What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Closeish headed to Wasilla, going to fly helicopters on the civilian side of life.

 

Jeep really could have brought this style back rather than the Gladiator. Hell, even the Comanche was a better looking truck

 

Great picture of a great looking truck!!! Looks good enough for a computer wallpaper! (Sorry, didn't mean to hijack thread by the complement.)

 

So that’s what been wrong with the wrangler all this time….it was too short. Lol

 

Thats just a Hummer with poor quality control and axle problems.

 

First taco! 2022 Tacoma TRD Off Road Premium in Celestial Silver Metallic.

Installed these goodies yesterday…

Baja Designs Squadron Sport Amber Fogs
General Grabber 265/70/17
Method Race 316’s in 17x8.5, 0 offset
TRD Lift
Truxedo TruXport Tonneau Cover

 

https://www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Heaters/Kats-Heaters/KH11813.html

Requires a little sanding for a perfect fit.

If you're only going to Anchorage that's all you need, if you're going to Fairbanks I recommend an oil pan heater as well. Feel free to PM me with any Alaska questions.

https://www.etrailer.com/Vehicle_Heaters/Kats_Heaters/KH24100.html

 

I always thought the reason they look odd is the bed rail height. I think it would look better if the bed was two inches taller

 

Mountain Hatch tailgate swap.

 

Would take a Comanche over a Gladiator any day!

 

Welcome to TW! That’s a great start for your first Taco. It’s not Silver Sky Metallic any longer?

 

What lift, if any are you using? Any chance you can post a side shot?

 

Not sure if that would help much; be better as a two door with a shorter wheelbase.

 

Personal experience:
If the trailer hitch is bent down at all from a rear hit and the frame is slightly creased where the attachment is……….Fully Totalled (at least in Oregon).
The insurance company gave me exactly what I paid for it (had 13k miles).
The one bummer thing was they were going to sell it back to me for $11K with a branded title, which I was totally down for, it was fully drivable and would have taken half a day to cut/weld a new hitch attachment….. BUT Oregon will only let a “damaged frame” vehicle get sold to a licensed salvage company.
Last time I checked Carfax it’s living a great life in Lake Tahoe and has 150K miles on it haha.
If you can buy it back in your state you’ll have lots of leftover cash after paying off the loan so you just have to fix it up and get the new salvage title.

 

I have bilstein 6112’s set at 1.5” lift and a 1” block in the rear. The block will be getting replaced soon for a full set of leafs if I can figure out which set I want.

 

Looks good. Thanks for the info. Odd to see the white stuff on the ground in Mooresville.

 

Added ATA (Anti-Tweaker Apparatus) to my spare.

 

Yes, with modification --

https://youtu.be/ckLxnr1MAK0

 

I did the same, mine actually lasted about 5 years and 2 trucks but eventually started rotting out because stupid me kept forgetting about rain and leaving my Softopper sides up. I’m going to go Decked this time too. It was a really fun project though, and had features Decked doesn’t.