What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

About 2 weeks ago, I went to Kroger to get some groceries and I had parked at far end of the parking lot. Very few cars in the lot where I was at. Might have been in store 30-45 minutes. Came back out and some @$$hole parked his newer Chevy 2500 behind my truck. Literally blocking the tail gate (couldn't get waters in bed). There was no other vehicles on either side of me. Driver could've parked on either side of me and had no issues.

But no.

Directly behind me.

 

From the website:
The Cascadia 4x4 VSS System™ hard-mounts to the hood of your 3rd Gen Tacoma and, during daylight hours, provides a constant flow of clean solar energy to your primary or secondary vehicle batteries. This gives you the ability to run 12V accessories like fridges, phone/laptop chargers, lights, power inverters etc. without the need to start your engine and without the fear of draining your battery and leaving you stranded.The VSS System™is completely plug-and-play if paired with our optional MPPT solar charge controller and can be installed in as little as 1.5 hours.
https://www.cascadia4x4.com/collect...-watt-hood-solar-panel?variant=35028542521496

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

CMC this past weekend and some ko2's

 

$50 with free ship code. They seem busy because it took a month to get here.

https://www.covercraft.com/us/en/dash-covers

 

I just did my console lid with the Clazzio this weekend. It was tight! So i removed the console lid which made it better. 6 screws on the underside separate the top from the bottom of the lid, then 4 screws remove the top part of the lid from the hinge. I used a trim tool to get the back of the cover on the lid...

Here is a tip, you can buy a 12"X12" piece of foam 1" or 2" from Michaels/Joanne fabric/Hobby Lobby and put that between the cover and the lid for some extra padding. Especially if you are going to keep it for a while.

 

The frame was the first thing I noticed, that thing is beautiful. Nice truck man.

 

So far it seems to work, I'll have to check when the sun comes back up tomorrow what I can actually do with it. Today I just stuck a multimeter on it and it showed 15v, mostly sunny and not direct. I'll check again when I get direct sunlight what it reads through the charge controller.

 

Oh crap, fine. You got me I didn’t vacuum

 

Picked up a screw in the outside lug of my Duratrac Sat nite. Decided to use the road side assist benefit of a free patch or new tire if unable to repair, long story short...dealer took 7 hrs and just plugged it from the outside, looks kinda sketchy. I could have did that in my garage in 5 minutes.
Hope it holds.
Thinking I need to pu a matching 265 75 16 spare just in case.

 

Interesting... The dealership that just repaired my plug did it from the inside and said "Toyota won't even let us plug from the outside if we wanted to..."

I'm sure it will hold.... they're winter tires right?

 

I told the service guy why from the outside, sb from inside, his reply was thats the proper way, they do all like that. Total BS. I knew no sense talking to him at that point.

 

That's unfortunate. Wish there were some standard practices among dealerships...

 

Added new Tri Tube Runners. They are pretty heavy duty, Sprayed flat black rust proofing. Look Awesome.

 

That console looks great! Where did you get the 120v/12v parts?

 

Awesome man, thanks a ton!

 

Lol okay. Good looking out

 

I have no idea, I'll have to find out. What does it look like

 

Installed Meso Stage 1's and Total Chaos bed stiffeners

 

Thank you! I ordered the parts from OEM Part Source. The trim piece, 120v outlet, and 12v outlet are three different part numbers. Most people who do this mod order an OEM USB insert for the right side instead of the 12v outlet like I did, but I needed to add the 12v outlet back to the interior since I no longer have one in my dash.

The part numbers are here in this thread: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-cab-120vac-400w-anytime-power-outlet.622505/

I ordered the plug and play harness kit from KTJO 4x4 for this mod, but it's been crickets ever since I placed my order about 3 weeks ago. I knew it was a gamble, but I thought I'd give it a shot instead of hacking up the factory wiring. I figure I'll wait another week or so, then dispute the charge with my bank. Thankfully, another member on here had the parts to make me up the harness (I think he may be planning to sell them, but I don't want to steal his thunder, so I won't spill the beans), so I ended up not having to hack up the factory wiring after all.