What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

@ClassyTacos - love your videos, man. On point. One question though.. What do the markings say on your watch?

 

WHERE DO YOU USE YOUR JACK IF YOU DON'T HAVE HEAVY DUTY BUMPERS?

 

Be strong. You'll survive this.

 

DO YOU HAVE A LINK FOR THOSE BLACK COVERINGS ON TAILGATE AND/OR ROOF?

 

Big island? How much? I was supposed to go back home (“adopted” haole) after 1-2 yrs going to fl. It’s been 12 yrs… holy f it’s been 12 yrs

 

If you dont mind me asking... what was the price? I already have the parts just curious what it is gonna cost me

 

Got around to finding a full size spare tire/wheel, havent hand mounted tires in awhile but only took 40 seconds to mount it up. 33 fits in the stock spot pretty well

 

Tailgate Tuesday. Is that a thing? Anyway, did some work on the tailgate this past weekend.

First, I installed a diy auto tailgate lock. After doing much research on what was out there already there were a couple of criteria that I wanted to follow. It needed to be reversible (so no drilling holes in the tailgate) and it needed to cost less than dealership price (which is fairly easy to do even with aftermarket locking systems). Luckily I already had most of the parts that I used and only needed to purchase the actuator.

Here's what I used:

$9 VaygWay Universal Car Power Door Lock Actuators- Premium Quality Auto 12V Power Door-Keyless Remote Entry System Kit- 2 Pack

Actuator
Galvanized Strong Tie (I already had these on hand from building a shed at our house)
14 gauge wire
Wire connectors/splice

There's several Youtube videos that you can look up to see how to wire the actuator to the passenger door lock, so I'm not going to go into details about that. What I didn't like about most of these diy videos is that they drilled a small hole into the plastic arm of the locking mechanism. I didn't like either of these as I could see this breaking over extended use. I also found that there are a couple aftermarket kits sold by individuals that are either on TW or banned from TW. Nothing wrong with them, but I didn't want to spend that much money on something that I could do myself. The two that I took inspiration from either used the bolts from the backup camera mount or the bolt that holds the tailgate handle. For simplicity, I chose the 10 mm bolt that holds the tailgate handle. As an FYI - this is how the OEM auto lock is installed.

Here's some pictures:








I'm 95% happy with it, but need a little more fabrication on the arm coming from the actuator to allow it to fully unlock. Right now it locks/unlocks, but it doesn't allow the mechanism to rest at the full unlock position.



I also added the Tacoma tailgate insert letters. Bought from Amazon.

Before:


After:


Not the tailgate, but I also added OEM mudflaps to help keep paint chips away. Thanks to @oostroma for taking the time to ship his unused mudflaps!

 

So help me out. Did you download music to that usb/thumb drive? I'm trying to figure out how to get my ITunes library, over to either my Samsung device, or into my truck to play. I've tried everything so far with no luck.

 

I copied my library to a mini thumb drive like in those pictures. All my music is on that drive and I swap it out between my different vehicles. Best thing ever made. Has always worked great in my 16 Taco.

 

This is the better cabin Filter I use:
88505-04010. I Don’t have the Engine air filter #.

https://www.sparksparts.com/oem-parts/toyota-cabin-air-filter-8850804010

 

Well that may be my ticket. Is it a special thumb drive or just a run-of-the mill one? Any particular software you used, or did you just save the MP4, or whatever files you had in the library? Wish I talked to you yesterday, I spent most of the evening trying to take my Itunes to my old Ipod (didnt work), then my android using an Itunes transfer ap (didnt work). Thanks again.

 

K&N also makes one:

$36 K&N LIFETIME Cabin Air Filter: Premium, Washable, Clean Air for your Cabin: Compatible with 1999-2023 Dodge/Pontiac/Subaru/Toyota: Dart, Vibe, Liberty, Tacoma, Voltz, VF2005

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEL6ONO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_77W91YM7E6HTZR4ZM1GE

 

Has to be formatted FAT32, and I believe the only compatible formats are MP3 and WMA. Copy onto the thumb drive using File Explorer on a PC.

The old fashioned way.

 

What wheel is that?

 

Easy Peasy. Thanks for the advice.

 

I hear ya, been back home (UK) once in the last 11 years. Current rent is $3,300 2bed, will probably go up with the way things are...

 

I use K&N cabin air and engine air filter, and sometimes I even use their oil filter...I think I sound like the guy that does Dos Exis beer commercial

 

Yep, these are tits.

I inquired on the possibility of 16's at some point, I like my meat.

 

I put that thing in everything