What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thank you for this field review! I HATE junk! and if it were my motorbike flopping around because the hardware failed, I would be pissed!.

(I've even pulled the bed mounted tie downs to "check them", just to be sure! ;-)

 

Dang! I like the seat track rail for the bed side top rail. Now you got me trying to figure out how to get the softopper snap rail integrated into the Ancra seat trac and fit bed racks.

Puzzle.... puzzle...

Thanks for another sleepless night! ;-)

 

Gotta add some door flags bro.

 

Yeah you right gonna order some right now but that's it that will be the final icing on the cake and I'm done

 

I actually got two of them and told the wife I was gonna put them on my truck. Her first reaction was, " That is not a BLM flag is it?". OK if she thinks it might represent BLM I think I will wait on installing them.

 

Bureau of land management?

 

Got rid of the stock 245's and added some Cooper Discoverers:

 

Looks great. What bumper insert is that?

 

Tossed on my Rigids pods I pulled off my Tundra.
They are soldered into the high beams and water proof connectors. I placed them where the grill doesn't block them.

 

Great to know because I do plan on throwing a camper shell on in the near future. Will likely get a set especially if they double as anchor points!

 

Black lives Matter, I do not want that flag to be mistaken for that.

 

Bone stock. The rub is minimal, heat molding the plastic is all it needs.

 

east coast has no idea what that is

 

Thanks brother, welcome to the forum. There is an Army Green thread you should check out.

This is my second Tacoma. Last one I had for sixteen years. Loving the AG.

 

Trust me i know those feeling, L track works great

 

Took some night shots. The1st 2 pictures are taken in as dark as it gets around here. 3rd has street lights. Definitely can see the light difference from stock.

 

Anyone know where to get a good hood decal for flat (non-scooped) hood?

there was a site that sold several versions of various widths/lengths. Not sure which one I want yet.

TIA

 

Replaced the lower heim bearing on the driver's side shock using Icon's service kit

$63 Icon Vehicle Dynamics Lower Coilover Bearing Spacer Kit - 611067

P/N 611067. The Spirolox retaining rings came out easy with just a pocket screwdriver. I used a ball joint press with a couple of sockets. Putting the old bearing and bushings next to the new ones, the bushing shank that broke off inside the bearing is clearly visible:



Also replaced the upper ball joint boot using SPC kit 25477. The boots on both sides developed a tear where they contacted the coil at full droop. I will do the passenger side boot tomorrow.



Those of you with spindle gussets and ball joint UCAs, what puller do you use to separate the upper ball joint from the spindle? The pitman arm puller I used previously no longer fits with the gussets.

 

Put in the meso vent rings today. Not perfectly flush but close enough. I think if you went with the black ones it'd be less noticeable

 

Nice