What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I remember getting to my USAF duty station @ Minot AFB in the throes of winter back in the early 90s. I’m from Illinois originally, not far from St. Louis and, while it got kinda cold there, never cold enough for block heaters to be a thing. After moving to AZ at age 11, obviously block heaters also weren’t a thing. Long story short, my mind was blown seeing thousands of 3ft pillars with 110vac outlets in every parking lot and cars w/ extension cords plugged into them. I had no idea what I was seeing. I found out shortly after that when I got my very own block heater installed in my Nissan and began dealing with ambient temps exceeding -30°. Coldest I experienced was -108° windchill @ roughly -45° ambient w/ winds in excess of 70 knots in the winter of 1994 while working at one of our remote missile silos.

 

Wheelz & tyres.

Motegi MR150 / Falk's Wilpeak ATw3 275/70r17. Yes they rub on the stock '21 OR suspension. Lift goes on tomorrow.

 

I really need to move the SoftTop foward about .5" or so.

 

Added a 32oz. hydro flask holder. Got tired of chasing after it on the floor board.

$32 Seven Sparta 2 Pack Car Cup Holder Expander with Adjustable Base, Compatible with Hydro Flasks 32/40 Ounce, Compatible with Yeti Ramblers 20/26/30 Ounce, Other Bottles in 3.4"-3.8" (Black)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087F5NLT...&pd_rd_r=8c207bd9-0ba8-4abb-ae71-8474dee3c91c

 

I'll vouch for the tale!

I also lived in Minot (Why not Minot?) Well, I'll tell ya! It was the late 60s. I actually FROZE the surface skin of my thighs walking to school.
It's might have been -30, At least in the -20's and the wind came out of the west something fierce.

I worked missile silos some years later. Concrete work. Up by Cavalier. Cold work!

 

I have 285 70 17s on mine. They are Fierce tires. I must have a lift on it but not sure. It rubs a little on slight turns going over a bump. I just put my winter tires on the other day and they look small. 265 70 17 Michelin x-ice and snow on the stock trd sport wheels.

Those gold wheels look sick btw!

 

What did you do in the AF.

 

Looks dope dude! Where'd you get them??

 

Do you have covers for your fog lights

 

Right on. TONS of concrete work back then for the sites, I’m certain you had plenty of work. The silos near Cavalier were flights controlled by Grand Forks AFB- Sylvania-engineered sites vs the Boeing-engineered sites we have around Minot. Grand Forks’ 150 missiles were deactivated by 1994 while Minot’s 150 missiles remain active.

Did you happen to work on the Spartan/Safeguard facility in Nekoma too? It’s about 45 miles from Cavalier.

 

I was a missileer in the Minuteman III ICBM program.

 

It maybe be TRD pro only, multi camera view

 

I got these to blind other drivers:

 

In the midst of building a table. Stole the idea from go rhino

 

A common site in residential areas in Alberta...extension cords, including places of employment. At my work they use pulsating voltage...to save on electricity. I park my vehicle on side of the road, sometimes when it snows hard the vehicle is non recognizable due to the amount of snow...then you hope it will start

 

Finished my bumper,I got some of the inspiration from marlin crawlers bumper

 

Great idea. Following to see what you come up with.

 

Got it delivered late last night! Will be using this '20 MGM TRD OR AT until my '22 Lunar Rock TRD OR MT is ready in Dec/Jan.

I did post the full story of how I ended up with two Tacomas in the welcome section. Happy to be here finally

 

Cool! I was a door gunner on the Space Shuttle.

(I hope jokes are allowed; thank you for your service)

 

First mod, new grille and blacked out the wheels (not in photo). Hoping to catch some Black Friday sales on a suspension kit and new wheels this month.