What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hard to get a good photo. Instead.on each use, ie, tail that only uses 1 section of the light housing this kit now uses both housing for tail lights and brake lights, the Fraser now uses the factory back up light part of the housing with an amber bulb . Note I also have the VLED license plate backup up kit installed. Some of the files are too large to upload

 

Put a new set of Yokohama Geolander AT tires. Much better than the original Firestone le2 tires. Only got 58000 out of the Firestone. Super quiet, nice ride and did a little 4 wheeling in the pines.

 

i appreciate the idea. billet anything is too fancy for my truck, and i like the good old floating wet cell batteries

 

Been a busy couple of days! Got the black wrap done to cover the crappy fading paint on the hood and roof. Installed some Morimoto XB headlights, All Pro bumper, Cali Raised skid, and TRD Bilsteins to replace the spacer lift.
Before.

After

 

Last Night I picked up a 2023 TRD sport access cab with Auto trans. Yes it is my forth new Tacoma since 2007 the last one was a 2019 4x4 six speed. I did this to get away from the crummy shifting of the auto trans. I had been threw all of the upgrades ( TSBs) just got fed up. Loved the truck hated the auto trans.
I will be 71 in Dec. I am tired of shifting gears. I have been only 20 miles since yesterday in my new truck. time will tell if I need to return to shifting gears.

 

just got the truck a week ago...21 sr5, swapped out the cup holders and installed a front license plate bracket

 

KD-Max ECU flash will solve all the shifting anomalies.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/kdmax-pro-9-0-tune-by-paparee-and-twtaco.713699/

 

Added a WaterPort Day Tank to the Taco bed. Built the bracket with aluminum and benz-o-matic low temp brazing sticks. Pretty fun project today.

I don't overland and probably won't use the tank for showers, but I have it to clean game in the field, wash off gear, etc. A good friend sent me the tank as a gift. Awesome dude!

 

Finally got my matching dome light this versions way better than the old one I broke the connector on

 

Diode Dynamics - I have the SSC2s in yellow, they're super bright. I like their low profile appearance and the amber backlighting can be switched however you want. Kinda expensive but not as bad as some others. I think they're priced right for what you get. Plus Black Friday deals are still going on. Try HotShot Offroad for free shipping and no sales tax plus the holiday discounts.

 

Good call, New BD squadrons are coming out in January as well

 

I see you're waiting on the 10L mounts from Wavian just like myself.

 

LOL. I'm thinking about fabbing something up to use the BuiltRight Molle Nuts. Thinking some alum. flat bar with 1/4" holes. That's IF I leave the can there.

 

Not a half-bad idea, honestly. Looking at the mount, you would probably only need about 6 ft. of aluminum, a can of primer, a can of spray paint, and a 6" x 6" 1/4" thick piece of delrin and an afternoon. It won't look as pretty as the mount from Wavian, but it would get the job done.

 

Went and picked up a tree today!

 

Thanks! Red is the most underrated color IMO. Also RPT1s are underrated also for this platform, 18lbs per wheel, looks killer, and easy to clean.

 

Ground down the edges on the Overland Equipped auxiliary fuse tray. Then decided to plasti-dip spray it as well to provide some more abrasion protection. Not a show room finish to it, but it’s good enough for government work.

 

Part one of AuxBeam VR-800 (solid state) install. Used a mounting block from @LacunaSolutions,https://www.etsy.com/listing/1256568075/auxiliary-fuse-and-relay-block-mount-for. Results look factory IMO, moved the relay box to make room for the new mount. I have a R4T switch panel for this inside install. https://runnin4tacos.com/collection...roducts/3rd-gen-tacoma-switch-panel-2016-2023. Not many mounting plate options out there. This one works for me.

 

Replaced my aftermarket OEM look-a-like key fob case with AJT V2. And since I broke the cup holder trim, I ordered a black AJT trim too. Having some trouble getting the 3M to stick, so it’s taped for over night. Windshield was also “tinted” with a clear 70% ceramic today for hit reflection.

 

As all 6 year olds know, red is also the fastest color for any truck or car.