamps just dangling. Glad I ran some trails right off or I might not have caught it for a while! Off to the dealer it goes Monday morning

 

Picture catchup:
Bug deflector added, SR5 4x4 Off-Road Decal added.

 

Well, in a fairness the torii gates in Nagasaki survived the nuclear bombing

 

Got my platform put in my camper shell. Now I need some help figuring out what leaf pack I need to get my rake back lol. Have a deaver medium duty single AAL and it ain’t cutting it with all the weight anymore.

 

Good suggestion. I may look into that. Just need to get one wide enough for the bolt. Much appreciated.

 

They look great! Love the topper, I went with a softie.

 

Nice work!

 

Truck looks awesome! Is that a hitch mounted spare? Looks awesome!

 

Dang! That sucks. Hopefully the dealership will take care of it. Keep us posted.

 

Testing out my new Toyo Open Country AT 3 - not as aggressive looking as I had hoped for but they sure ride well on pavement and off road
They are 265/70/17 - no rub that I have noticed

Next some TRD black rims and a new TRD grill!

 

Finished installing the RSi 3rd brake light wiring and the tailgate lock. Stoked to have the bed all done now.

 

part number and cost for the d-rings by chance?

 

I have a solution for this
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/plug-and-play-brake-light-taps.707529/

I’ll even walk you through the DIY process if you want to make your own.
The reason I do this is I HATE those wire taps. The way they work is flawed, and they just lead to issues years down the road.

 

I sawed a hole in a perfect fender. Puckerfactor was elevated but it ended up being a lot easier than I thought.

 

I can’t do that!!!!

 

I had previously wired in some Blinker Genie 2’s in a failed attempt at making the mirror signals into running lights. Fried both the stock signals and Meso v4’s as they are signal lights never intended to be run constant on for long periods of time. Hoping to get my hands on some amber/amber v5’s to finally achieve the look I want. Anyway, was bored yesterday and remembered I still had them wired in, so tried a little something different with the Raptor/grille lights I have in the scoop... Not sure how I feel about it yet, but it is cool that the two side Raptor/grille lights signal when I lock/unlock the doors with the remote now, as they were previously tapped to the side marker light and didn’t indicate with the remote.

https://youtu.be/cVJaECwpsFM​

 

lmk what you ended up going with...I have the decked and camper...