What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice looking Tacoma

Also Digging the Dozer..

 

Thanks for the info on the jack and accessories guys!

 

A nearly identical twin from the front

 

So you didn’t like the boxes? I kinda thought they could be useful. I guess you have to live with something for a while before deciding if it works for you.

 

I didn't dislike them, just found them to be pretty useless to me, personally. They look nice, they lock, and I guess technically they can hold ice etc but I bring a cooler when hitting the trails. The breaking point for me was when I realized they block the use of the bed rails for any kind of attachments, as well as the ability to add any molle panels to the bed.

The big bummer about them is they were not waterproof, so if it rains, anything in there has to be stored in plastic if you don't want it to get wet.

 

I took mine out after about a week. Took up too much of the bed space.

 

Correct. Some Folks go with the Noco 1000.

 

Well I thought they were waterproof. That is dumb. I thought I could store hunting equipment in there and keep dust and water out. If they don’t protect what is in there other than keep thieves away there isn’t much of a point to them. I doubt that they are much of a cooler and ice would melt fairly quickly on a warm day.

 

Nope - Only caveat is that I do have the Pro model, so the truck does sit a little higher than the others. I am pretty sure the stock TRD Off-road will fit 265/75R16 with no rubbing. Someone may want to fact check me on that, though.

 

Yep! Their parent company (Sumitomo North America) has a manufacturing facility in Tonawanda.

 

Yeah, I was very surprised they weren't waterproof. Also, could never figure out why one of them had the "cooler" logo on it, while it seemed literally identical to the other side - agree that ice would likely melt pretty quick. There was very little space in them as the area that goes over the wheel well took up most of the space.

 

Went over 10k yesterday, changed oil, filter and rotated tires

The truck longevity battle is real and the main adversary here is road salt. And it seems like they empty what ever is left in the truck on my road . So, decided to go back to the OEM mud flaps as they provide a little better coverage/protection than what I had.

Looking at my take off flaps had me revisit an idea, to add add a small piece of 'flap' in front of the rear wheels just below the wheel flare. Don't have the right tools so they're rough around the edges but functional. Deleted wheel well push pin and used panel bolts to secure.

 

20ft steel beams on a 20 ft trailer, those Old man emu spings and king shocks dont sag at all

 

New shoes installed.

 

So my @MESO v2 dome and map lights came in the mail today from mjmotorsports808. Unfortunately, the rear dome light only works on red. The button won't let select between white and red. I think it's a dud. Also, passenger side front map light button is hit or miss between red, white, on and off. Sometimes they work when pressed and sometimes they don't.

Can I warranty these through @MESO or should I send them back to mjmotorsports808. They appear to be sold out everywhere at the moment.

 

Sure you already tried hitting the button(s) a bunch, but FWIW my maps and dome both require two taps to toggle between colors.

 

I would try motor sports first since that’s where the order came from

 

Yeah, I tried uploading a video, but TW didn't accept it. At first I thought I needed to try a combination of switches and button pushing or something like that, but nope. I tried pushing the dome light button several times, red only on the rears and the front passenger side map light is just as bad. At least I can get both colors on the map light.

Back to mjmotorsports808 they go I guess. I'll wait till @MESO gets a fresh batch and order from them whenever they come back in stock.

 

Mine are finicky also and require a random amount of presses to switch the lights. The fronts take 2 out 3 usually and the rear is extremely random, sometimes works first try, others it takes over 10 presses

 

thats the consensus on here, thats what i have on my truck and have zero rubbing