What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Do it while you think you have the green light! Wife agreed to a lift on ours this week and got an appointment in 3 weeks to get it installed. Too late to be against the idea now! Lol

 

I’m digging the bronze on blue!

 

I am going with a 3.5” RC suspension lift after some positive reviews from some friends with it and the affordability (nice work bonus to pay it all off). Able to fit 285 without any trimming. For some light to moderate off roaring I figure it will get the job done

https://www.roughcountry.com/toyota-suspension-lift-kit-742c.html

 

Cleaned her up in time for a week long of rain coming and finally am officially plated up! Waiting on my front bracket to come in tomorrow but honestly wish there was a grill bracket(similar to a tow hook mount on some sedans), personally digging the zip-tied look I’ve got going.

 

I ordered 2 sets. Have a few other key holes that need covered.

 

Glovebox organizer showed up today.

Not that I had a bunch of stuff in there but before:



And after:



Now I don't have any excuse to not take the old insurance or registration out since they have their own spot.

 

Had the new tires mounted up!

 

The snail armor tailgate insert is nice and flat, but i still dont want to kneel on it. So i added a 1/4 inch piece of rubber over the top. Way better. Couldnt do that with the stock insert, too wavy.

 

I dont have any experience with vinyl cover. It wasnt terribly difficult. Only time consuming.

 

Etsy. Seller is "Tacos4cheap". Really impressed with the quality. I recommend.

 

Mud on the tires this past weekend! Four days of me, the pup, the mountains and open sky...

 

It helps this retard remember to put higher octane gas in.

 

Registered the Lexus credit card key using Toyota Techstream. Process takes less than 5 minutes.

 

Turned out great!

 

finally picked up my 21 Voodoo blue today...no huge updates just some minor badging, interior stuff & TRD heritage grille.

 

Washed it!

 

Eliminated the rub from my new 285/70/17 KO2's on stock suspension and wheels with +12 offset.
Removed the air dam

Removed front mud flaps


Did a little trimming of the front bumper cover and relocated the fender liner bolt forward a bit.
Driver's side before:

Driver's side after:

What was trimmed off:

 

Our trucks are almost twins. I've been leaning toward getting M/T's. Was torn between sticking with Nitto and switching to Trail Grappler M/T but was torn between those and the Toyo Open Country M/T. Now I need to add Yokohama to the list. Anyone out here have a solid preference?

 

Cooper sst, wore like iron in 35in size on my Xterra, and they performed well offroad.

 

Great, one more tire.

A good write up on them there https://****************/2021/04/02/cooper-stt-pro-vs-cooper-evolution-mt/

trail4runnerdotcom

I live in North Georgia where wet clay is prominent and extremely slick. I wonder if that would be more synonymous to ice/snow and in that case the Evo M/T might be better.

I'll have to post this over in the GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread as well.