What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

now you should consider getting a tortilla vinyl wrap to complete the look, wonder if this has been done yet

 

not at all, just your typical English misspelled by the chinese manufacturer...

 

Vents turned out great especially considering the alternative is taking apart the whole assembly to replace

 

You can mount anything anywhere

 

No problems

 

Went from this:


Down to this:


WIP: Smaller bins up on the front rack. These are Vault 800 series, will need the 700 series size wise. Apogee rear bumper (non swing arm) gets here in about 2 weeks. Going with the ReTraxPro XR (tonneau cover) and the UpTOP Retrax compatible Truss bars. RTT in my future. Should save some weight over all and have a lot more storage in the bed and more room to sleep in the RTT than was available inside the topper.

 

Did you decide that you don't need the swingarms after all, or are you planning to weld on the hinge tabs once the arms are available? Just curious.

Your truck looks great!

 

Picked up these rough country seat covers for $45 locally. Not crazy about the fit, but they’ll do.

 

I was tired of waiting for the swing arm model. Knowing I can always weld on the spindles later for the swing arms when/if they ever get released, makes it less of an issue. I doubt the swing arm model will be released this year, IMO. I'd rather have a rear armored bumper than none at all for an entire season. Now that I am dropping some weight with my new build direction, I would rather have the swing arms. Guess we'll see how it plays out!

 

If I weren't a week behind, I'd have recommended the same thing. I pulled a Focus from Detroit to DC. About the best way to handle this. Glad you had better luck with Penske. My experience was less than ideal when we moved the household from Detroit to the DC area.

 

Ah things were/are so dynamic here. At the time of that post, yeah, we were gonna do the Penske route.
Now officially concrete plans are letting Pods handle the move (cheaper than Penske…) and I’ll be towing the wife’s Accord up. Taco will handle like a champ and we don’t have to fly 2 people back home after they accompany us if we had gone the Penske route.

 

I added a

$102 VIAIR 88P Portable Compressor Kit (12V, 120 Psi, Forup to 33" Tires)

VIAIR 88P to my emergency kit in the truck along with a decent quality tire plug kit.

My truck is actually in the shop overnight to fix a nagging brake squeak - happens every time just the truck comes to a complete stop. After doing various things the dealership elevated it to Toyota Technical Assistance who recommended putting new drums on the truck. Parts have been ordered for overnight so, hopefully, I'll get it back tomorrow.

 

I wish we had done pods. We were going to storage and a condo I was renting. We used one of those regional truck companies that park a pup trailer in the driveway and contract helpers to load / unload. Biggest mistake of the move. No air ride on the shocks, so lots of bumping and some stuff moved and was damaged. They didn't provide a ramp for the offload. Was a first class cluster. The Penske was for the stuff going to the condo. Filthy on pickup and was the only available. Loaded up and hit the freeway it developed a nasty but manageable wobble. Went to the shop on a tow truck. Never again.

 

That sounds horrible. My godfathers used 3 Penskes over the last 4 years all on 1800* mile treks. They treated him well.

I’ve been warned of horror stories from Pods too though. Only things of value Pods will handle is a few TVs so as long as they deliver in a reasonable time frame I won’t have much to complain of.

 

Thanks! As much as I love MESO's products, I wanted to avoid taking stuff apart, so I figured I'd give these a shot. For $13.00 is was worth a try. I do like the way they came out though.

 

Put my license plates on. Now I'm gonna fill out the paperwork I forgot before, and spend some money to get the personalized plates I want LOL.

 

A couple questions. What size tires? I recently lifted my truck but l like how it drives so much I’m hesitant to go up 285/75R16. What bumper is that? Looks awesome/super functional. Killer truck man

 

That's the solution I believe I will be going with. Want some bed protection with access when I have a rack installed. Looking forward to your experience!

 

Tires are 285/75/R16 Yokohama Geolandar MT G003
Bumper is @RelentlessFabrication High clearance rear bumper with swing out and drop down table.

 

Been trying to chase down a slight rattle/squeak/noise from the passenger front seat. Had it since day one, you can see the seat shake a little without a passenger on it. It is slightly audible but f’ing annoying at times. It happens with or without a passenger. So I unzipped the back a little and did some zip ties to where some parts were touching.

I know I’ve seen this here before but trying to track it down for more assistance. I’ll know later on when I drive to work if this fixed it or not.