What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

@Tacomus Prime - Here is a pdf link from Retrax. https://retrax.com/images/RXXRSeriesAccessoryCompatibilityChartFinal.pdf Hope this helps.

 

I like my Damed AIR!

 

That’s the cover I bought. My son bought one for his truck a year or so ago (Teenager working at Wendy’s) and it has held up very well so I said for the money I will give it a shot. I’m pretty happy with mine. The fit isn’t perfect it doesn’t seem to want to lay as flat as some more expensive brands but good enough.

 

I installed a viair OBA part number 10003 and a pneumatic switch from firestone part number 9074. I'm working on a parts list and guide to how I did it. It's a clean set up.

 

That calls for another Dos Equis for like for 'cooling down' off that high. Not good to go cold turkey.

 

If you find something good please share back, I am looking at doing the same setup and it looks like Yakima is my only real option if I want adjustable height to full(someday looking to add rook rack on my naked DCLB roof) so I can haul anything from a 10' board to my kayaks etc...

 

We have a harness? Does the other end run to where I can put in a switch? I hate not having a cargo light.

 

Made Ginger earn her top tier fuel today, first day of mowing season and the brakes went out on the old F-250.

 

First mods! Installed a new rearview with homelink and smoked, sequential turn signals. More to come...

 

Well let's see..... Finally got around to some color matching last Sunday and I have to say, I love the look. Bought a VooDoo Blue can of paint spray and redid the color of my crowbar and shovel. Oh shoot, I forgot the shifter knob too.....

 

I see that you resisted painting your fire extinguisher too.

 

Thanks @Phich — for the vFTune KDMax tune!

We each drove 2 hours to meet. Thanks for getting me ready for Moab. 35s and relocate when I’m back so we can meet back up for a touch up. I’ll see how 4lo does and we can get more feedback after next trip too.

Here’s a shot of the our super white tacos:

 

I didn't trace it although I don't recall seeing any extra wires behind the 3rd brake light when I replaced it with a 2nd Gen LED unit.
I did buy a PnP plug for the harness at the switch location so I could get an illumination tap from it to illuminate other switches.

 

I dig seeing people so close on Tacoma World. I’m in New Port Richey. Howdy neighbor

 

Added the BPF driver’s side recovery hitch to balance the BPF hitch I already had on the passenger side. I decided to leave the D shackles off and stored in my recovery bag behind my rear seat. I guess I like the more subdued look. I have used the passenger side hitch in a recovery. With the second one, I’ll use an equalizer strap to lessen the load since they are both attached to the subframe.

 

False. The Hikari H4s cause glare, scatter and lack actual cut offs, blinding other drivers. Here is a picture of the Hikari H4s (left) vs the Ultimate Headlight Upgrade (right). Despite the halogen upgrade being substantially brighter than the LEDs, the Hikaris are the ones with offensive glare.



The Hikaris are all glare and terrible performance, as often typical of a replacement LED in a multi-pattern reflector.

Output. Ultimate headlight upgrade left vs Hikari right. The Hikaris are almost down right dangerous to drive with, pattern distribution is awful with substantial dark areas and it barely seems like the lights are on compared to an actual lighting upgrade designed to correctly work with the halogen reflector optics. The LED light is so poor, you cannot even make out the right side of the hood.


Same goes for fogs, lots of glare to oncoming drivers. Don't be that guy. In a reflector run the correct halogen lighting upgrades and for the fogs if wanting LED, swap the assembly to an actual SAE LED assembly as covered in this thread. I'd strongly recommend Diode Dynamics linked at the top:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-led-sae-j583-fog-pod-fog-light-review.554813/

 

Nice. I need that rearview with homelink. Where did you get it? Thx

 

I had the JBL sound system that was supposed to sound so much better. Well, that quality was garbage as well. I think for the average person, the stock vehicle sound systems are fine. But if your like me, and love hearing quality audio, an upgrade is a must.

 

Yesterday, and posted in other threads, but got the tent delivered and mounted

 

looks great! How much does it hang over the cab and how much antenna clearance? What rack systems are you using?