What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks. It's the Body Armor TC-19338

 

I went with these and as far as led colour they’re white. I have amber covers for crap weather but they cut output in half. I’ve now acquired a dual colour light bar and the white side of it fills the Center between the ditch lights very well and shoots father, much farther than my high beams. And the amber half of it has a lot more output than the side shooters with covers on but not the ditch coverage they have, I further plan on adding a set of amber driving pods to the bumper which won’t get as down into the ditches as the actual ditch lights but at least all have more light heading over that way. So I have the light bar + pods in amber as well as the ditch lights with amber covers if I’m really worried about their being deer in a snow storm but I’m not.

 

If anyone’s reading all that and thinking or wondering does a person really need all that lighting for a moose or deer?? The answer is yes, up here in moose country we certainly do! Their big ass animals but their coats are oily and absorb light instead of reflecting it, their eyes do t reflect light like a deer’s either. This was in the early hours of the morning in a 10km long straight away.

 

Well, what I didn’t do to my Tacoma was get it scheduled for an oil change. They are 2 weeks out, for an oil change. WTF. Dealership said they are low on staff and mechanics, and if I did come in and wait on it I may wait for hours as the wait times are super long. DIY this coming weekend then. I’m at 30,000 miles almost

 

Having almost nailed a moose a couple years ago during a road trip, it's reassuring to learn they're basically vantablack and I'm not blind.

 

I installed these units at a lesser cost.

$39 OVOTOR Side Shooter LED Lights with Dual Side Blue DRL with Strobe, 30W Off Road Flood Spot Driving Light Pods for Jeep Truck SUV ATV UTV 4x4

https://www.amazon.com/OVOTOR-Shoot...de+Blue+DRL+with+Strobe&qid=1626892600&sr=8-1

 

Got the rest of my components in for the rear suspension build!

 

there was a picture to go with that but it didn’t upload, here we go.

 

I'm going to go broke going down this mod rabbit hole.

 

yeah I wanted lights that are brighter than my headlights.

 

Just call my truck Jane Jetson

 

Update to local dealer maintenance; took about an hour and half for an oil change, rotation and filter change and came out to $140 w/ a multipoint inspection. This was my first time taking my Tacoma to the dealer, can anyone chime in their thoughts on the price?
I turned down their whole fluid flush and tire balancing year 2 tune up for $600

 

Skipping the filters and doing those yourself will shave $50 off that visit. Oem engine air and cabin air filters aren't cheap.

 

Fair, I already did the cabin air myself but I think I can move towards mainly DIY maintenance once I build up a tool kit at my new place w/ no garage.

 

$140 isn't bad. All shops here charge out the ass for anything, so the dealer doing those things and hopefully actually inspecting all those things with check boxes is not too shabby.

 

What camera did you do and how did you mount it?

 

You got a link for these?
Thanks in advance.

 

Whats front cam you go with?

 

I really pondered on how to mount it and ended up drilling under the sensor but I did it from the back of it with the badge and sensor off and was easier, I think and didn't risk having the drill rub the front of the grill on accident. It was pretty easy. Routing the wires correctly was a little time consuming but not hard. I got the premium camera, not the standard. Had to put two of the rubber wedges between the camera and grill to get the desired angle. It's not the greatest but it does what I want it to.

 

Caliraised gas tank skid install. Those studs sticking out of the gas tank straps are wonky as fuck. Jack-o'-lantern teeth. I used my elbow and a floor jack and got enough pressure in the right places to get it all lined up. It really wasnt hard, maybe 30 minutes on the ground in my driveway start to finish.

Obviously a better option compared to the cafeteria lunch tray that Toyota put back there.