What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

What kinda paint did you use?

 

Good old rattle can.

 

From black -0 to -20 bronze

 

I like the background with the spray cans. I have had my FAL for 20 years now. My wife surprised me one Christmas with the FAL BIBLE! Huge book on all the variations of the FAL rifle. The book was like $90.

 

That’s awesome! It’s my favorite of the “Battle rifles” forsure.

 

Emblem removal took about 5m - a few clips and a single Philips screw hold it in. I broke one clip, they are very sensitive but luckily it's the clip right next to the screw so it's not loose at all.

I did not have a heat gun installed so I didn't want to mess with it too much, used a phone screen protector squeegee I had on hand to remove the bubbles, took me maybe 20-30m to get it on.

 

Everything I've read points to you being right about the these being a significant enhancement. But am I wrong that you loose the under bed spare mount? If so, a significant "con for use". At least for some of use.

 

If you use the cross bar brace you do lose the ability to carry a spare below the bed. It sounds like even without the brace it's a noticeable improvement.

 

you lose the spare mount only if you also install the crosstube that ties the hangers together. this is optional. i kept my spare for almost two years with the Hammer hangers on, then i finally relocated the spare and added the tube. the lion's share of benefits come from the hangers. the tube just takes it to the next level.

 

Installed the silver bumper caps from Ebay. They're not too bad at all, overall happy with them. Lighting makes the color look off but theyre good to me...People who want to know the link is below.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264122657130

 

Long day today

Added some custom TACOMA WORLD vinyl decals under the flags.

 

Dang no instructional video?!? This looks like a solid option.

 

looks so much better. Just my opinion but I don’t know why one would want that part of the bumper chrome. Does not suit the flow of the vehicle.

 

Welcome to the long bed family! Nice truck, congrats!

 

Mine's chrome, along with the front grille and rear "TACOMA" tailgate inserts. I like it.

 

Today I got rid of the clutch accumulator. The clutch feels more natural now. I will get a few more kilometers on it over the next few weeks and obtain an informed opinion.

 

Are those no longer available? I just hit the link and didn't see those.

 

It will save you some headache down the road!

 

What are the 4 circular plastic pin looking things on that front cover. I have not seen that before

 

It's some panel push clips. I drilled holes through the front cover and into the white bumper panel that it connects to. The tabs it normally attaches with were broken off so I used these push clips to keep a semi factory look to reattach the bumper cover.

This was my bumper after the bears had their way and I didn't want to use tape or normal screws because it doesn't look as clean.