What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

man my truck looks similar to yours lmao. I just don't have bumpers or a bed rack/shell... yet

 

Removed the dealer license plate frame from my new 2021 SR5 DC

 

Thanks. It looks good. I like the black on it. I've been looking at the RSI but not completely sold on them.

 

Got her paid off today. When earlier this year i thought i was going to have to sell. A bitter sweet situation.

 

It’s a tailgate led light bar.

$62 MICTUNING Triple Tailgate Light Bar Waterproof Plug-and-Play Aluminum Frame with 4-Way Flat Connector - Amber Sequential Turn Signal, Red Brake/Running, White Reverse Lights for Pickup Truck

https://www.amazon.com/MICTUNING-Tailgate-Waterproof-Aluminum-Connector/dp/B07R22N7LK

Here’s a vid off Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/vdp/455e7842...B07R22N7LK&ref=cm_sw_sm_r_ib_mb_Mm22MxKpL45Uz

 

I saw that going down lovr. Def nice looking rig

 

Congrats!

 

Changed grille.

 

I will always like that mod, when I see it. I know the feeling. It is the best mod of all.

 

please, if it already hasn’t been asked, do a write up!!!

 

That is cool -- like magazine advertisement cool !

 

These were done last week!

Finally received the rear leaf springs and shocks from @AccuTune Offroad just a few days before my Colorado trip. Install took me around 6 hours by myself on my driveway.

Before w/ stock leaf springs, shocks and 3" spacer


After w/ Deaver Stage 2 leaf springs, Fox 2.5" DSC Shocks & Archive Garage U-Bolt Flip Kit w/ 2.7" Super Bumps.


Also took the truck in for its 10K mile service after owning for a little over 8 months and then did a full clean before I loaded up everything for my 7 day trip to Colorado. It has not been this clean since March, after my Big Bend Trip.





And finally received and installed my Rago Fabrications antenna mount after a few weeks of delays. Went to a CB shop in Houston to get a 4' Firestik antenna installed and tuned.

 

i tried to get that done today but the damn high temps and heat index said otherwise. Any tips you have to get these done relatively easier? Did you remove the entire bumper?

 

The front sides are 18 percent. They are hybrid and just barely darker than the rears that have super light ceramic. Sorry I don't know a percentage on those. If I could do it again I would have gone just a shade lighter on the fronts for perfection.

It came with the TRD Lift Kit. It looks like there's a camera but it's a dummy. My truck didn't have the front camera option. I can't have a fake camera up there so now I need to buy one of the camera mods.

$528. Kind of crazy. That included hybrid tint on the front windows and ceramic on every single other window including the moonroof. I usually put a sunshade in the front window but today I didn't and I left the moonroof cover open just to see if I could tell a difference. Took the truck out and parked it while I went to get a haircut. Truck baked in 97 degree sunlight and when I got back the truck I could defiantly feel the difference. The truck cooled of way faster and life was great.

 

It's easier than videos and other people make it out to be. I only loosened the bumper enough to pull it down at the headlight to get to the lower screw on the trim plate. I didnt even fully remove the grill, left all the wires connected.
Removed the 2 bolts and 2 snaps on the top of the grill and pulled it out/forward to disengage it from the bumper. Just left in sitting on top of the bumper loose. Once you loosen the grill remove the 2 snaps holding the bumper in place, one on each side of the grill located by the headlight assembly. After that remove the lowest snap and bolt in the wheel well. That was enough for me to fit my hand in behind the wheel well cover and push the fender flare clips out from the inside, didnt want to just pull on it and break the clips. The bumper is kinda clipped onto the wheel well at that bolt location, separate the bumper there. Once you get the that all done unsnap the bumper where it meets the fender, the seam by the fender flare. Repeat on other side. After that it was loose enough to pull it down at the headlight to get to the lower screw. Seems obvious but dont let the bumper rub the screwdriver when removing the screw, keep your finger between the screwdriver and the bumper. I rubbed a little paint off the edge of the bumper with the screwdriver on the first plate and was punching myself because I know better. One of those things thats really only noticeable to me but will bother me every time I look at it.
I hope this all makes sense. Only takes about 30mins. I was kinda disappointed with how easy it was because I like spending time working on my truck.

 

Congrats!!

 

Would like to know more about the toyos. Load rating, how you like them, pictures with a hand across tread for scale if you're feeling generous

 

Vehicle regulations requires that the tread portion of the tire that makes contact with the driving surface does not protrude beyond the fender of the vehicle. Mud flap are required for rear tires the provide coverage beyond the mid point of the tire.

 

Thanks Sir!

It still hasnt sank in yet. Now i dont have any money left for major mods. HaHa

 

Could of been/likely first batch that was painted in house versus the later batches being contracted out to a professional spray. I have mgm and although the color match is dead on I know what you mean about the clear. The 1st batch I got is a duller/flat look while the 2nd batch I got has a nice clear coat shine to it and again with mgm being a subtle change I can tell a difference. I’m actually getting my headlights warranted out (due to the clear peeling at the top of the lens) tomorrow so I’ll ask to see the lights first to replace with the 2nd set I bought and never replaced yet. Can’t fault meso for the attempt, he’s an inventor just not so much a painter

I’d suggest just getting the newer versions that are subd out for the painting