What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Our windshields are super delicate. I’m on #3

 

bum voyage. toyota is around 1200; aftermarket install about 300. insurance may play into things.

 

BHLM mod completed. Thanks @ no-vtec-4me.

 

AC Leak Repair Update....

So I pick my truck up this AM as they had changed out the entire inside AC unit. Said the bottom case was warped a bit. Glad to have my truck back after almost 2 weeks. I forgot my remote so had to drove back up there to get it then filled it up with gasoline and got the truck washed. I get home after 30 minutes of driving around and guess what...It still leaks in the same exact spot! So I called and took it back up there and was told Toyota Corporate would have to step into this one. We will see what happens. The good thing is they heard I was coming back so they had my loaner Tacoma ready to go for me. It has gremlins in it. I think it was purchased then brought back due to the gremlin. Going down the road at night your dash and display lights go off and back on randomly. Sometimes it is 20-30 seconds sometimes it is 2-3 minutes between lights out/lights back on. It's a 2021 SR5 with only 2K miles on it.

I am thinking the case may be warping when the unit is bolted down. Yes, I do use Fresh Air intake constantly but nothing I do with the AC controls should ever make it leak inside.

 

Relocated media port. Removed 12volt port awhile ago

 

Tapped into cigarette lighter

 

https://youtu.be/7K9QLLANsBY

Though this is a different product I followed this guys method for wiring to the cigarette lighter. Worked great.

 

You should get a 20' truck, load it and tow the Tacoma. You're not going to get the answers you want from this crowd. Just my 2 cents.
Zim

 

where’d you get these?? Looks great!

 

Do you have a part # for the USB outlet?

EDIT I saw your other reply. Thanks. I have the DMM and will be doing this soon.

 

New tires. Nice to have the stock stuff off.

 

I got mine off of etsy from the shop DecalZoneUSA, can't speak for this person though!

 

I bought my truck new and in the first year I had 5 cracked windshields. The first 4 were spider webs that were repaired but the 5th one spread to over a foot long forcing it to be replaced. My research showed that our OEM glass is made by Pilkington so I did not want another of their windshields. I found that PGW had good reviews so I requested that the glass company use PGW only. It took a couple days longer to get the windshield but I am so glad that I went with PGW. In the last 4 years I have not had one single crack in my windshield even though I have had several stones and rocks hit it. Hope this helps.

 

Installed my exhaust



Carven.

 

I'm a fleet mechanic at a utility company, we have 180+ vehicles and use a version of the same inflator but with a 5' hose and its lasted several years, like it so much I got one for home, great tool!

 

Loaded the wheeler up for riding later. (The truck really isn’t squatting that much other tire was in a lower spot.)

 

Hit the nail on the head there! The truck easily would perform as needed and be just fine with the intended trip.

I ended up getting an insane deal on a Penske truck thanks to a family friend. If I hadn’t I’d be towing, would have made a nice thread about it once all done just to stick a tongue at some of y’all. Insane how little some of y’all trust the very same vehicles you spent time talking about on a forum…. Some y’all should be driving a Prius.

 

Definitely a good fix. I broke mine a couple months ago and found a local glass/mirror company to cut a new one. They charged me about $350

 

So did you read the towing bible?

Glad you found a good deal

 

yep. I read it before I made a single post. Still wanted more information/anecdotes.