What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I also put some high inside the hood. Figured if I was broke down (& not able to illuminate) then the rescue party coming to me head-on would see me sooner with the reflective tape popping out at them. I'd have to have the hood fully open, of course. But that is the international sign of vehicle distress, so...

I used black tape that reflects white, because it was the front.

 

You can always punch one or two of the bed bolts through it to secure.

 

When Caddy hung their badge on that Cavalier I knew they were done as a respectable auto maker. Sheesh.

 

Installed a row of AC outlets on the back of my console last night.

 

Ran wires down the drive side frame with zip ties. The battery cables were long enough to reach. The switch inside the cab wires were not long enough, I had to add about 2 feet of wire to make it inside the cab.

 

Very nice set up. Couple of questions as I plan on something similar down the road. SwitchPros says a bus bar, terminal block, fuse block and circuit breakers are not required. Are your breakers and fuse block separate from the SwitchPro? I get the bus bar and terminal block, they make the connections cleaner and easy. Does our breaker setup interfere with the stock fuse box?

 

How are these powered? On when the ignition is on or are they on a separate switch?

 

One more thing added to the Amazon shopping list.

 

They run to the inverter under the console for the bed outlet so it's a basic parallel tap and grounding to the oem grounding point. I'll see if I can't find the link to the thread I used to do mine.

 

I'm not sure if your model has an onboard inverter oem but if it does this guys tutorial is extremely straight forward. I didn't do the anytime 400w because I haven't found the need yet but with 3 ac in the cab too that may not be too far off.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-ac-outlet-in-cab-and-400w-anytime.505598/

 

Little trick I learned from my 4Runner. Hold the patch to headliner, twist it back and forth, then side to side. It should grab. If not just keep doing that until it grabs.

 

The first thing I looked into doing but MESO didn’t have any at the time.

 

Oh man, you have no idea how much I needed this. I had been filling up the little patch of velcro material where the console meets the front seat floor on both sides.

 

Mine didn't come with the 400w inverter so I'll have to start from scratch. Gonna start by finding out how much power an inverter draws with no load. If it's excessive I'll probable go with a switch. But it would be nice if it could be always available.

 

Forgot to post. Steering wheel leather wrap.

 

No, apparently that link isn’t. Amazon does have shrink tube that is compatible but the link for the stuff I purchased no longer works.

 

You could probably just pick up the oem inverter from a higher trim package and have no problem with the install. And the oem variant is switched too just to the left of the steering column. The 400w to 100w is parked vs driving but people smarter than I have done the math and found that the 400w draw is fine on the truck even while in drive.

 

This is the stuff I use, works in the standard dymo d1 labeler

$20 Rhino 5200 Label Maker Heat Shrink Tubes Aonomi Replace for DYMO 18055 Heat Shrink Tubes 1/2" 12mm Black on White Compatible with DYMO Rhino 4200, 5200, 1000, 5000, 6000 Industrial Label Maker

Aonomi Compatible Labels Tape Replacement for DYMO 18055 Heat Shrink Tubes for DYMO Rhino 4200, 5200, 1000, 5000, 6000 Industrial Label Maker, 1/2" x 4.9'(12mm x 1.5m), Black on White, 4-Pack

 

just ordered BA highline bumper and a 10k# winch.

 

Sorry for the late reply.
I got them from Amazon through Elmhurst Toyota. Approximately 1200 total with center caps and black PVD lugs.