What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

very impressive work and love your wheels too btw I tried so hard to find a clean 5 spoke

 

Looks great! Where did you get this/where did you get the material?

 

Engine is easy to install ... get some painter/flooring hard knee pads which are in many ways useful (anytime you need to kneel on concrete) to balance the skid for install. For transmission skid get wood scraps and anything else appropriate to stack under it and raise it to all-but installed height ... it is almost impossible to balance that heavy flat sheet by yourself enough to slip it under the engine skid mounts. Just saying ... for me it is 2x4 scraps on top of my circular saw carry-case.

 

Chase lights! KC Hilites.

 

Install a net fastened to the stiffeners and rail clamps.

 

I bet that was good for the soul!

 

Love this!

 

Parked in the dirt at work. First dirt this thing has seen in a while. Need to get out in a trail.

 

Transmission skid goes between the engine and the rubber bushing, then rubber bushing against the truck. The bolt goes through the engine skid but the transmission is slipped in around those bolts. If you install transmission first you will have to remove bolts, one at a time (leave the other installed) for engine skid.

I advise do engine first, then balance the transmission after. At some point you will probably want to remove/reinstall transmission by itself so just learn now.

My arms get banged up up by the transmission install so I have these for any future under-truck work:

 

Only had the truck a day and already ordered some essentials.

Slide in hitch and ball
TRD oil cap
TRD radiator cap
TRD shift knob
TRD skid plate
TRD intake
Rearview mirror mount and direct wire kit for my Escort Radar
*almost ordered the OEM LED headlights from SparkParts(?) - but think I need adapter harness??

-plan to schedule windshield tint asap, that glare from the sun is insane !! Also a clear wrap.
-Found a nearby place authorized to do the OTT tune.

 

@Rsully3 that's a fantastic looking rig. That's plenty of dirt for a pic. That's a great color for Az. dust.

 

Calling @daveeasa

 

2023 sr5 w/o dtrl to 2023 headlight with dtrl | Tacoma World

SR / SR5 kits have been suspended

 

True ... thanks for the note ... but the OP did not mention trim level. If SR/SR5, it would be figured out.

 

Cargo divider

 

It's an SR. I saw a YT vid where recently this person got Dave's harness for her SR. Harness worked perfect with OEM LED assemblies (non-TRD Pro versions)

 

Dave does not make SR harness currently. Must be some LED circuitry (DRL) in place to interface with a harness.

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Here is the YT vid. I see now that it is a year ago, but definitely swapped the headlights that I have, to the OEM LED with Dave's harness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvuQG-y4os&ab_channel=ChloeKuo

Whoops, probably should mention @Puppypunter.

If a schematic is available on the wiring procedure for the harness build. I would like a copy if possible. I do know how to read schematics.

 

As I recall, he used to sell them. But sometimes the result was not satisfactory and he did not want to tell nice people "sorry, but LED signals are tricky to generate with just a few wires". Best I recall.