What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Washed her yesterday and now been raining all day. I might be stuck at home…

I’ll just have my GF to drive her dirty rig if I need to go somewhere…

 

Cool we also have the tacoma 4 runner combination

 

Thanks! And for those asking, the bumper is an RCI powder coated white and I covered the top/plate area with Raptor liner

 

damn, pics of his damage, and your bumper unscathed, is kind of selling me on that bumper!!

 

Lol. She wanted a Jeep Wrangler (I had one before my Taco) but I influenced her to get the white 4RT.

 

But is it removable for a reason? Screws would give you a way to remove it, taping wouldn't allow such an easy way to remove it. I don't know much about the snorkle and maintenance of one, so if it never needs to be removed then tape away. What about PVC joint glue?

 

Tacoma-1, Acura-0. Nice job, were there any scratches?--scratch that, saw your other post. I watched the vid 3+ times, he was looking down, but at what? Great evidence. 10 out of 10!

 

Used a Redside Electric illumination harness to illuminate the heated seat switches. No pics of the install as this was a quicky, but I do have some pics of the switches illuminated.

 

Great video!!!! What camera are you using?

Although when you get rear-ended its obviously not your fault, but with this evidence there should be nyet, nada, nothing for the perp to say to the contrary.

 

It was the guy in the Acuras fault, 100%. Why would the insurance companies divide responsibility 50/50?

 

4R, Tacoma, GX460 combo at my place, too.

 

100%. You rear end somebody you are at fault......Fail to reduce speed to avoid a collision.... following to close, etc.

 

These statements tend to be true only when the vehicle being rear-ended is not in motion. Backing accidents are quite frequently the backer’s fault.


That said, it’s easier for a vehicle in forward motion to spot someone backing up into their lane. Personally, I will stop and wait 99% of the time for that reason, but that is courtesy not legal obligation.

 

years ago I was using add a fuses. When these came out, made everything so much easier. I use an ect and cargo light pigtail for mine now

 

@Tacospike

What did you use to trim your dash panel here? Dremel?



I need to trim mine, so I can mount the redarc trailer controller.

 

The person backing out into a lane has to yield the right away of on-coming/cross traffic. If they cause a collision (the backing vehicle) they are at fault. It may vary from state to state, but in my state you rear end somebody whether they are moving forward or not, you are at fault.

 

I stole that pic from the meso custom panel thread.
I’m sure a dremel would work fine though, a bit messy but would work good.

I just used a three switch cubby replacement for mine. It was all I needed

 

A sharp box cutter worked for me

 

Got a call from the receptionist at work today and asked me to come out front. I was then told a lady had hit my truck in the parking lot. Walked out there to find this. She pulled in the spot way too close, not to mention there were several empty spaces on down she could’ve parked in. Fortunately it’s not major damage but still very irritating nonetheless. She was honest and admitted to it and I got all her info and already put in a claim with her insurance. The worst of it is on the fender flare and right behind it is dented. Scuffs on the door don’t feel very deep but will have to see what the body shop guy says.

 

With all these damaged Tacoma's lately I think I might park mine for a bit and drive the other car. I had someone almost back into me today in the parking lot. Granted it was 50% my fault as I was staring at an orange TRD Pro 4Runner and not paying attention to the pos silver x3 bmw who felt they had the right of way.