What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

well after 60 miles of driving I would have to say it is noticeable, right at 3000 RPMs you get a nice growl. It didn’t seem as shifty either.

 

How much more do they cover?

 

It started getting dark on my drive home. It's 90 miles from where the shop was, on a 2 lane highway, it was 0 degrees and everything was frozen. Lights came on and literally every car that passed flashed me. I knew right away they forgot to adjust the headlights. No cell service the whole way home. When I got home I get a voicemail from the service manager and he was like "hey man, you might get flashed a lot. We forgot to adjust your headlights".

I felt terrible but I couldn't remember which way was the correct adjustment. I stopped somewhere that barely had a bar for signal but nothing was loading so I just said screw it, guess I'm that asshole on the road tonight... I only ended up going down 4 clicks (or 4 notches) for the adjustment, so not too bad. On my previous lifted FORD it was like 15 quarter turns and there was no indicator except for the plastic nut. Anyways... good looking truck.

Did you get a CMC? I'm at 3" with 285/70R17 and no rub, but at full load it's within mm's. Your 285/75 tires are gonna rub for sure without a CMC, especially at -38 offset. There's just no way. You are still at 33's too It's like 33.78. My 285/70 Wildpeaks are e rated and they are 32.99 vs. other load wildpeaks that are 32.7... just not good enough to be 33's lol.

 

You guys are going to get tired of me posting. Redrilled the spare winch hanger and got my spare back under the bed along with installed oem cast aluminum side steps

 

Here’s a Thread:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hot-wheels-3rd-gen-tacoma-coming-in-2022.730915/

 

First thousand down

 

4 days post surgery mod. Teton shift handle ma-bob thing.
This was waiting for me when i got home. Retail therapy.
It fit perfect and straight on if i wanted it to face the other way, logo to the front. But i dig it.

I like how well the shift boot just popped right onto the new knob. I yell ya, this cmc, 3d printing magic is some cool shit.

 

Replaced speakers in the front door with Kicker 6x9’s. Will install the tweeters in the dash and rear doors next weekend. (Magnet) size matters.

 

Crutchfield told me that Kicker speakers weren't a good match for Tacoma's because the OEM headunits didn't have enough ass to drive them. The steered me to Pioneer speakers.

 

If it doesn't have enough to drive the kickers, it doesn't have enough to drive the pioneers. But it does, for both. Both are an upgrade. You can always add an in-line amp later.

 

You’re correct. It runs the kickers….runs them well.

 

Then Crutchfield lied to me.

 

Fixed the exhaust rattling/touching my RCI skid plates. I noticed that my exhaust was touching the RCI skid plates so I went and bought 3/8 square washers and attach them as you’ll see in the pictures. If anybody else has this problem this is a very easy fix… and yes yes I’ll clean the dirt out… lol

 

I hate that damn exhaust routing, so dumb.

 

Thanks, I need to make a Minime for my Minime.

 

Truck looks great man, is this in AZ? If so where?

 

After my homemade wooden drawer setup finally died from me leaving my softtopper open in the rain all the time I decided to try a truck box. I found they still make the one that’s designed to fit in the old Ford Ranger “Splash” with the step sides and super skinny bed (why anyone would want to reduce bed width that much is beyond my ken….*cough* trail edition*cough*)
It fit perfectly into the front of the bed with some angles I made to mount in the bed rails.
Unfortunately the lid wouldn’t open under the softopper so I took that off.
I then decided I preferred drawers and so got the Decked drawers and installed them on Friday evening….. pretty straightforward, took about 3 hours.
Then I was able to put my topper back on and I’m much happier with it!
Yesterday and today I installed the Ironman 4x4 RAID bumper. I swapped my Diode Dynamics SS3 fogs onto it and plugged that into my OEM fog harness, but I haven’t wired the rest of the lights up yet.
Also still need to trim back the fender skirt underneath and hit the dealership for a few clips and pieces I broke the crap out of removing the front… oops.
I’m pretty happy with everything and can’t wait to get my new Auxbeam controller mounted and all the lights wired up to it! Not this weekend though, I’m cooked.

 

Haha, at least you knew you had to fix the problem and leave it alone like some ppl.

I did the alpine designs CMR. Shop said the lift was aggressive enough that with a little massaging, 35’s should clear too. I have no rubbing at all on the 34’s.

 

Very nice.Sorry, I just didn't see you listed it so I was kinda shocked there was no rub. I also plan on going up to 285/75R17 next time.

But yea, the headlight issue is easily 60% of drivers where I live. I refuse to be one of them.