What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

MonkeyChief · May 22, 2023

Cement_wheels said: ↑

How about white steelies and black lug nuts?
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Stormtrooper!

forana · May 22, 2023

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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.

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Frick, I love that topper!!!!!

rgljr831 · May 22, 2023

TXtacoma43 said: ↑

Finally installed some Bilstein 5100s and OME 2887s then got some new Toyo AT3s. Went with the 265/70/R17s with white letters and I’m loving the look. Just need some black wheels lol

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Looking good! Like the white letters out on the Super White.

thomasburk · May 22, 2023

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Lol ... you're right. My mistake
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Hehe, np !!

ilyace · May 22, 2023

C4 Lo-Pro bumper, 30” BD S8 and Warn 10k winch

BAMF HD shackle hangers and HD shackles, courtesy of @Speed Freek. wish I had done this way sooner

thomasburk · May 22, 2023

ilyace said: ↑

BAMF HD shackle hangers and HD shackles, courtesy of @Speed Freek. wish I had done this way sooner

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Why?

Cushmaat · May 22, 2023

MonkeyChief said: ↑

Wilson?
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Signatureinc · May 22, 2023

Had to have this

Cement_wheels · May 22, 2023

MonkeyChief said: ↑

Stormtrooper!
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Wasn’t thinking of that but I like it!! I’ve seen some white Tacos lately that I really like. When I was a kid I had a bunch of models that were white but oddly I’ve never had a white vehicle.

Kane50 · May 22, 2023

wildland89 said: ↑

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.

Check out 15:25 of this video, I think it’ll work for you and you can diy - https://youtu.be/sckQhyNKlUw
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.

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Check out from 15:25 of this video, I’m sure it’ll work for you and it’s diy, https://youtu.be/sckQhyNKlUw

ilyace · May 22, 2023

thomasburk said: ↑

Why?
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The truck’s handling characteristics are significantly improved in all aspects on the road, haven’t gone off road yet though. The rear end finally feels planted to the road in corners and other turning motions, reducing the body roll I was experiencing. I have my front sway bar removed, and while the body roll is controlled by aftermarket coilovers pretty well, the rear end was still fishtailing and just all over the place, causing body roll. These hangers and shackles fixed that and then some. I can’t wait to take these off road lol.

TXtacoma43 · May 22, 2023

MonkeyChief said: ↑

Stormtrooper!
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Lol I’m trynna stay with the stormtrooper look, with just a small bit of red added in there. The chrome on these trucks kill me.

51Beets · May 22, 2023

ilyace said: ↑

The truck’s handling characteristics are significantly improved in all aspects on the road, haven’t gone off road yet though. The rear end finally feels planted to the road in corners and other turning motions, reducing the body roll I was experiencing. I have my front sway bar removed, and while the body roll is controlled by aftermarket coilovers pretty well, the rear end was still fishtailing and just all over the place, causing body roll. These hangers and shackles fixed that and then some. I can’t wait to take these off road lol.
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Interesting. What does it do to lift height? Still use the normal Tacoma leafs? Etc.

Cement_wheels · May 22, 2023

Cement_wheels said: ↑

Wasn’t thinking of that but I like it!! I’ve seen some white Tacos lately that I really like. When I was a kid I had a bunch of models that were white but oddly I’ve never had a white vehicle.
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Oops. I take that back. Had a white 1991 BMW K100RS 4V (four valve). Thing was a beast, cruised 80 MPH+ all day.

ilyace · May 22, 2023

51Beets said: ↑

Interesting. What does it do to lift height? Still use the normal Tacoma leafs? Etc.
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The BAMF hangers have not changed my ride height in the rear. I don’t have the stock leaf pack, been running the Icon RXT leaf pack on stage 2, and there were no obvious changes with ride height.

I believe the hanger and shackle upgrades (BAMF and Archive Garage’s come to mind first) will work with stock leaf packs, maybe someone else can chime in though. Archive Garage mentions theirs works with all leaf packs: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hammer-hangers-by-archive-garage-2005-2023-tacoma.519625/. I’ve read the BAMF hangers might need some modification with certain leaf packs like the OME Dakars. I got the BAMF hangers for a great deal from a forum member, and I knew they’d work with my current setup so it was an easy choice for me.

51Beets · May 22, 2023

ilyace said: ↑

The BAMF hangers have not changed my ride height in the rear. I don’t have the stock leaf pack, been running the Icon RXT leaf pack on stage 2, and there were no obvious changes with ride height.

I believe the hanger and shackle upgrades (BAMF and Archive Garage’s come to mind first) will work with stock leaf packs, maybe someone else can chime in though. Archive Garage mentions theirs works with all leaf packs: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hammer-hangers-by-archive-garage-2005-2023-tacoma.519625/. I’ve read the BAMF hangers might need some modification with certain leaf packs like the OME Dakars. I got the BAMF hangers for a great deal from a forum member, and I knew they’d work with my current setup so it was an easy choice for me.
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thats actually perfect, I’m also running the Icons on #2 haha.

ClassyTacos · May 23, 2023

New wheels came in

2k2 · May 23, 2023

Anyone know what bed stiffeners these are? Says TRD, however I can't seem to find them anywhere.

TrdTaco20 · May 23, 2023

2k2 said: ↑

Anyone know what bed stiffeners these are? Says TRD, however I can't seem to find them anywhere.

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Look like self made or someone is cutting the "TRD" logo afterwards. Maybe sold from the shop/person thats makin sliders with TRD logo as well. Looks great though.

TSki · May 23, 2023

2k2 said: ↑

Anyone know what bed stiffeners these are? Says TRD, however I can't seem to find them anywhere.

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Looks like either a full custom job.. or a different version of Victory's stiffeners... again either custom, or now no longer available:
https://www.victory4x4.com/product/VT23-BST-PC.html

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