What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Link for the plate flipper?

 

i refresh the page for this daily

 

$31 Tuffy Flip-Up License Plate Holder - Hawse Fairlead

https://www.amazon.com/Tuffy-Flip-Up-License-Plate-Holder/dp/B01N4AKOEB

I am satisfied with the quality for the price. Other ones I looked at were over $100.

 

So many times a day…

 

Sorry don't mean to offend, but are all those colors in honor of the LGBTQ community?

 

I installed

$199 TAC Side Steps Fit 2005-2023 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4" Running Boards Side Bars Nerf Bars Pickup Truck Exterior Accessories Tubular Bend End Texture Black 2PCS

these. They came Wednesday and it finally cooled down enough to work in the driveway. This was a job that would have been easier on a lift, but wasn't too bad as it was.

Good set of instructions and the Left and Right side bars and hardware were in color coded bags. The fiddly bit was getting the bracket bolts to start into the weld bolts in the body. Some of the angles were off. I found that using a 1/4 drive 12mm socket and a screw driver handle made it much easier to line things up then trying to use my fingers. I got the brackets in "finger tight" and then attached the bars to the brackets. Again, using the 1/4 drive socket/handle combination made it much easier to deal with the angles.

I lined everything up tightened the bolts down and checked them with my torque wrench.

I did the passenger side first and had no real problems.

On to the driver side. Since I knew what to look for this went more quickly.

Until.

You know that there's always one. Eleven bracket bolts went in easily, but the twelfth was the one. The plastic plug didn't want to come out, so I had to pry it out. Then I noticed a bit of rust. Shouldn't be a problem. Shouldn't but was. No matter what I did, the bolt would not start in. I had put the bracket on loosely with the other bolt, but ended up taking it off to check the other hole. I used a bolt to chase the threads, but it still didn't work. After about 20 minutes of this I discovered that angle of this back bracket was a bit different than the right back bracket. Or at least the bolt hole was. After that, it was easy. Same thing as the other side. Attach the rail, snug up the bolts, check with the torque wrench

Then recheck both sides with the torque wrench and I was done.

 

Probably not…

 

TRD heritage color

 

Nope.

 

She’s power washing cow shit out of my tire wells… I think I got a keeper

 

Got some new plates for my truck, no pictures on the truck, but I got the "parks and trails" plates. They get me free into any of MN state parks, plus they look way cooler than the normal license plates.

 

Birthday gift to myself.

 

In the process of replacing my painted flares to the matte black ones, as well as adding the Tufskins mud flaps.

 

Wow, that sucks. You may have to bite the bull it and get a replacement part.

 

Nice. If I wasn't getting personalized plates, I would be getting the Stat Park plates. regular old sticker for me!

 

Lift installed today. Bilstein 5100 with OME 887 coils, SPC UCAs, Add-a-leafs in the rear.

 

I was going to get personalized, but the wife didnt like what I wanted to get "PMKNSPC". My truck is inferno, so it looks like pumpkin spice. Parks plates are one of the better looking ones out there too.

 

That plate idea is awesome.

 

Normally I tell my wife im doing it with or without her consent, but I felt this time I would catch more hell than normal for it. Ill wait till the plates need to be replaced.

 

Is the park open yet? We were there last year and it was closed for the plague.