What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Another shot

 

Ordered more stuff
Waiting on:
SSO full plate bumper
Caliraised LED trail skids
CBI rear skid plate
CBI fuel tank skid

On the plans for this month is to powder coat the TRD knockoff skidplate (paying extra for a logo I will hide didn't make since to me), get the CMC done and equal length y-pipe exhaust reroute done.

Hopefully next month is ordering my suspension from accutune and installing a cutback, not sure what I want to go with yet

 

Oh tested the knockoff fitment and did a full pinchweld fold with paint today.

 

Prepping for winter, took out my Pro grille and fog lamps and went back to OEM. Had a little fun with the grille surround, not 100% sure what I think. My old tuner side kinda digs the red because red = fast, but the other side of me is very ehhhhh. I have a can of gunmetal dip I might use next year, or I might just peel off the red and run the surround chrome. Regardless I really like the center grill being black.

IMG_0137 by Mike M, on Flickr

 

Apologies for mixing up posts. Clearly I need to read more thoroughly rather than just skimming. Haha!

Either way, your wheels look clean. I'd get black lugs....i still need to do that myself.



I'm also dithering on whether to upsize to a 17" wheel (I really like the FN fx Pro wheels) or just stick with the stock 16" and get them powder coated. I applied the wheel decals to get a general idea what it would look like and I think they would look cool powder coated in a lighter matte black or matte gray/gunmetal. My truck is MGM though and I don't want them super matchy. I also don't really want the wheel being too dark and getting lost in the tire. Would really like some contrast.....which is why I'm also considering bronze.

Jeebus....clearly I have no idea what I'm doing. Haha.

 

Here's the post I was looking for.

These look nice man. Curious, what did the powder coat run you (approx) per wheel?

 

Last Christmas my wife asked what I want. I told her chainsaw. She got me a battery powered Stihl. Would have never bought it on my own, but honestly, it's perfect for what I need. I'm not cutting down any redwoods, so for clearing brush, cutting back branches, and smaller trees, it's awesome. I've used it occasionally, and I'm still on the initial charge.

 

Yeah I'd never really considered a battery powered chainsaw for myself either. Always had gas but honestly where Im at in life, I just don't have a need for a gas chainsaw anymore. I like the idea of having something a little more capable than my hand held bow saw out in the trails. And I REALLY like the idea of not having to yank on a pull cord, deal with fuel, or the increased fire risk with a traditional gas saw. I'm definately getting a battery powered one in the near future.

 

Ego makes a damn good chainsaw too

 

Ya that’s clean! Awesome idea!

 

Why would you put that on?? Will you Ever go in water that goes up that high?????

 

Added a hidden 3 additional horsepower.....I'm assuming that's what a red teq decal adds.

 

I thought everybody went scuba diving in their Taco.

 

I’ve got the DeWalt battery powered saw, works as well as my Stihl

 

Had a bit of a self-inflicted Charlie Foxtrot this month. Decided to go with your standard speaker upgrade but instead of just the Subaru tweeters I went with full Focal tweeters, front 6x9s and rear 6.5s……..$600
Wasn’t happy with the output, but was not really interested in going amp+sub so I talked myself into getting a new head unit: Pioneer 8600NEX…….$1200
SOUNDS GOOD NOW!
After about 2 minutes I realized I had really screwed up because I am the type of guy who NEEDS a volume knob, not a volume button on the steering column or multiple screen taps in an arbitrary location. I can’t stand not having instant volume control.
The fix? Hey, just get that initially unwanted sub with an in-line volume knob!
welp………
Another $600 and look who has completely upgraded his whole entire system instead of a couple of cheap tweeters.
You are all my tribe. You magnificent bastards.
BUT.. I did something I think you’ll find kinda cool.
Thinking about a location for the volume and bass control knobs I came up with this:
3D printed coin box from Etsy, knobs mounted on lid and connections under the shift console. Clean and very convenient location for my constant OCD fiddling.
You too can do this fun cheap mod for only ~$3000!

 

Avs Low Profile man

 

How people can live with just buttons, or even worse, capacitive controls for things like stereo and HVAC are beyond me. Sometimes analog is the right answer.

 

Same for me but my bar-oil reservoir really leaks all the time, so I have to be careful how and where I stash it.

 

i second this. The flat black ones are awesome