What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

My truck will see limited duty this winter.

 

Finishing up suspension upgrades on my '17 TRD OR, 156,xxx miles......Dobinsons 221/352 combo, w/ Icon RXT (opt. 3) & remote res. out back. Should be just about ready for another 150k miles now.......pics to follow....

 

Pretty stoked to say I finally got new shoes and socks for the truck. I've had these pro wheels sitting since summer as I couldn't pass up snagging them at the price they were. Wrapped them in Falken Wildpeak AT3Ws in 255/80/r17. The stock OR wheels were one of the last pieces of chrome I wanted to replace (eventually want new headlights but that's for a later date). Anyway, here's some new wheel porn for y'all. Oh and I'm on a completely stock suspension before you ask, minimal rubbing but should be able to remedy it with some trimming and molding.

 

Wheels and tires came today and I put them on. 17X8.5 9SIX9's and 265/70/17 Rugged Treks. I was a little nervous how the bronze wheels would look on the silver truck but I really like the combo.

 

Ordered and installed the front cargo track. Three minutes in the bitter cold. Should’ve come with the damned thing in the first place.

 

Same no Meso LEDs but I do have a RCI roof rack that I probably won’t add until someone helps me or the weather gets nice enough!

 

My 09 4 cyl, acess cab 5 sp was a great truck

 

Looks awesome. That stock suspension?

 

Interesting show some pics I'm curious to know what this is.

 

My Veepeak OBD2 just arrived. Went out and messed around with it using the OBD Fusion app. Now I get to learn how to add PIDs and what not to be able to check trans temps.

 

While I over analyze KO2 vs Wildpeak vs Open Country, my 4Runner pro wheels wait patiently. Working a black/matte black theme and went ahead and applied the tvdvinyls letters to the center caps.

 

Bronze looks good with any color.

 

Ditto. Perfect description on the 6112/5160's.... Ha! My neighbor came to the rescue as well on same install - needed a "punch" tool to persuade the dang base of preassembled front shocks (set to no no lift! You read that right - Take that TW lift centric ) to line up w/ the hole on the truck's mount (just enough twist, etc to make it a b*tch - punch tool was what the doctor ordered) on bottom of shock.

 

I ordered a second gen cargo track that is a direct bolt on for the third gen. So I can now secure things to the front wall of the bed as well as the sides.

 

Seriously! I’m feeling left behind. Haha

 

How do you like it? I’m debating between rack or sliders for the next upgrade.

 

I absolutely love my Wildpeaks. I’ve ran the KO2s on my old dodge and liked them too. I will tell you they both hold onto gravel that’s comes out once you hit pavement. My buddy has KO2s on his Tacoma and has some hydroplane issues in the rain. After speaking with the local tire shop he did say that the BFG had some complaints along those lines in lighter vehicles. Living in Washington state…I was concerned with hydroplaning… So with all that I chose the AT3. I’m very pleased with them. Good luck on deciding which way to go, it was quite the process for me to decide also. I really like the way the KO2 looks.

 

I bought the same front bed rail for $27; was going to pay $55 but the parts guy pissed me off by telling me it was for the wrong truck so I went online. If they put on all these $25-$100 bits we think should have been included we'd have to pay a lot more for the truck. And we wouldn't have anything to do. Or anything to complain about.

 

Tonight I upgraded my interior lights to LEDs. Blew the fuse in the process. Is it just me, or are the Tacoma fuse boxes really difficult to get into?


Also did the most trivial, cheap thing yet: put little flag valve stem caps on. Why? I have no idea.