What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Looks good. Had mine done back in the spring. Love it.

 

I bought my truck a TAC14

 

I took my 2016 TRD Sport in for 65K miles service. I had the dealer do complete service on Auto Trans. WOW, the truck drives and shifts smoother than ever. The driving experience is better every day.

 

Installed the "Rock block whatever its called" tailgate seal. It was pretty easy, even with my ocd prep work, it only took about 30 minutes. Hopefully its still on today.

 

If anyone was curious, i do have the snail armor tailgate insert, but also have a rubber cover over that. I wanted something with a little give to it in case i was kneeling on it.

 

Ordered the Mountain Hatch tailgate insert yesterday using their Black November discount code. At $250 the price is ridiculous for what it accomplishes and it’s still ridiculous at $200 w/ the discount, but I’m sick of spilling drinks and torquing kneecaps. Zero plans to dice onions or chop carne asada on the ‘food grade’ tailgate, but it will definitely improve on the OEM insert. I’ll likely add grip tape to it too so I won’t iceskate right off of it when loading motos. I only wish it had deeper cupholders like the Trailgate insert. Had the Trailgate been composite rather than metal, I would’ve bought it instead. Seems to me a powdercoated metal insert would be scratched & scraped up immediately. Composite made more sense to me.

 

Trying to figure out where to put these beauties.... I know most people put them on their roofs. Any other spots that are popular?

 

I finally got my BillieBars installed yesterday after sundown. I really like the quality of the these bars. Lots of options to install different items on the truck bed area.

 

Some people put them center console area carpet ~ Where your knees would be. driver / passenger sides

 

The radio is a

$165 Midland MXT275 MicroMobile GMRS Radio - 15 watts Two-Way Radio with Integrated Control Microphone - Overland Caravanning Tractors - Detachable External Magnetic Mount Antenna - 8 Repeater Channels

Midland MXT275 GMRS radio.

I added an RJ45 jack from AirOnBoard so I can just run the mic straight to the dash and disconnect as needed. The main box is small and hidden behind dash. I also got a stealth antenna, longer cabling and ran it up the drivers side windshield. I hid the cable with KC HiLites universal wire holder and it hides it pretty good against the windshield trim. 99% of people don’t even realize it’s there.

the antenna is mounted via Jeep Wrangler left side fender mount on my rack.

 

I don’t care for tossing patches on my headliner or carpet, but I took a bunch of my organizational/job patches from my USAF missileer/nuclear enterprise days that had been sitting for years in my filing cabinet & did this:

 

Very cool!

 

FINALLY Finished the 3in OME lift with axle shims (3 degrees) and brand new SPC Uppers. All the TRD Offroad parts i have listed for sale on here too. Oh and I also got new tires. Bridgestone Dueler AT3 Revos.

 

I use mine for a cutting board every time I go out, it’s friggin awesome having so much flat surface now. They are expensive… I did the red one so I could see shit on it especially at night. I thought the cup holders would be to shallow but they work great

 

There is a lot of competition out there now.
Here is a great Canadian made product.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/gar-fab-tailgate-panel-group-buy-canada.715433/

 

Nice, I like the Bhagavad gita/Oppenheimer quote.

 

Nice.

 

It’s ubiquitous in the nuclear community, that’s for sure.

 

My friend leads a team that arms bombers with nukes at Minot afb, I'll have to ask him if his patches share that in common.

 

I suppose I’ll see if I end up using it as a cutting board, one never knows. My Yeti has a divider/cutting board, so I use that if need be. I don’t often bring items that need much prep when camping, but I’ll never complain about an item that has legit multiple uses even if I don’t often utilize some of them.