What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

A little blue interior LED action

 

I have been doing plugs for 25 years, with a safety seal kit, you got to have quality plugs, most of the time you can do it on the car

 

slime is good for farm equipment before a puncture

 

gas cap holder (off road edition)

 

Got rid of the 6" lift that came with the truck, welded in a new subframe and went with the dobinson MRR extended travel front with 354 springs along with the dobinson MRR LT rear shock a ton of work but glad it all worked out.

 

mmmmm....well you will at least be able to grate some cheese when camping

 

Drove it and added more parts to the install pile.

 

Installed a meso overhead hex rack. I think I found the only one for sale in the world thanks to @E.T. and the forum.

 

Why let your dingle dangle?

 

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At first, yeah. But only if it's parked outside in rain or snow but:
1. It's a TRD off road. It should be able to handle some water in there
2. I park in the garage at home
3. I live in the desert part of the state so winter is the only wet season I need to think about
4. The main concern was the supercharger drive pulley since its right below the louver, so I designed and printed a cover using Carbon Fiber Nylon.
5. I do avoid automatic car washes now. I still use a pressure hose, but I don't spray directly down in. Water still gets in, but again.. its just water.

 

My MPG has dropped this winter, but I believe that's due to the supercharger and the tune. Colder air + supercharger = ECU dumping in more boom juice.

The hood was reduced by less than a pound or two.

The increased airflow is supposed to help the engine and supercharger radiators dissipate heat quicker

 

No, because engines are sealed. Air draws from inside the fender.

The louvers are for heat extraction, not air intake.

 

I looked at a few that had built in heat extractors, but I didn't feel like getting it painted. This was definitely the cheaper option. It was cheaper mainly because I got it right the first time and didn't need to buy another hood lol

 

But it wasn't perfectly good... there weren't any vents on it!

 

Jealous, Santa kinda missed bringing those last year. Great looking truck

 

Installed a cheap tri-folding bed cover from Ebay and it turned out pretty well (Had a diamondback on a previous tacoma, but wanted to go a little more cost effective on this one). I made a shovel/axe mount, but had to rearrange things with the way this bed cover latches vs a diamondback. Good enough for a little security/weather protection for baseball gear and stuff. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144545484926

 

Installed bed lights. Great kit from https://mattgeckoleds.com/shop/ols/...th-bed-mounted-switch-toyota-tacoma-2005-2021

 

Looks nice! I've been on the fence about getting an inexpensive hard tri-fold cover and noticed a lot of them on Amazon of the same type as yours. Any pros/cons on the cover that you might want to share? How easy is it to remove/reinstall once you have the mounting points already installed? Thanks for including the eBay link!

 

@gr8-wrx I had soft tri-folds on my previous truck and my current truck and couldn't wait to get rid of them on both trucks. My Taco has the 6ft bed but the cover still took up a substantial portion of the bed when it was folded up and if it was the 5ft I'm sure it'd be even worse. Its usually not a problem but I had two instances with my old truck where I unexpectedly needed the entire bed and had to remove the trifold then jam it in the cab. I had a Tyger roll up on my last truck and it held up well.