What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Today, I sold my Tacoma for what I paid for it 4 years and 84000 miles ago and got to take home my new 2021 F150 Supercrew 2.7L 4x4 XL STX. My kids already love the new truck (“Freakin’ Shit Cool Dad!” Quoting my 6 year old) and the Tacoma’s new owner is happy with his purchase too.

 

Really good point! Sad that we’ve come to this. Maybe you could draft something up and have a local fab shop weld it in for you.

 

-12? Damn. Doesn't sound like much, but seemingly is quite a bit for these things.

Thanks, I'll checkout that thread.

 

Theoretically...

I've had plenty of ppl with annoying (not necessarily high beam) headlights decide to cruise in my blind spot for long periods so I'm very into the tint. Blinkers don't hurt either! Thanks for putting these on my radar @Impoy47

 

You did WHAT? Say it aint so!

 

I just ordered some Pro Comp wheels from 4Wheel Parts. They have a -12 offset with 4” backspace (these are buy 3 get one free BTW, I’m frugal like that ). They should definitely put the wheels out far enough to accommodate 33’s or 34’s without touching the UCA. I’m planning on upgrading the UCA’s before going with bigger tires (currently running 265/75/r16 KO2’s).

 

I'm kind of planning on running the stock size. If I can up-size I will. No planned lift, I daily this thing. I do occasionally hit some light trails. I know I can get away with what the truck has. I can tell you those goofy Toyo A300s did a lot better on ice than my buddies T4R with the stock Bridgestones. I also didn't use the 4wd on the way in, had to on the way out, got stupid with the throttle.

Appreciate the input

 

you can just turn your lights off

 

Yeah... I don't turn off my headlights even during the day, so I'm not gonna turn them off every time I throw it in reverse. I'd rather spend a couple bucks on some plastic covers from a community member or cut up some duct tape to fix a design flaw.

 

You got it.

 

Thank you sir, I'll definitely need this. Just installed a dual battery kit from genesis and 2 group 34 odyssey batteries. Perfect.. see post..

Edit: solar panels and control charger is for off grid use.. better prepared than sorry..

 

you’re gonna love that truck, I have a 2020 F150 3.5L AKA my go fast desert truck/tow rig. Long travel in the front with Deavers and bumps in the rear. Enjoy it

 

This happened a couple of weeks ago, but today seemed like a good day to post it.

 

No worries and All good! I like the vision area surface it covers, practically 2 lanes! Main reason for me is to keep an eye of my bike rack on the side and when I put the RTT on. Will post pic when I find it.. but overall, good upgrade for safety purpose and field of vision.

 

It was bittersweet watching the new owner drive my former truck away for sure. I loved my Tacoma! But, the amount I was able to sell it for and the fact that there was a truck coming in to my Ford dealer built with 95% of what I wanted (only missing the 36gal tank and factory brake controller, the latter I’ve already ordered and scheduled install) that wasn’t spoken for made the decision pretty straightforward. We tow a pop up trailer and camp out of my truck with 2 kids and a dog; the Tacoma was just smaller than all of us wanted. Sure we all fit, but we were crammed in the Taco.

More power, more space, better fuel economy.

 

Probably more tech too. Congrats!

 

Got my 5.29 gears, ECGS bearing & a CMC done at Sibi Built. These guys have top notch service and provide the cleanest work I have seen from a shop. Highly recommend these guys for all your truck needs if you’re in SoCal!

 

Lower offset was leading to rub on the stock UCA’s at wheel lock. Not sure how things would play out on lower offset now that I upgraded my suspension and got billet UCA’s. Geometry is different now for sure. Plus IIRC my KO2’s are 11.5” wide compared to stock 9” so the negative offset makes sense to me. 12 mm is just shy of a half an inch so they don't stick out all that much more.

 

I've heard from a few techs at local shops here in PHX about 4.88 and 5.29 gears having a bad hum. Are you experiencing that at all? I bumped up to 285/70r17s and have definitely found a want to gear up higher. I'd love to be in 6th gear at 75mph lol.

 

you might get better mpg