What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Not a fan of the sled behind pickup on roadway.

 

Did you change out any engine components? Internals and whatnot?

 

Bought on Saturday
Sunday I flipped over the dealer plates (he didn't pay me anything to advertise), found places for all the "stuff" from my GMC, and pulled the stickers off the bed.
Tuesday I stopped at the local hitch place and got a ball along with a locking pin. Installed the ball upside down to protect my shins, and to possibly protect my bumper from the guy/girl on cell phone behind me. WTF, you do everything, wire up to tow, give me TWO possible connectors for trailer lights, then don't give me a freaking ball??
Last weekend I put the MillerCat on, and my wife agreed to help. She pressed down on the jack lever to lift it into place while I was under there, then went back inside to her coffee.

 

don't understand
Ball installed upside down or upside up, the ball mount still sticks out from hitch?
My Tacoma came with a ball mount. ball and pin clip in a Toyota box.

 

Couple weeks of wiring, sealing, and wheeling. Sold my leer canopy and bought a pop-up!

 

New sticker.

 

Peddle Commander. Yay or nay? Is it worth 300 bucks?

 

Get a tune instead.

 

Check out Ultimate 9, I like my EVCX. Look for a discount code and they can be had for less then $250

 

Couple things

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/baller-on-a-budget-under-30k-build.775717/page-3#post-28430196

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/baller-on-a-budget-under-30k-build.775717/page-3#post-28430238

 

I was gonna get one a couple years back... It was only $199 back then. I decided that the ECT button gave me the pedal feel I needed when I needed a little more pep and a quicker response time. I basically use ECT on the highway and the pedal response and pickup is much better... Around town I'm ok with the soggy stock throttle response. It helps me actually do the speed limit .. ECT is one push away if I need to pass..

 

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Had a pedal commander in my 2015 Ram Diesel to help with the pedal lag. It did its job. I guess it depends on what you’re looking to get out of the truck. I didn’t want to tune or change the truck and violate the warranty so the pedal commander was a good solution until I got rid of the truck.

 

key word “should” I used that bit and tried it very slowly. Did not come out well.

 

@CavalBlueTaco - Try a #3 Phillips bit, worked for me when #2 failed.

 

It was 82 degrees in Virginia today, so it was a great day to get the tailgate electric lock installed! Done and it was very easy to do.

 

This!...depends on your tuner, but i only paid $350 for the latest KDMax tune

 

So the ARB Solis lights are great, but it’s a huge pain in the ass that you have to use ARB’s $80 wiring loom. Found this out the hard way after hacking up the first one. The loom comes with a dimmer that activates the lights And you’re supposed to wire into the headlight assembly (lights work with your brights) - f that, cut em up some. Holler if you go to install these, I’ll share how I accomplished not wiring “correctly”

these things are brighter than goddamn fuck, I’ll give them that. First pic is all the way dimmed, second is full bore.

 

Truck is in dire need of a detail, but I installed the Sabellco tailgate lock today.

 

I took a brake from my tacos. I ordered my wifes 4runner RCI sliders today. We were drinking wine the other night and she mentioned how her truck is the only one without rocksliders in the family. She already has the full RCI skids from the OEM engine back. But I never thought she wanted sliders, but considering how we camp. I was more than ready to jump on that one.

 

I always use wine to slip something past or in the MRS.