What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

New tail lights looking nice in the sun

 

What did you use to match the threads in the Yeti? Do you have a pic of that little adapter creation? That is genius for our FJ's.

 

There's a CAI air box mod sticky around here somewhere that I followed. Can't find it at the moment.

Air Accelerator (rubber funnel) + Re-usable Filter + Silicone Hose + Remove Secondary (cheesecloth) Air Box Filter

is what I did. It DOES make a difference. When I first got my Tacoma, it had a sort of hesitation. I would start off from a stop just fine, then it would fall flat on its face for a second. Did this mod and the problem went away. Don't know if it was a direct result of the mod, or indirect by causing the ECU to compensate for what I did or something.

The silicone hose just seemed like a good idea. Even the TRD PRO hose has corrugations, which I would think would cause unhelpful turbulence. Maybe not. Dunno'

Take whatever money you've saved over the kit, get some red tape and TRD stickers for the top of the stock air box.

 

I'm typically a fan of less is more, but the mesh portion of the sport rack looks like a perfect candidate for the TRD emblem everyone is putting on their grill.

 

Tail lights look sick man, and where’d you get those mudflaps?

 

Yes this is the one.

 

Wrong forum for that sex toy

 

No issues with opening or closing the cover. I can easily roll up by myself through the gap between the bed side and bed rack. I’m not sure about water seal yet because I live in AZ. I can take it through the car wash and let you know. I did add butyl tape in the front corners. The foam blocks you add do a good job with the gap between the front bed rail and the side rail caps but there is still a large gap underneath between the bed and the bed cap. I attempted to use butyl tap along the sides of the bed rack adapters but found the seal to be better without it. Also, do not use any of the supplier foam for the front rail EXCEPT for about 1 inch on each side that goes under the front of the aluminum tonneau rails (there is a small gap and the thinner foam will fill it). The front bed rail sits higher than the side rails so you will have a more flush seat of the rubber on the front of the cover by not using foam across the front rail.

 

I made a cup holder Radio Charging station. Always handy and always charged.

 

50K on the OD or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Out of Warranty Repairs.

 

Is this for some sort of Hello Kitty build?

Apparently, it would be a first. Closest I could find was a Pretty in Pink version.



Damn shame someone did that to an Access Cab.

 

That AC is the color of shackle I wanted. Nobody makes one far as I can tell so I'll have to get some custom powder coat done -- maybe the same time I remove the bumper to get it re-coated since I messed it all up with some cutting/welding a while ago.

 

Just go get a couple bottles of hot pink nail polish. Done!

 

Sounds like somebody needs more fiber in their diet.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CM9E4VS

 

Finally got the new Retrax Pro XR installed. WELL, WELL worth the expense. This thing is SO smooth, it works with one finger both ways. It takes up a small bit of bed rolled up, but with my LB Taco its not that bad and I can even stash a lot of stuff under the canister including my compressor. There is about 8" or 9" space under the canister.







Its fairly water tight as well at the cab end, as I've sealed things well, but there are a few leaks around the tail gate, but I knew that going in with the amount of space around the OEM gate.
UpTopp bed truss up next......

 

custom from cali raised

 

They make a voodoo blue shackle. I'm surprised you didn't get one, like I did.

 

I would skip spending $$ on any aftermarket intake hose that just seems like a wasted effort. If someone's gonna spend the $100 for a reusable filter and the TRD rubber flow accelerator AND another $170-200 on a hose, then they should just buy the $350 TRD Cold Air "system".

I still am skeptical about any of it making a meaningful difference, but to each their own. I did the flow accelerator because it was cheap and the reusable air filter because of the ease of maintaining it. Not expecting meaningful gains of any sort. I don't even think it sounds any different, either.