What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Got campground reservations to take my Taco on the White Rim trail, Nov 1–3rd. Managed to snag a spot at White Crack and Potato Bottom B. Pretty psyched to finally check out a bit of Canyonlands National Park.

 

You will love it

did white rim, Moab, arches, glacier, Teton with my FJC last summer . White rim was my favorite. Given Covid - it was almost empty

although not sure if some of the switchbacks in my DCLB would be that much fun hehe

 

Couple things I have done recently.
Speedform throttle controller.
Rough country upper control arms.
LED lights in the hood scoop.
TRD Sport decal on front windshield.

 

will be trading Tacoma for another full-size when I have kids for this reason among others

 

Two quick and easy mods:

Seat jackers and Meso Customs smoked turn signals.

 

Siphoned gas out of the snowmobiles and into the Tacoma.....she is now full of high test.

 

2 stage cut polish, 2 coats of 10h zombie, 1 coat of zombie top shield and 2 coats of glass shield.

Took me 10 hours, ha! Looks great though.

 

Not the sexiest of mods / photos. Got some depreciation protection done.

 

Is that some kind of zombie repellent?

 

Yes, haha!

10h ceramic coating, and hydrophobic topshield.

 

Diamond kote vulcanized rubber?

 

Added tailgate seal then tailgate gap cover.





Edit to add...

Seal:
ESI Ultimate Tailgate Seal

Gap cover:
GapShield Tailgate Gap Cover

 

Washed, sealed with Meguiar's hybrid ceramic spray wax, and then installed the Bakflip MX4 toneau cover. Thanks @Santana@Realtruck and @kyle.realtruck.

 

@dleonard1122 Looks awesome!

 

Ordered some maxtrax from OK4wd, shop around, Amazon isn't always the best.

Also ordered the Expedition Essentials Toyota Tacoma 3rd Gen USB Powered Accessory Mount.

 

I walked away from this forum Friday trying leave it alone and hoped the subject would die, but that darn alert feature sucked me back in for one more.

The FAA is ill equipped ($/people) to handle these tasks, as was CF. Don't blame the FAA. And if you think flying a B17 (designed in 1935) isn't sketchy maybe you'd like a car with ross steering, single master cylinder, and solid rubber tires.

Redundancy is dumb! Screw 1 x 10−9. Right?

These were purpose built aircraft that did the job they were designed for, drop bombs. A valuable asset to the effort for sure, but not as valuable as the crews that put their life on the line and suffered the hell they did. They were cold, cramped, noisy, and vibrated constantly. Oil would leak from the engines and freeze on the controls surfaces. Crews suffered anoxia from O2 deprivation and incontinence.

These AC could sustain some lucky damage and still get their crews home, but they weren't built for safety or revenue joy rides. How many times did this B17 crash before its last fatal flight anyway? Sure they were a little safer than the flying coffin, but no thanks.

Sometimes I hate nostalgia as it usually glosses over reality. Somebody watched Memphis Belle too many times.

 

How do I unsubscribe from daily plane facts?

 

I finished up my "Atomic" Diamondback bed rack...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Ae1jZ6FAI

 

This button:

 

Just ordered a DMM from The Taco Garage and a Ram mount X grip from Amazon. Can't find anything I actually like in the way of Phone holders that do not have 3M tape backing or suction cups. I'll post some pictures once everything comes in. Not thrilled about drilling into my dash but if this works it will be the last one I buy for awhile.