What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

What part of the country do you live in? Not many people have basements out there. I'm in New england.

 

I stand corrected.

 

You said you weren’t sure so not a correction just some input to clarify

 

What did you get hung up on? I'll be installing my UCAs in a few weeks and would love to learn how you overcame the issue.

 

Clavin?

 

They're talking about Cliff Clavin, the postman character on the 80s bar sitcom Cheers. He was the know-it-all guy we've all run into. Probably spellcheck changed Clavin to Calvin or they were typing too quickly.

"Interesting little article here. It says that, uh… the average human being only uses 17% of his brain. Boy, you realize what that means? We don’t use a full, uh… 64%."

- Cliff Clavin.

"Regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That’s why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

- Cliff Clavin.

 

Latches? Not touching those lol.

 

Thanks for the clarification. That’s what I was thinking. Calvin threw me off. Cheers (no pun intended) Ok, pun intended

 

The truck isn't even close to loud with the Nitto's, but there is a bit more highway noise than I prefer with how often I end up being on the phone while driving the truck, so I deadened the back wall with some Second Skin Damplifier Pro this weekend. I've used a few different brands in the past and this definitely has the thickest foil and it is incredibly sticky. I only notice a small difference in road noise so far but I am able to run the radio at a lower volume with just this one panel done so it must be helping (usually 35+ and today was 25-30). I have enough leftover to do the rear doors with this kit too it looks like, but I am waiting for some replacement door clips to show up before I yank those panels off because those clips love to break. Should have them done before the week is done so I'll update in my next post how much both sections helped (then again when I do the front doors - need more deadening).

With 1 sheet on:



Done @ ~4.5 sheets:



EDIT:
Finally got to drive at speed last night and I will say the difference at 60+ is much more noticeable than I was expecting. Even more excited to do the doors now.

 

I think he's talking about the long bolt on the uca.
We had to do some trimming and pounding to get it out.
Talked to my tuner Paul after and he gave me the secret.... buy new uca bolts and just cut the head off if the old one and pull/reinstall from the other side where there's plenty of room.

 

Mounted a Safariland fork system inside my center console so my handgun doesn't flop around in the console. It's tight but fits absolutely perfect.

 

Put the wind sail on for the drive to Jackson in a few days

 

This is how I ended up grabbing some AT's. Got stuck wheeling with a buddy

 

Must be the screw wasn’t in as tight as others have experienced. Guess I was lucky.

 

Perhaps you just selected a more appropriate Philips bit.

 

Not pictured - signed up for a monthly car wash subscription at one of those conveyor belt car wash joints only because I want to blast the shit out of my undercarriage. If it manages to clean up the rest of the car so be it. Gonna try and make it a habit of doing it once a day every day in any given month lol...

For a $1/day I'd say it's a small investment in (trying to) ward off the corrosive effects of mag chloride on my Taco every winter and spring...

 

Agree with this. Just did Camburg UCA's on my 2021.

Spend the ~35 dollars and get two new UCA bolts from Toyota.

Undo the OEM bolt, and slide it out a few inches. Grab your sawzall and chop the head and a bit of the original bolt off. Remove the bolt towards the rear of the truck without needing to bend any sheet metal.

Reinstall the new UCA bolt from the rear, towards the front.

The hardest part after that is getting the 4 washers where they need to go.

 

Hello! New to the forum. Little lady looking for advice for my new Tacoma. Excited to be part of the club.

 

Welcome to the black hole of ideas, mods and money spent on making your Taco your own.