What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

That'd be in Vancouver, BC.

 

It's always BC!

 

I joined the forum late last week and have been busy reading.

New tires were installed a week ago (before I joined up here.)


Made a couple of plates that bolt into the bed tracks to carry misc items.


I installed a pop and lock on the tailgate. Didn't take any install pics, pretty boring stuff. Here's the spare actuator, in case anyone cares. You get two from Amazon for $15 cdn, hard to beat that. Ran wiring to the driver b pillar and tapped into rear door.


I also extended the a/c drain to miss the frame, and greased the u joints.

On my to do list is a litre of atf so I can check the trans fluid level, and some spray cans of cosmoline to do some rust proofing. I'm sure I'll find more to do as I troll around, lol.

PS, I actually cleaned up the engine bay a bit today too, lol.

 

Added some roof bars and 1.25 blocks to the rear, it had a lean to it with the topper and some gear in the back

 

Looks great! I like it! I may go that route soon enough. Wait, I need to put on my new bumper with winch first.....wait, I need to put on my....oh never mind.

 

Found a great way to get the mountain bikes out of the way while living out of the truck. No more pulling the bikes and rack from the hitch at camp.

Kuat Pivot 2 and Kuat NV 2.0

Kuat Pivot 2 and NV 2.0 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

Kuat Pivot 2 and NV 2.0 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

 

Kuat makes awesome racks. I'm assuming that rack locks. Nice bikes.

 

You can lock the bikes to the rack. Has built-in cables to do that. Rack and Pivot both have locking hitch pins too.

 

Didn’t do much, just a nice pic I thought I’d take! Cheers all!

 

Nice. Welcome!

 

@2000man do you know what the weight difference is between the stock bumper and your new one?

 

Bumper? Like the look.

 

+ Method 701 16" wheels
+ Falken Wildpeak A/T3W 265/75R16 SL tires

now to sell the takeoffs...

 

Thanks, I've learned a ton on here already!

 

Finally got around to installing the Garmin mini. Works well for my needs so far…
I found that mounting it right under the mirror worked best.

Tips: Use tape or other prior to mounting to hold the cam in place. Open the live view option on the app as well…

 

Recruited my minions to get it clean…

 

They'd better help. They might to learn to drive in that Taco!
Never too early to show both how to check fluids, and what reservoirs hold what...

 

Did you have to unscrew the bolts to put this in? Or did you just use a trim tool to pop out the factory cubby? I have to install my meso one soon and wondering what the best approach is

 

Picked up my truck today after having it lifted went with TRD lift kit set to 1.5" in the front along with a set of super bumps while the back got the 1" lift along with a Archive Flip and bumps... Super happy with it since I am sticking with the stock size tire and it doesn't totally look like it skipped leg day lol...

 

added the bed decal