What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

You ain’t lying

 

5Guys is always worth it. Lol

 

Rejoined the Tacoma club after a 3 year hiatus! 2016 TRD Off Road with 115k miles.

 

Congrats!

I wish Taliban Tan was still available. Would probably have been my first choice.

They look so good in that colour.

 

Working on TRD lift. Not as intimidating as it looks.

 

Thanks dude. 265/75/16 Wrangler Duratracs on Method 701s

 

put a new TRD Pro grille on with bronze lettering to match the TE37's.

 

Thanks! You’re absolutely right, my dinner was almost as much as one of the wheels!

 

Welcome back! Nice rig!

 

^^This^^

 

Eliminated the chrome ring for my push start button

 

Installed my SDHQ behind grille twin lightbar mount and two Diode Dynamics 30” lightbars. About 60 mins start to finish. Super easy &/stealthy af.

I’d originally planned on Baja Designs lights, but the S8 & OnX6 bars I settled on for this project increased about $100 per(to $1100 & $850 respectively) and they are already super pricey anyway, so Diode Dynamics seemed a very reasonable compromise w/ great reviews & customer service. It was difficult to justify what would have been a $3000 lighting project when the DD setup will likely even far surpass my needs at 1/2 the cost. Hell, I can add another lightbar below the grille if need be & I’m still reasonably priced.

Switch Pro 9100 8 switch pod w/ OEM trim piece to follow soon.

Oh, and random thought: I dig the 2020 grille much more than the Pro grille. Maybe it’s the satin anthracite color, maybe it’s the design, maybe it’s both. Maybe it’s that the black grille to me just doesn’t seem to integrate as well w/ the silver truck. Swapping my ‘19 grille to the ‘20 was a great choice.

 

I compared limes and washed my taco.

 

Blacked out the front more.

 

I put my Pro Grill on! This was a fun little upgrade to DIY. Took about a 45 minutes total. Fairly easy once you realize how to pop all the tabs off quickly.

 

The Diode Dynamics 30” bars are only $350 each so that’s more like 1/4 of the cost compared to the Onx6/S8 combo. Any pics of the output?

 

$800 after taxes for the two bars, plus $130 for the twin mount, then another $750 for the Switch Pro kit from SDHQ(includes engine bay mount, OEM trim piece switch mount). So roughly 1/2 the cost when all the extras are considered.

Negative on light output photos for the time being. I’ll post again when things are complete.

 

That looks amazing bro! Well done. Your truck looks amazing !

 

FOCO!

 

I can confirm the customer service is great. Had the fob for a few months now and I've reached out to Meso Customs twice about sending replacement springs after trying to load it back in with no success and they immediately mailed it both times. The first time was because I screwed up the install and the second time was because I delayed tightening the screw clamping the key to the fob. They do suggest periodically tightening the screw clamping the key to the fob every so often as it will otherwise come loose over time. All you need is a small allen wrench which comes with the fob. I'll add that I have a MT and I'm not sure if that holds true for AT.