What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

okay, thanks for the info!

 

There is no trimming required, the projectors have the same mounting pattern but it is far from an easy swap as you have to open up the headlight housing and the permaseal that Toyota uses is nasty. This thread has more info and pictures.

 

RLD Canopy on.

Next up roof rack, exterior area lights and interior lights. Hope to take a good stab at all of that this weekend, but will probably take a couple weekends to mostly wrap up.

 

Not today, but did get Mobtown bolt on sliders installed finally.

 

What have we done to our Tacoma in the past year? Been a while since last post..
Not too much, no sense in overdoing things... Choose what's important for our needs and put the money where it counts.
LOTS of pics..

• Found a used Packasport rooftop cargo box. Didn't want to spend 1000$+ for one. Payed 400$ and refurbished it. It was fiberglass so it was an easy fix and strong! Dismantled it and put on new
hardware and reinforcements + white paint to match our military trailer and Toyota graphics in tan to match topper..



• Bilstein 5100's all around + ICON add 3 leafs keeping the overload leaf in place. (rides amazing compared to stock and the overload doesn't make it a rough ride as some state) Love having a
heavy duty mechanic for a father-in-law

• 285/70/17 GENERAL GRABBER ATx including 5th wheel spare. LOVE this tire, fresh look, not too sporty or too nobby...


• Did our take on the "viper cut" Found the way it's being done doesn’t look right from the side of the truck so we tried a different look.


• And some eye candy with it all done and doing what it does best!

 

well done, sir!

 

Luanns truck. Pretty pretty truck truck

 

Lift, tires, wheels, bed cover, steps, rust proofed, and under 300 on the odometer.

 

I think people do it the other way because your way just looks like you hit a tree.

 

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind remarks...... guess you would have to see it in person. Looks more purposeful than just hacking a diagonal line to your fender just cause...

 

Not to be an ass.
But it actually does look like you hit a tree. (Just being honest) Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear.
The Viper cut actually follows the front bumper lines better.
I don't have either cuts. Personally I like the stock bumper look.
But if I were to need approach angle clearance? I would definitely do the Viper cut. But that's just my personal opinion.
The main thing is that you're happy with how it looks.

 

Awesome rig!! So glad to see someone else running the Grabber ATXs…I don’t see them around too often.

 

Tried to write this in @daveeasa 's thread about the DIR kit... but it yelled at me for <50 posts.

For those with a bolt from bed stiffeners sticking in: it's snug between the bed light wires, probably woulda been fine


But you can easily move the bed light wires and there's plenty of space:


@daveeasa really made this such an easy to use kit. Cheers

 

Maybe I did hit a tree and i'm making excuses... Funny thing is, I can still cut off more to look like i hit a rock instead like everyone else...
Clearence was my objective.. something different was my other objective.

Appreciate it! awesome tire!! Just hope they don't become as popular as the KO2

 

Nailed It!

 

Nice. I used a higher bolt for the relay. But we determined it was purposeful, for river crossings.

 

At home quarantining and was bored so I did the AC drain mod even though I think it’s a pretty low yield project.

 

Did the rear diff breather mod. Ran the hose into the gasshole bay. Never understood why Toyota did not do this from the factory. Now time to find a water hole that is deeper than 18"!

 

Great mod! Super cheap to do and way worth it in the long run considering Toyota's history with frame rot. Another one of those no brainer items that should have been done at the factory.