What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hell yea man looks great, love the Bahia blue especially on a white Tacoma!

 

I removed the black and red TRD decals and added the silver and gray.

 

Installed the Cali Raised stealth light bar today

 

Added a 30' Extreme LED light bar in the bumper. Pretty impressive for the price.

 

bye Felicia


Before

after


So after having the fiberglass cap for 3 yrs and then a month with nothing and now this canopy, I have to say it feels right! I was never truly happy with the fiberglass from the paint defects and a noticeable color difference and the quality control was horrible (I have posted about it before) but now granted it’s only been mere hrs it’s already leaps above in terms of spg (smiles per glance). I had some issues with the shipping carriers getting this to me Undamaged, but the 3rd roof and everything is right again. In fact I wasn’t to expect the roof until sometime next yr possibly April/June but @OffroadAlliance.com hit me up with the news Friday after thanksgiving. Super great full for Chris and the guys sticking with me! The month with nothing really made the aal i installed for the sag on the fiberglass really noticeable since I didn’t have any weight. Now everything is smooth again.

 

Easy install? Think of doing this also?? Looks great!

 

Not to bad. Getting the bolts into the light bar is a pain in the ass since you don’t have a lot of room and your hand is bent into a strange position. My wife got the first one in. Guess it helps to have little hands

 

Just to clear up any confusion about the EASY WAY of passing wire through the firewall, please note that I said, “this is for a single wire and/or cable pass,” and “the screwdriver is against the sheet metal hole which can “skin” or damage wire,” and “I recommend using plastic loom in this area to prevent chaffing.” The “easy way” shouldn’t be used for numerous wire passes. As others have pointed out, it can result in a ground fault if done incorrectly. Key to this method is protecting the wire going through the hole and preventing contact with sheet metal. If I didn’t think the method was safe, I wouldn’t have used it. In response to other posts, please look carefully at the picture below. This is the primary OEM harness entering the left dash. Please count the wires (about 50) and note the gauges. Both light and heavy gauge wires are present, indicating control and powered circuits. Also note that Toyota uses braided loom and that many wires are exposed. Note the position of the screwdriver. This was my original entry point. From what I could tell, any other entry point put you in the middle of that wire bundle. Although it may look large in the picture, this entire area spans less than three inches.



Now, I don’t know about others, but there was just no way I was going to attempt multiple passes in the middle of this wire bundle. Each time you attempt a pass, you risk wire damage. Make multiple passes, and that risk increases dramatically. Especially if you use any sharp object. The insulation on those light gauge control circuit wires is fractions of a millimeter thin. They are woven with power circuit wires. Not only no, but HECK NO. This is why I used the HARD WAY and created a separate opening for multiple passes. It’s not hard because it’s difficult, it was hard because it’s a PITA getting position to drill and then making certain the hole was the right size. After I created this opening, I cut and removed my previous wiring pass, and rerouted everything through the new opening. This picture shows how clean and simplified the final product became.



As always, everyone has on opinion, which I respect. It’s your truck, you need to make your own choices. I’ve spent the last 6 months modifying mine, including several major installs. I’m writing a build thread that will include pictures and videos of everything I’ve done. What I’ve shown has worked for me, it may or may not work for you. More to come…

 

Appreciate the compliments, and was rad meeting ya!

 

The outer perimeter of that grommet (as noted in the edited picture) is not in direct contact with the main harness wires that are in the center. It’s almost as a buffer/spacer and unless you haphazardly take a drill to make a hole I don’t see how you can cause any damage (1 wire or multiple). Yes be precise, use flush cuts or something to make a small cut in the ridge of choice, insert a bigger Phillips to enlarge or whatever you want to use to fish and pull.

I’ll try to get a picture tomorrow to show the space available and the ridges I’m talking about.

 

Here is my install video with the mounts I used. Whatever mounts you chose to use I recommend you purchase mounts that lock into the magwell, not just sit on it and they lock in both directions in the magwell. I explain it in the video.

https://youtu.be/0KKvu2p-yrg

 

I went with Builtright industries.

install video --
https://youtu.be/pmGboa_pnws

 

Thats a simple math equation.............

 

Part # ?

 

Undone watch company is releasing this sometime this week. I luv it...

 

My first post! I installed these raptor-esque lights on my 2019 SR5 grille. Super easy to follow the YouTube video and install and I’m a zip tie mechanic! Thanks @jrich44, they’re sick!

 

nice bumper who made this

 

Damn. That makes me feel even more grateful for the gas prices that I have in my area. Currently we're at $2.93 (At the local Kroger). I also have Kroger reward card (I get fuel reward points) and a Kroger branded Mastercard (I got it because it offers a .65 discount on gas). When I filled up on Friday, I paid $2.08.