What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

That front door looks familiar...lol. Any update on an eta?

 

Great looking truck!

 

I'm hearing end of March.

 

Wow. I'm sure the anticipation is killing you. Hopefully it will go by quickly.

 

Yeah, I'm in the home stretch now.

 

I’m punching the air right now!!!

 

I’ve never been a huge fan of the stamping or badges on the back of most new trucks nowadays. So, I decided to try some Rustoleum “rugged” peel-coat.

It matches the bed liner I sprayed my fender flares with but since it’s peel-coat, I can remove it anytime. So far I’m really liking it, I might have it done professionally in vinyl at some point.

Also picked up my TRD Pro exhaust from Toyota’s 20% accessories sale.

 

Looks pretty good actually. My first thought is I wonder what it would look like if you continued along that body line all the way to the front. 50/50 shot that it would look either good like a two-tone trucks of 'ol, or bad like a 2001 Pontiac Aztek

 

Up by Ft Ross

 

My plan is to eventually instal a HC rear bumper from WarFab which would tie in really nicely after cutting away the bedsides.

The last thing I need is my truck looking like a Aztek

 

Thats the Body Armor hi line bumper, smittybilt 10k which, fronts are kings and camburg upper control arms love the set up super smooth ride to

 

Finally installed the TRD intake... I know, I know... "it doesn't even do anything", "it's a waste of money"... but I wanted it and you guys keep buying glare blockers so thanks! lol

Before (dirty engine bay)


After (quick cleaning)





Also, should I be concerned by this oil (or oily liquid) in the intake tube???

 

It appears the TRD airbox is larger than OEM.

 

But the glare blockers actually do something though, and they are cheap... lol

That oil is probably from the PCV valve, and it's normal. It's pulling crank-case air into the intake charge and it pulls a little bit of oil mist with it. Fortunately I believe the motor is both direct injection and port injection so it should keep the intake valves fairly clean. If you want extra peace of mind you can install a catch-can to remove most of that, though you will need to empty it periodically.

EDIT: fixed spelling error

 

Ha, I wasn't saying the glare blockers don't work or are a waste of money (although plenty of people have) but referring to the small income from selling them being my "tacoma spending money"!

And thanks, I was thinking that's what it was but haven't gotten enough into the mechanical aspects of these trucks yet to confidently determine that myself, I'll always ask for second opinions when I see stuff like this just to be safe!

 

Finally got around to add preload on these after 2 years

 

*re-reads the original post with new context* ohhhh, my bad. Misunderstood what you were saying about the glare blockers.

 

Well here's a mystery for the ages... Check out these dyno results below.

BLUE is a stock TRD Sport running:

• Firestone Destination LE2 265/65R17, which weigh 37# according to TireRack.com and 34# according to TireSize.com
• OEM TRD Sport wheels, which weigh 26# according to offcamber
• Total wheel + tire weight (worst case) is ~63#

RED is the same TRD Sport running:

• Kenda Klever RT 35x10.5 R17, which weigh between 69-73# according to The Google(TM)
• OEM 4Runner TRD Pro SEMA wheels, which weigh 25#
• Total wheel + tire weight (best case) is ~94#

The only changes between red and blue are wheels and tires, nothing else (on the drivetrain) is different because I've been changing one thing at a time and checking the stats to ensure I know what affects what.



Somehow adding nearly 50% the original rotational mass per-wheel has netted me +2HP???
So there it is folks, follow my example and add a ton of heavy bullshit to your drivetrain in order to boost those buff horsies.

Getting a tune done tomorrow and taking the truck back to the dyno Wednesday to check the results. Based on today I cannot wait to see what the hell that does to the numbers...