What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Has any one seen or have a front bumper like this? Trying to get a full front view of it.

 

Well, essentially for now, finished the add ons list. I’m over budget , and would have like to have lifted a tad, but it’s got the things I had on a list for all the specific exploring and recovery possibilities I may run across.
Then took it out into some of the forest roads in the Columba gorge with the kids

 

Got the truck all loaded up and ready to play pit truck at king of the hammers, never have been so organized but got every tool/fluid as organized, accessible, and secured as I could. Also wheeling a bit, so crammed 3 spare cv's, steering rack, and spare driveline to get me home. Cheers to 2 weeks in the desert!

 

Have fun ! Also great idea on the gear bags . I’ve seen so many people ditch the bags and such at work … I may need to snag some next time as those are super tough bags

 

I've always had everything kinda loosely packed in my toolbox, but this made it that much nicer feeling. Bag for "consumables" with zip ties, tape, anything else that would get used up, bag for electric tools, bag for fluids, bag for spare misc parts for my truck (belt, toyota nuts and bolts, u joints, rad hose repair kit, and tool roll for all the tools. Should work pretty well

 

No; there is no wireless CarPlay in the truck. I got a wireless CarPlay adaptor but I'm not convinced it's worth it. It takes a few seconds to boot up and if I'm using bluetooth for something other than a CarPlay app something gets confused (could be the adaptor, could be me). Since the Qi charger is pretty useless also, I just keep a lightning cable handy. I did get a right angle USB adaptor to direct the cable to the left (so is it a left -right-angle adaptor ) and keep it out of my cup holders.

 

That’s so cool! Hope to see many sweet rigs up there. It’s about an hour and 20 from me. Probably heading out there for the last week.

 

I’ll look into doing this . I have a double size leitner gear pod and if I can find a bag that fit Wellthat’s be perfect
Here’s hoping you don’t have to use any spare parts on your trip

 

Sounds good! Have a safe trip!

Maybe you'll start a new thread for all of us Jonsers.

 

That's impressive mileage on the original tires! I wasn't sure how they would do on slick roads but so far have done good for me. For an all-around tire, those Duratracs will treat you well in snow, dirt, and gravel (I have them on my 4Runner and like them a lot). Just watch the ice.

 

This changeover with that adaptor has caught my attention. I want more light, but not at the expense of other drivers. Any thoughts on how it looks 'from the other side'?

 

I never get flashed. The projector dissipates the light. I didn't use the adapters. I simply just shaved the extra fin off the inside of the bulb socket. I would probably have bought them had I known they existed. I'm super happy I did this H11 to Phillips German H9 mod. My light output was worse than my 20 year old first gen stock headlights before this mod.

 

Hmmm. Do they need to be a Philips H9; I guess I thought the output would be similar.
I've also heard that high beam bulbs don't last as long due to higher wattage/output, yet I can't recall ever replacing a high beam bulb and we drive our cars to 200k+ miles. Of course the high beam is used less but in that many miles it seems there are plenty of chances to burn it out.
Appreciate the info.

 

Got my RCI sliders and RCI skid on my Daily Tacoma. I wasn't going to mod my 3rd Gen at all other than interior comfort items. Well, here we go again.

 

The sticked lighting thread has all the answers and then some; but the cut off remains the same. Since the light source is the same size and in the same location, the projectors still work exactly as designed and h9s don’t blind other drivers.
Everyone runs Phillips because they tested the best in that thread and go for less than $10 apiece.
They do burn out more quickly though. That’s the trade off over the h11s.
Shaving the tab inside the bulb is absolutely an option just like adapter harnesses, but both are unnecessary. You can pull out a green cap from inside the headlight cable with a pair of pliers and they will then fit either h9s or h11s.

 

I bought a wireless car play adapter from aliexpress and it works great

 

Installed BobyArmor4x4 Hiline Bumper!

 

I don’t like how the alpharex logo lights up for their headlights

 

Love the color firstly. Second, how do you’d eat up those crates to not move

 

..."Muscle Rack"...

$52 Muscle Rack PMK24QTB-3 24 Quart 3 Pack Black Heavy Duty Rectangular Stackable Dairy Milk Crates, 11" Height, 19" Width

here. Something like $55 bucks for a set of three.