What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

How about installing two large o-rings to take up the gap one on each side or perhaps two on each side.

 

Last time I purchased plastidip it wasn't $5.

Last summer the price range in my area was $9-$11. Almost double what it used to be... Just plain ol black.

 

I'm always interested in your posts, you really push the envelope!

Are your rear leafs after market? They look very thin, and I'm thinking on your truck you would be requiring max performance. Do these leafs give you any lift above factory OEM? Thx.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I would say all of the slack needs to be taken up from passenger side because the Gap is mainly on the driver side between the tailgate and the bed wall. I'm happy to try anything; rubber O- Rings, washers whatever, but I'm thinking an O-ring would get compressed too quickly, and the other issue I have is just getting this tailgate off I'm thinking I'm going to have to open the tailgate and start unclipping wire connections I'm just not into that right now but I'm starting to see it as a necessity if I want to get this handled. I'm hoping someone's going to chime in eventually with experience in solving this

 

Idk, but i think he was wagering a $5 bet.

 

They sure do!

I'm in Edmonton and I got a grill, turn siggys, and a couple other small things. I did get surprised with a duty charge though. I think it was about 10% ish?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ctor-headlights.589465/page-310#post-28365396

 

A couple quick ones this weekend …
(1) AC drain mod
(2) Blind spot mirrors; those 2” round ones that stick on. Only I adjust the actual mirrors for blind spots and stuck these on the inside bottom of the mirrors to see the side of my truck and back tires. Works great.

Next up … MillerCat shield

 

Yup! They are Chevy 63" leafs. They work pretty well (get ~13" of vertical travel, and max out my 16" shocks during flex) but I'm actually 3 linking the rear of the truck here soon.

 

nice work!

 

You did a great job!

 

Thanks! It definitely took longer to prep/mask everything off than it even did to paint, but I’m thrilled with how it turned out.

 

Finished helping a buddy build out his truck bed this weekend. He was looking at a Goose Gear set-up, and I said we could make something customized and better for less money. Three weekends later, here we are. He's still touching up some paint I know how he drives , so we took extra care in trying to make this thing bomb-proof. Because he was looking at like $6k for everything from Goose Gear, his budget was basically anything under that amount. So, we built an airplane. I offered to do everything out of plywood to save a ton of money, but he opted to go with 8020 aluminum extrusions for the weight savings and strength. Not cheap, though.

There's a 3/4" plywood bottom plate attached to the truck using the factory bed mount bolts. A 1/4" piece of steel flat stock bolts to these, and the plywood is bolted to the flat stock. The frame for the drawers and deck is all 8020, and is attached to the bottom plate using nutserts and bolts. Rubber diamond plate on top of the top deck, which is 1/2" plywood to save weight. In the back driver's side corner are his dual jerry can mount and jack mount. And there's a propane mount behind his fridge slide-out.

Going to use the experience, and the scrap plywood and 8020 extrusions and parts to make a rear-seat delete for my 2nd Gen sometime this fall.

 

It's usually the delivery company not the shipper that charges those fees. Fedex and DHL are the worst. They always charge GST, an import fee and an arbitrary customs fee. They don't always if ever forward those fees to the Govt agency. Usually 10% or more. There are shippers like USPS who don't do that.

 

Purchased truck February 2022. Finally hit the 10K service...great experience with local Toyota dealership. Oil changed/tires rotated....all good. I could watch also as it was at the edge of bay while they did the work. *Bonus they do a video under the truck and give you a play by play on how everything looks...

 

LEDs are getting closer every year but until their emitters are the diameter/shape of the pencil lead sized halogen filament that the projectors are specifically designed for, their focus and throw won’t be better than an h9.
They are really good at lighting up the area immediately in front of the vehicle though, and that’s all people in urban settings with complete streetlight saturation want

 

I bought mine used so brought it to a more local Toyota dealership for service so wasn’t sure how they would accept me and they have been great and oil changes are only $80 CDN. I like the idea of watching too and their service bays are wide open so watching is easy haha

 

I think we have all dropped our phone/wallet/keys down the Taco black abyss….has anyone used these I’m tempted because I literally keep my phone plugged in so if it falls I have a life line..

 

You don't have to unclip the wires, you slide off the cables that hold the tailgate up, and then lift the tailgate off with the assistance of someone, and slide on a very big washer or thick o-ring and go for it, perhaps adding bed stiffeners would help too.

 

I purchased those off Amazon, so much cheaper and they are exactly the same thing, work wonders helping you stop dropping phones or french fries down the side of the seat.