What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed my Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2 with the Dongar dongle. Can't see it at all when you're sitting in the truck, and the dongle made the install a breeze.

 

I did the exact same thing on mine a few weeks after I got it. I personally like the fully de-badged look a lot. Clean truck!!

 

Installed some Desert Does It seat jackers. Just finished the install which was super easy, everything fit as it should with no problems. Install took prob 10 minutes.

Haven't driven the truck yet with the jackers installed but just taking a "test sit" in the truck I like the feel. I feel like I'm sitting more "into" the seat now and not just on top of it. Official decision will come tomorrow once I go for a drive.

Pics or it didn't happen....

 

Whoever invented that adaptor is a very smart person

 

Just the fronts? I thought these were usually for people with the manual adjustments

 

Only the driver seat so far. Even with the power seat adjusted all the way up I didn't have support under my legs near my knees.

 

How did you get them to stick? Mine wont stick like they did in my 2nd gen.

 

I had the same thing happen when I did the viper cut to my front bumper. Halfway through then it got scary. Fortunately it still came out good.

 

Is that lunar rock? Looks REALLY sharp with the bronze wheels. NICE!

 

Thanks man. We’ve had it for less than a week when I debadged it. Did the same for the old 04 Ram and my 12 Charger. I prefer the body lines of a vehicle, not stickers.

 

when turning on the map lights do they stay the color you left them at? My dome light stays red if I turn them off that way but my map lights turn on white regardless of how I leave them.

 

Installed some sumo springs to the rear after a few hard hits of the OEM bumps stops. We will see how they preform tomorrow on the first drive. Question for those whop have installed them are they supposed to ride on the frame?

 

I pushed them into the headliner as I slowly moved them side to side. So far so good.

 

It is indeed. I was skeptical at first when I placed my deposit, but seeing it in person was totally worth the wait.

 

Yes my map lights stay the same. There was an apparent mechanical issue with the original dual color map lights that required double pressing the color switch twice to change the light color, but they would atleast stay red when you turned your truck on.

Meso tried to fix that double press issue by redesigning the switch which inadvertently removed the "color memory" on the most recent map light batch. There's a thread below that discusses this issue.

I bought a set off a fellow TW user which do retain their red color but do require double presses to change back to white, which to me, isn't a big deal.

Post #97
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/meso-customs-dual-color-map-and-dome-lights.737986/page-5

 

Dang!

Those are SUPER SIZE!

Do you mean there is no clearance between the frame and the sumo spring?

 

Had a bit of fun with the bed extender. Amerimax gutter cover at Lowe’s, $3.89 each. Copied from a YouTube vid, with a bit of modifying to make it “better.”

Added obligatory cheap TRD color montage as well. $30 total, and it will keep cargo in place. I still have to fashion another short row to cover all the way to the bed. At a later date.

 

Went to the local dealer today and had an actuator installed so the lift gate locks and unlocks with the key fob. Dude I bought the truck from lost the tailgate lock key, and this little mod for $125 bucks was a great option.

Got there and saw the price they wanted for an oil change and told them to go ahead and do it. They charged $70 bucks. I hadn't changed it yet, mostly because I couldn't find 0w-20 for less than 80 bucks. Having the dealer do it saved me some coin this time.

Not done yet, but got a call from my guy....my Icon stage 4 arrived with the exception of the rear shocks. Hopefully tomorrow I can pick it up and get to work on the install

 

How do you get in the truck? I am only 5’8 1/2” and I have trouble getting my legs under the steering wheel with the power seat all the way down and the wheel all the way up. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like with seat jackets.

 

Did this to a friends Taco