What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

It's a rare day when it doesn't move. And I commute with it, although that will be changing in the near future with some remote work coming my way.

 

Cleaned out 6 years worth of crap out of the engine bay and gave her a good cleaning.



Before:


After:

 

Looks great. Can you share your engine bay cleaning process?

 

I'm about to do this on my 19 SR5... how was the install process?

 

What did you use?

 

Probably the same thing that keeps it from going off all the time.

 

As much as I hate to do it, I took it through the wash this morning.

 

My .02, take extra caution around the airbags, and be careful with the little plastic covers on the grab handle when you remove the passenger side A-Pillar. The tabs will bend and not return to shape if not careful.

 

Blackhorse Heavy Duty Grill Guard.

 

X2 ^

 

I just had my tires rotated. It was 4K miles over

 

Roger that. I should probably invest in some real plastic part removal tools... I tend to just cram the ol trusty flathead in places it probably shouldn't go.

Ask my wife.

 

This is how I know..

 

Installed the Rav 4 radio knobs over the weekend. Made me realize how tiny the factory knobs were!

 

I did the billet aluminum knobs. (Didn't like the fact that they were not illuminated) So I went with the Rav 4 Knobs. (I like it because it's illuminated, Not crazy about the look) Then I saw the AJT knobs. Really like that look, and they are illuminated. So I just ordered a set.

 

The V1 has that little post you can see at the bottom. The V2 is a flush fit. Pull off your stock knob and see what you have?

I had the same question. I wish the AJT site explained the difference. They only give you a picture, and you need to play "Spot the difference"

 

I love the RAV4 XLE knobs. The RAV4 Adventure knobs are kinda meh to me, as are the AJT ones. Both are better than the absolutely terrible stock Tacoma knobs though.



These knobs do require some modification to work, but install in about 8 minutes.

 

I can't see the picture?
I didn't know there was a difference?
Do you have a part number for those?

 

Does anyone know if there are knobs available for the basic Entune head unit? All the ones I've seen say they only fit the premium and above. I think the basic unit has the most pathetic knows of them all. So tiny they're almost unusable.

 

It's hosted on Imgur. I know sometimes certain restrictions block them. This is a link to the direct pic: https://i.imgur.com/gNpGzSfh.jpg

This is the OP where I found out there were different RAV4 knobs. The top ones in his post are what I upgraded to, they just require a little filing on the back of the knob to work with our push button setup, but install without issue after shaving 2ish mm off the back side. More on this in my build thread (link in sig). Haven't seen anyone else run these knobs and they're the best option I've seen.

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