What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Be very careful in choosing a mate; just sayin’…

 

Try an extractor kit….

 

heat may help, and take that side of the gate off and set it on the bumper with padding to get a better angle

 

For future reference.
One thing I learned disassembling large multi function printers containing several hundred Philips screws is to crack the seal by tightening the screw slightly first. Then it will loosen with ease.

 

If anyone runs into the problem where only 1 side of the brake caliper retracts (first time dealing with that for me) - I offer my state-of-the-art-high-tech solution for pressing 1 side at a time. Stick a wrench in there.



And for the OCD types that want to get things new-ish clean before reinstall - a little plastic brush, some

$34 Meguiar's D14301 Non Acid Tire and Wheel Cleaner, Pre-Diluted, No Mixing Required Car Wheel Cleaner - 1 Gallon Wheel Cleaner 128 Fl Oz

Meguiar's D14301, brake clean rinse, and fuggetaboutit.

 

Alignment.

Installed my 6112/5160 setup a little bit ago. Alignment today. Only thing that was off was the passenger-side toe. When I did the install, I was able to do it without touching the LCA bolts, so I am sure that helped.

 

Did you set it at full lift? I have mine set on that

 

How do you like them? Do they seem like cheap hub caps?

 

Got me thinking, hmmm do I need new bushings lol.

 

To look sweet whilst mall crawling and generally being a pavement princess! The whole "the truck is not for hauling things!" is a long-running gag intra-family (going on about 25 years now). I actually have no issues throwing stuff in the bed. It's the reason I bought a truck, after all.

 

You got a 2019, i would guess, yes. Not sure what your driving day to day is like, but I'm inclined to believe you would notice the difference. It was quite an easy job, and marking the camber adjustment bolt things made reassembly easy to return to previously aligned setting.

 

Looks great. Really loving that shell too ... any details on it? I dig the old school vibes. thx

 

It’s a Lakeland 900 cap. The big side windows are really handy, but they aren’t completely waterproof. It was well under 2k installed with LED lights and all the opening windows as options. I’m really happy with it for the price. I want the truck to end up looking like 2023/1979 hybrid. So far so good!

 

No rubbing at full or partial turn on level ground!

285/75/16 Toyo Open Country RT Trail, SCS F5 16x8 0mm offset 4.5" backspacing, OME 2-3 inch lift heavy front and back, JBA High Caster UCAs, Dirt King Performance LCAs

 

What’s the tube you got with the mt Washington sticker?

 

Installed tailgate stamp and hood stamp vinyl from BeyondWraps.

What a pain in the butt.

 

I finally hooked up the fog lights, full @Diode Dynamics set of SSC2 Pro Combo near the skid plate, SSC2 Pro Combo for oem look behind the Rigid bezel (fabricated the Rigid fog housing to accommodate the SSC2's), C3 Pros Combo piggiebacked by C1 Flood Pros. I tied it all together with the Auxbeam 8 Gang Switch Panel kit, and Runnin 4 Tacos switch plate. I just have to hook up the back lights on the SSC2's to go along with the rest of the set. Next are the @Diode Dynamics Rock Lights RGBW. This nodding is like getting tattoos, addictive indeed!

 

"Close Encounters of the Tacoma Kind"

 

I like your setup, very cleanly done!

 

Lmao, my girlfriend said the same thing! This is my fourth Taco and the first to mod anything close to this. My favorite color and ride all in one. I might have to add some aliens now, but I was leaving more towards Broly from DBZ Super.