What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Not sure specifically, but you might find something on the FL Hometown forum

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/florida.45/

 

Thanks. I’ll look into it. I have an access cab so I don’t have the room behind the rear seats like the double cabs do. I have to put my sub under one of the front seats. I figured tapping into the rear speaker wires would be the easiest. I know that they are under powered that’s why I was going with the amp/sub combo, in a small foot print.

 

Bought off Amazon a while back, I think its originally meant to hold a small hot water tank. I cut it and made it work for the propane tank

 

Ahh, yes, I did this a few weeks ago. It was pretty easy to do. I tied a rope to one end of the pool noodle. Fed it up through the drivers side about six inches at a time and pulled it with the rope from the passengers side. By the time I had it perfectly in place the noodle broke where I had the rope tied to it. Ended up being a perfect placement. I did before and after db measurements at 70 mph on the freeway. It was good for about 3 or 4 db’s but it felt like a lot more. I’ve also sound deadened my roof, doors and back wall with Noico type stuff and Frost King duct insulation. All in I’d say it’s a huge improvement over stock. Now, the main source of noise on the freeway is wind against the side mirrors and A pillars. I’ll do my floors in the next couple of weeks and see how that works out.

 

They should have a YouTube video for this

 

Just curious, what was the dB range at 70 mph now? What sound meter did you use?

 

I'd recommend tapping into the front speakers instead. Rear speakers have practically no signal running to them, you'd be cranking the gain way up to compensate.

Not sure if the RF sub has a built in line converter (for high-level input, aka speaker line tap) but if not, get one. I might recommend that anyway since it's so much easier to feed one stereo RCA cable instead of two speaker wires across the cab.

 

Who doesn't love replacement LED dome lights?

 

I like the vent shades, WeatherTech? Do you like them?

 

Cut the tail pipe off just past the rear axle.

 

Looks like these aren't going to get re stocked as V2 anytime soon.
I still have the stock halogen dome, I'm guessing I'll upgrade to V3 next year

 

Installed Rigid D series ditch lights on CaliRaised low mounts. Sokietech hood struts, and AuxBeam 8 switch solid state controller

 

I installed the oasis seat covers from Amazon. Definitely can tell they are mass produced covers but really nice for the price!

 

I just use an app on my iPhone called NIOSH SLM. The db range really varies by the roadway and weather conditions. The stretch of freeway that I used for the test is quite smooth so my first run was in the 75-77 db range. The same stretch after the pool noodle insert procedure was in the 72-74 range. But like I said it really depends on the roadway and other conditions.

 

$150???? Were they easy to get on??

 

It has both, the description says:

• Low Level RCA Input
• High Level Inputs with Auto Turn-On Technology

You are the second person to recommend using the front speaker so that’s the route I’ll take. Thanks for your input.

 

Spending the weekend at the OverlandExpo!

 

Some weight reduction.

 

Threw on a clearcoat of semi-gloss on my matte black wheels. Added TRD valve covers.

Money pit! Worse than a boat!

 

Spindle Gussets fabricated & installed by Fabzone