What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Gotta go with in channel imo

 

Nice job!

 

Got 20% ceramic window tint installed yesterday. Really changes the look of the truck. Great price and install job was very professional. More privacy and hopefully a cooler interior here in FL.

 

I'm not who you asked, but...
Mine sits about where the air dam used to be. It will affect approach angle some. So far I have not exceeded that angle and have not hit the hitch --- yet.

 

Nice, that's much more low profile that I thought. How did they do mounting it to the frame. Do you think it would hold up being tugged by a winch?

 

The winch was my reason for mounting it. See the Anderson plug sitting outside the grill? With that I can mount a winch in a cradle either front or rear. (Rear needs the extension cord I made.)
However, as far as actual load bearing... I used grade 8 bolts and as many as possible. I haven't had to use it yet, but obviously I will start easy (NO jerking) and hope it's a simple no-traction incline situation (and not a body-deep mud quagmire or climb-over obstacle). I'm pretty confident to start there and then inspect for weak points after each use. Keep moving up in load demand until I feel it will handle it all.

 

Awesome man. Thanks

 

wheels/tires are in waiting at the shop....suspension arrived, along with husky mats and caliraised hidden light bar. woooo

 

I have some things I want to attach to rails without buying specific mounts - what did you use as the backside/nut that the bolt does into inside the rail???

 

Lots of options on Amazon:

$13 5-Pack of T-Slot Nuts - Ideal T Slot Nut for Toyota Tunda & Toyota Tacoma Pick-Up Truck Bed Deck Rails - Cleat/Cleats - by Mission Automotive

https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Auto...-1-a73d1c8c-2fd2-4f19-aa41-2df022bcb241-spons

 

Amazon - 1/8" thick piece for better stability

$12 Install Bay 89-00-9031 ABS Plastic 12 X 12 X 1/8"

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0007WTF02?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

Those are the ones.

The L brackets are just 5" brackets from home depot that I drilled out the middle hole bigger on to fit the bolts I used. Then 2 1x1 aluminum square tubes cut to length with plastic caps on them.

 

Wow - if you had asked me about red - i would have said 'don't think so' -- but this looks bad ass in a way. like it.

 

I gave her the good stuff because I care.

 

Archive Garage U bolt Flip Kit Install. Parts are beef.

https://youtu.be/UHaZvbuPhx4

 

Eat your heart out alucab and rsi, my custom canopy is in the works.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-12116#post-27683993

Dude, thats pretty slick. Have you started a thread on this somewhere?

 

Installed cell phone booster

 

Is this legit ? Remember seeing things like this years ago that were bullshit. Havnt even thought to look into them these days. Wanna know more for sure

 

Not the OP but yeah it’s legit. It’s a signal amplifier located in the cab somewhere and the Omni antenna out on the truck. I have one in my wife’s Camry my Tacoma and my work truck. In the mountains of southern Wv and eastern Ky it is nearly a must.
note that the antenna is much smaller on the Camry.