What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

… made an appointment for a new windshield already at only 6700 miles. It got hit with a rock at 300 miles which cracked up the passenger side 5 minutes later, then it got hit with a huge rock three days ago on the Oregon coast, this morning it had turned into a roughly 12” crack right in front of the drivers seat. I’m really hoping the new one will last longer
Oh yeah. And gave it a good wash after a 1700 mile road trip.

 

Back ground rules.

 

At least it wasn't the paint... that beautiful green paint.

 

That’s true, I had the same thought… however in the past I was an automotive painter and have seen many damages caused by windshield removal, which makes me nervous. It’ll get a good inspection after the install.

 

Decided to finally put on these Meso tails. The clears looks solid on cement, although I couldn’t get a great shot with it so cloudy out. Might end up tinting them a little. Wanted to do something different with the tailgate as well and plasti dipped it in case I didn’t like it… but I’m digging it!

 

Got the oil changed and tires rotated. Got home and saw the trap door screw on the skid plate was half way out and there was “hopefully” old oil all over the skid. Checked the wheel torques and it seems okay. Le sigh it’s what I get for not doing it myself

 

Damn. I was hoping to not worry about the trim piece from Toyota or having to silicone it up. Oh well...

 

Static vs Dynamic?

 

Got this in the mail!!!!

 

I installed a vinyl emblem cover from
The same guy on Instagram and it went great. Can’t reccomend enough.

 

Have any of you guys tried using butyl tape for seal these things up? It would probably work better than silicone and I would assume you could do a much cleaner job. It can be bought on Amazon or a local store that sells Autobody supplies and is very easy to work with. Just curious, from a former automotive painters standpoint, that’s what I would use.

 

Is this a crack in your lower control arm? Not sure if that's just photo playing trick on me.

 

Nicely done!

 

Hey, you got some good eyes, at 3:14 a.m.

 

I had this exact same thing happen this week too. Luckily, the trucking company paid to replace the windshield, which cost almost $1500 dollars. That's for OEM glass and I used Safelite. They recalibrated the windshield and I was in and out in under 2hrs.

Good luck to ya'.

 

time for some Dirt King LCAs!

 

Did a weekend in Chattanooga. The truck absolutely crushed some bugs on the way in.

 

Bumpershellz are on! Incredible fitment and color match.

 

looks great! Can’t decide if I should go for white or just black.

 

I put a lawnmower in it! Transported to my friends house to low her lawn.