What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hey, that's a great shot!

That's the first pic I've seen that sorta makes me think what "could have" been. Mid July, I had an appt to drive a bit over an hour to a dealer that had 2 Tacos, one Army Green OR DCLB and 1 White OR DCLB, identically equipped. Only place within a few hundred miles that had available Tacos. The day before my appt, I got "The Vid!" I called and postponed. They worked me hard for a deposit to hold the Army Green but I was reluctant till I could physically see it. 8 days later when I was good, it had sold and only the white was there and that was my "go-to" color so I drove it home. That pic is probably the best representation I've seen of that color!

What are you using to keep her shiny? A new ceramic product? It looks really nice. I'm using Meguiar's Liquid Hybrid Ceramic on my white and damn, it's amazing how nice it looks! Your Sport looks better than an OR in that scheme, I think.

 

My 2020 OR doesn’t have auto headlights. I think you had to get the premium package (dual-zone AC, sunroof, leather, etc.) for those.

 

Really? Good to know.

 

Was it worth it? I have done Raammat and CCF in the doors, roof and rear wall. I have been hesitant to commit to MLV and CCF on the floor since seeing very mixed reviews. My goal is to minimize road/wind noise.

 

I have the OR but not Premium tech. Have dual zone, all the tech stuff like adaptive CC, BSM, Auto headlight, auto high beam, Yada Yada. Just no sunroof, no JBL, or leather.

 

My 2020 does have auto headlights, no premium package.

 

My TRD Sport as well, Canadian version. Non premium package.

 

After over 8 months of waiting for the steps to arrive I finally was able to finish up installing the ARB summit steps and rails on my Tacoma. (and now I have to sell it)

The bedliner cover for the top plates looks great

 

Nothing too exciting but this morning I deactivated the spare key fob to conserve battery life. I wouldn't have even known that was a thing without TW.

 

Totally sucks you have to get rid of it! Truck looks awesome. I've been toying with the idea of the ARB Summit bumper but I can't see myself using it to its full extent, just having it to have it and look good.

 

I'm trying to figure out how to put knobs on the steering wheel.

 

This is what you want (if you want your trucks steering wheel to look like your Grandma's 78' Buick.)

 

Thanks for that, but I was referring to radio knobs on the steering wheel to control the volume of the radio. It's a running joke going on here with a couple members.

 

Left the car at work yesterday and took the truck outta storage for some blizzard action yesterday. Ground was completely bare yesterday morning, then it started snowing around 10am and it didn’t stop till 6am this morning, believe we got about a foot and a half of snow. Went out last night at 7 to pick the gf up from work, highways closed, snow drifting everywhere, visibility pretty much zero. I turned the amber and white halves of the light bar on and drove at about 55km/h, our highways have markers pretty much every 100 or so meters for plows to see the edges and even in white out drifts I could see the reflection of the markers from the light bar so I knew I could see a stuck or abandoned vehicle in front of me. Overall it was a great drive considering the conditions, and a nice reminder of how good these trucks are in poor conditions, my front tires are at 50% and geolander AT’s winter performance are poor to begin with but the truck had absolutely no trouble. Traction control off and power out of everything! Although I never got stuck so it was more like power for 4x4 drifting around the city

 

Plug and play

 

Wish I had seen this before I did it, lol.

Saw your mention the back seat storage bin. I went and got longer fasteners for it, can't remember what the styles called right now, and they were long enough to bite and hold it down tight.

 

Installed heated seats and a remote starter over the last few days

Heated seats: https://www.ebay.com/itm/184481110206

Remote starter: N2 Designs with smartphone control

 

Your not going to find any more space in a 4runner, We ended up getting a highlander.

 

I took it to a dedicated ceramic place. My buddy did his car himself and it didnt turn out too well. This place used Feynlab products and came with a 5 year guarantee with free detailing, etc. It was pricey but damn, it's so hydrophobic now. Water just falls off. When I wash it, it pops right back to the original shine. Was worth every penny. here are a few shots right after I had it done.

 

Drove back to college today and the gas station next to my school only had 93 octane. I was not planning on spending $85 on gas today but oh well. My toyota tacoma is now a race truck.