What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

3000 today

 

I used to run reflective windshield cover, but it was effectively cooking the camera and I stopped using it, I'm still getting overheating shut off during parking mode but not as often as before.

A functional blackvue should be able to resume recording during parking mode when the temperature drops to an acceptable range, but I'm not surprised if yours does not. I've encountered numerous bugs and quirks ranging from not recognizing preset battery voltage protection, to randomly losing LTE data connection.

 

I used to have a blackvue 4K + 1080p dual camera setup with the battery operating in parking mode in my G37. It would stop working when the outside temp was anything over 80° and would not start again until I plugged and unplugged. Eventually it failed all together and Blackvue sent me a warranty replacement. That one eventually failed as well and they didn’t warranty it the second time. I used Garmin single cams in my other cars in parking mode and but without a battery and those eventually failed as well. This was all when we lived in the East Bay Area in CA.

I’ve got a random Amazon 4K dual camera setup in the Tacoma now that IS NOT running in parking mode and it’s been working fine in the central California summer.

Long story short; a dash cam operating in parking mode will eventually stop recording/fail in the sun.

 

Would tinting the top 4" of the windshield be enough to keep the UV rays from cooking the cameras?

 

Gave my truck a pair of nutz…

 

Burn it!
Burn it with fire!!

 

Hahaha but the reactions I get from people are so worth it

 

@EarthCruzn

 

Looks much better. I got the same crud on mine and this post of yours may be my tipping point to removing my moldy edge guards. You're right, it always looks like crap even after washing. Good post.

 

That's my dealer too, Fellow Buffalo taco

 

Appropriate to be blue

 

Swapped out the Auto Shift Knob with one that I made.
I'm in the process of making a small batch that'll be for sale somewhere (I'm not near 50 posts here yet). Then another batch will follow.

 

I spent a lot more than I care to admit on a water port and bed rail mount. I tried it a couple times but found that anytime I went off road, the weight of a full water port bouncing around really wore down the contact points with the composite bed and metal mounts. It started rusting and bolts would fall out and get lost.

So instead of spending another $75-100 for a Waterport roof rack mount, I just found a way to mount it to my Victory 4x4 roof rack accessory mount.

I’m about to head out for a couple days in the GW National Forest with the family so we’ll see if this way holds up.

 

OK, so much to unpack.

First - welcome to TW! You didn't have to wait 8 months to drop your first post but...

Second...wow! Nice first post. Those are great! Do you dye your own plywood or buy it? And if you're buying it...WHERE?!?! I've looked all over and not found what I specifically want, and I've wanted to do something like that.

Third - if you're keen on showing off stuff you made there's a thread for that.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/what-have-you-made-created-today.349756/

Thanks!

 

At least you have a pair now

 

Double strap it and cut/burn the straps to length

 

Thanks! I'll have to check out that thread! I swore I had posted before when I purchased my Tacoma but alas it seems I didn't.

The wood product has a few different names but this one is SpectraPly.

 

Do you know what brand the clear material is?

 

Swapped in the new smoked MESO V5 Sequential Turns to replace my fully blacked out TacoGarage ones. Much better color match to the Morimoto XB Headlights and I love how the sequential flows after the headlights now. I didn't hook up the DRL as I think that looks cheesy, but I dig the new look.



Updated with a lil gif of them doing what they do:

 

Cheesy is sexy…