What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

No, they are super thin metal. More of a splash guard than anything really..

 

That’s exactly the setup I was looking at.

 

The gas tank skid on an OR is plastic. The rest are just slightly thicker than a pop can.

 

And they sound like a lightweight cookie sheet hitting the garage floor. haha

 

Yes they do. The bars I removed yesterday when installing the transmission skid were meant to protect the catalytic converters but felt like they would fold easily if you dropped down on anything. Feel much better with the steel RCI skids even though they around 80+ pounds combined.

 

What else did I do?? Here in florida it gets hot, and I got tired of my forearm resting on the standard arm rest working up sweat even with the aircon going. So I made a thin armrest cover, sewed in an elastic band to hold it in place. Well that worked for about 6 months before the stitches let go altogether and the cover was sliding everywhere. SO I found one of those natural skin rugs at the local HomeGoods doodads store and brought it home. Made a template, cut the natural skin to size, shaved it with that home haircut Kit I bought in 2021 when everyone was sitting on their family room couch, then I bought a pneumatic upholstery stapler off Amazon. I took off the armrest from the Tacoma, disassembled it, left the stock OEM fake leather rubber cover on it, and proceeded to staple my new cover on. Here are the results. I'm completely satisfied. That purple thing near drivers belt latch is my dashboard duster. Do you think it is unique?

 

I watched a couple of videos for guidance. One guy just broke the clips off since he was replacing them anyway. The other guy was able to get a flathead screwdriver in there and press inward...releasing it outward...which is what I did.

Keep at it...I was frustrated with one side so I went to the other and it popped right off. Then I came back to the one that originally frustrated me.

Here are some photos:






This one shows the connection for the new LED. But imagine the little halogen bulb in there in its place.





Halogen:



LED:



Ed

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Did you replace the stock hydraulic springs on the Diamondback?

 

Hahahhaha, yes they do. I always have said the gas tank skid ia less protective than a school lunch tray.

 

Great photos, thanks for the tips. Those aren't easy to reach, and its dark in there. I'll give it another go soon.

 

Wow! That’s definitely unique!

 

It helps having smaller hands...so if you're a "Burley Man" with ginormous hands, it's going to be tough.

I did this task during the sunny day of the workweek and still needed my torch (flashlight) to see up in there!

Ed

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Uhh...."Unique" is indeed a descriptor of what I'm looking at.

 

Lol! Would be better off buying some old mess hall trays at a DLA auction and strapping them under the tank! I was checking it out yesterday when I was crawling around under the truck. Don’t feel real good about it. Back to the RCI website…

 

These are the energy mounts. But the alpine designs CMR gives the option to buy standard or upgraded when you buy the CMR kit. I opted to go with the standard initially and regretted it within a week. Haha

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-3rd-gen-license-plate-light-bulb-replacement.648273/

 

Setting up the truck to camp this weekend at Mt Shasta …
Be fist trip with the new Taco Garage DMM and Ram Mounts….

 

Won't stay clean very long.

 

Cool! Looking forward to pics from the trip. One of these days I’d like to check out Mt Shasta. Have fun man!

 

I didn’t pose the question but was thinking “how do you clean that?”. Maybe it can be removed and tossed in the wash?