What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Also jonesing about what Santa is getting me mod wise. Under hood an bed lights. An elf told me are coming if I’m a good boy.

 

Santa got me a tonneau cover, power tailgate lock.... oh and the actual Tacoma I put it on, so I feel he is in a giving mood this year.

 

I'm hoping for a dash cam. Under hood lights...hmmm...before I heard that I was happy with my flash light. Dang. What do you wire them to?

 

A simple wire tap and a on / off switch with the parking lamps. I figure if it’s dark. Then I’d be running lamps anyways.

 

The bed lamp will be a little different. Mebbe a tap on a taillight wire and a switch as well.

 

I'm all set on the bed lights; my model had the pre-wire so I took care of that just after I bought her.

 

Yeah my bare bones st 5 model is lacking in a lot of areas such as lights or wiring

 

i just put some led lights in my 2023 tacoma and the dome light is not working now, any ideas?

 

Did it come on at all?

 

no, i put the OEM one back in and it didn’t work either

 

Hoping mine is as well, I will just buy the factory switch if it is

 

Need to check the fuse for the dome Light.

 

I was fortunate when I changed mine, I didn't disconnect the negative terminal on the battery and I had no problems.

The "Dome" lights were the hardest to remove. Of course, there's thin metal surrounding the bulb so I made sure to use something non-contact when I was messing in that area. I think I used duct tape.

You may have to check your fuse box.

 

Wheels are 17x8.5 -10 offset
Tires are 315/70R17
Spacers are 1.25"

 

@bimmerlev

Cool!

I'm contemplating whether to go with 17" or 18" wheels. I definitely like how your tires poke out a little...lol!

EDIT: The 18" wheels will weigh more so it's probably a good idea to stick with 17s.

 

It’s polarized flip it around

 

Yup, you have the prewire in the OR trim of your year. If you get the OEM bed lights it's a 20 minute job. Probably 7 minutes the second time you do it or if you know more than I did .

 

Picked up 2 cans of crc brake clean, 1 can of VHT engine primer and 1 can VHT satin black to service/repaint the drums. My drums have been squealing like a pig lately.

 

I just went through that last week. Adding to what others have said:

1. Wrap the bulb in tape to pull it out. Takes seconds instead of swear-laden minutes.
2. If it's just the dome and not the maps, switch the polarity
3. If it's both dome and map, you blew the 7.5 fuse under the steering wheel. And no, none of the spares are 7.5. Go shopping for fuses and pick up some other tools/parts while your at it