What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

With respect to side-view mirrors and BSM function, one thing the Subaru team got right is a large lamp at the side of the mirror assemblies facing the windows. When it lights up, it grabs your attention with your peripheral view. The little lamp behind the Toyota mirrors is not as effective getting one's attention. Better than nothing. Even with good scanning behaviors, someone on a motorcycle may come up on you between lanes.

Interestingly, my wife was behind the wheel of the Subaru tonight, and backing up, two cars triggered the Rear Crossing Traffic Alert function. And she thought me insisting on the tech package in the Toyota including these two features made no sense.

Explaining one is "right" to their spouse sometimes is not worth the trouble... But if it helps either of us avoid a collision or tagging a pedestrian - it's paid for itself. Cannot tell you how many times in a parking lot, people walking behind the Subaru were looking at their cell phones.

Very helpful safety automation IMHO. On the flip-side, personally my wife and I have no intention to use adaptive cruise, nor cruise control automation, ever, ever, ever.

 

All good stuff! However, I like the adaptive cruise control as I am on my third meniscus tear in my right knee. On longer trips on the freeway it takes the pressure off of my knee and the radar does an excellent job of slowing the vehicle when either someone merges onto the freeway ahead of me or the vehicle ahead slows down.

 

Larger tires
Cab relocation
Vipercut bumper
Pinch weld

selling my almost new ko2’s

 

I tend to agree with you as the same thing happened to the WT floor mats in wife's SUV (two edges of the rear mats somehow warped/deformed ) and I am in SoCal. Once I get tired of my taco's OEM floor mats, I'm definitely replacing them with Husky instead.

 

Same thing crossed my mind, where does everyone live, what climate, makes sense. Weather tech is a solid choice in New England in my opinion.

 

took your advice and got some smoked amber lights, WAY better!! Thx

 

patches too

 

2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 5.5" BDS Lift on 18x9 Fuel Hostage wheels rapped with Nitto Ridge Grapplers 285x75x18.

 

the pro version works for me, rubber

 

I started with my custom 8020.net bed slide. I have a parts list for it from my order if anyone wants to make their own? It's pretty easy to put together.

Then got the larger partner stove. No reason to not get the big one, it fits and is just as good of counter space when closed as stove when open. But I wanted to put another panel in the top slot to inset the stove so it stays in place.

Then got a custom hose setup so quick disconnect on two ends.

Got the larger Radius Outfitters 5500 box. It works better with the stove being what it is.

 

Packed up my goodies and headed to Yakima Washington (5 hrs). A friend and I installed the RetraxOne Mx cover and Tyger Fury side steps. Looks great. Next….black bumper end covers arrived today. ❤️

 

OEM black overlays. Taco isn’t scratched it’s just the reflection of the cars rims next to me

 

I’ve got the same photo with my Tacoma!

 

Put the Tacoma to use as a truck today.
85” Sony from Costco:


42x 6”x8’ shiplap from The Home Depot:


Gonna be a busy weekend getting that shiplap installed, painted and then the new TV mounted. My old 65” Sony is going in my office. Getting all the major things completed before we move into the new home.

 

Great minds think alike!
Do you remember when the monument was more of a relic? I wanted to drive the truck right between the old relic stones for a great picture. But when I got there it was all built up and touristy.

 

Sony's have a really nice picture.

 

Little update from this -
I’m actually very impressed! Without the gauge and being in s4 going up long long hills, I originally thought I was really heating shit up.
With the gauge, the trans did not exceed 190°, engine did not exceed 200°. Im impressed, even with the small factory trans cooler.
Now, offroading I noticed the IAT go from 80 ish to 150 lol.
I like to monitor IAT as well since I used to race lol

the above was done on 35s, rear tire carrier with full size spare, 150 qt cooler loaded to the gills, and all the typical fishing camping crap

 

That is a fine job on the sound deadening material. Wish I had the patience to do the same.

 

Looking good!! Nice sliders for sure.. Is that color Cement, or Lunar Rock?

 

That’s a good friend.