What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Travel with it on. Wired it up with trailer lights, side markers, and move the license plate back there. I need to get sumos, it gets pretty loaded down.

 

You ain't gotta lie Craig! (what movie?). Ain't nothing wrong with picking the camper over the bed tent, you can still keep your man card.

 

I couldn't justify spending the money for the bulletpoint phone mount when I already had so much RAM stuff sitting around, so I used $12 of Amazon t-track and some aluminum flat bar to make this low pro phone mount

 

Replaced my Yakima towers with an ARB roof rack mount.
The roof rack is over the max weight limit of the Yakima towers when I put 2 bikes on it so I figured since the ARB mount uses all 10 roof bolts it might support more weight.
Though the rack is still basically attached with 8 m5 bolts, I'll just make sure to not have bikes on my roof when I go off roading.
I also got really lucky because the ARB mounts are just over an inch lower and the shark fin just clears the rack.

 

I say it’s worth it. I’m sure it as capable as it looks. Very nice build!

 

You should write lists of all the positive things, negative things as well as interesting things about this little unicorn.



but then say fuck it and buy it anyway.

 

Friday?

 

Still a good idea. But you are correct. I just didn't want them being loose in the bed. Even in there they aren't completely safe. If someone wants in, they are getting in.

So far I've had to borrow boards from a friend a few times. 3rd time was the breaking point. Especially since I go out alone more often than not.

 

Tell me more about that "Gameboy". Can you load ROMs in it like with a raspberry pi running retro pi?

 

Have you ever thought about making a front half roof rack wind fairing? I bet you would get at least .5 MPG back

 

I vaguely recall once long ago thinking about this mysterious thing called MPG ...

 

Check PM

 

I picked up a cargo net with special hooks that fit right into the bed rails. Just loop it on the net, put into the bed rail slot, and turn 90 degrees. Pretty slick!
The brand, TacoNets, say they are a small US business (not sure where manufacturing is). Link below for the long bed; short is sold out. Don't be me and get the wrong one with the wrong hooks. But the owner 'hooked' me up with the correct Toyota bed rail hooks. So good people running TacoNets.

$35 TacoNets Toyota Tacoma Long Bed Cargo Net - Patent Pending Design - Fits 2005-2023 - Heavy Duty 8mm Premium Bungee 3'x5' Cargo Netting - Designed in USA

https://www.amazon.com/TacoNets-731236401643-Toyota-Tacoma-Cargo/dp/B013HRKDW2?th=1

 

New here, just purchased a 22 Tacoma TRD Off-road in MGM Saturday….love this truck!!! Some accessories came in today I put on rain deflectors, replaced interior lights with LEDs, RC seat covers, TRD shift knob, inside the bed corner lights, painted the chrome emblems black. Front leveling kit will be here tomorrow and new tail lights (I hate chrome on trucks, may color match stock rear bumper). Pics were before rain guards and LEDs, got to dark. Emblems came out good though totally changes the look of the truck in my opinion.

 

Welcome!
I painted my chrome bumper with PlastiDip and it's holding up perfectly so far. There's also a place that sells covers for the bumper, but I spent $11 and an afternoon rather than buy them: https://chromestoppers.com/collecti...umper-covers-2016-2020?variant=37592281415851

 

I thought about plasti dipping the bumper as well. The color of the badges I don’t think would look to great it’s a bit darker and metal flaked compared to the gray. Any ideas of a brand color that matches the MGM fairly close?

 

I don't have a brand of paint in mind but the MGM color has been a favorite for many years (my '08 4Runner has it) so I'm sure someone has duplicated it. The matte black emblem overlay and matte black PlastiDip work great with my LR. Plus I didn't trust myself with a paint I couldn't remove . I see your point about matching the MGM though; you'd probably want a good match.

 

im with yah on the paint, I would much rather it be removable and able to be redone when it fades. I did see a truck on the road today with those covers, black doesn’t look terrible. I’ll have to see what the old google turns up as far as a close MGM color. Lunar is a pretty sweet color too for what it’s worth. I’m all for subtle cosmetic changes to bring new life to these trucks. I can’t wait till these tires reach the end of their life so I can get some bronze TRD wheels. May add a light bar behind the grill as well for night drives on the beach at the out banks this summer.

 

Nice truck! I had the same problem back in 2019. There were no color-matched bumper shells on the market yet. I think just white and unpainted. I ended up buying the raw bumper shells and taking it to MAACO to be color matched. They charged me $85 bucks to color match with the cement paint. I've got an old photo I took while installing it. I always intended to post about that but never did!
4 years later the paint still looks great!

 

Congrats!