What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Assuming his Tacoma is a “Sport” they come with the matching painted lower valance/bumper guard & fender flares as well.

 

Nice! What brand/where did you get the bed bars? Looks the bars would be able to allow a tonneau cover with the bars in place.

 

Feels great. I was happy with not having a payment anymore with the 4runner but couldn't buy a new taco outright, but created a goal and stuck with it. I could have paid it off sooner if we didn't buy a Leer 100XR and TRD "Beadlock" wheels lol

 

Hey when I got my truck, i went to look at it on Sunday and Monday I bought it. I told them to make sure not to mount anything or stick anything on the truck. Lol in PA a front plate is not required. I still have the front license plate mount sitting in my attic

 

Got these last week.

 

If I ever see you on the trail, I'll know I'm in the wrong place and it's time for me to turn around!
You have way more expertise and tools than I'll ever have. But I love seeing what's possible; thanks for sharing.

 

What is down by the plate? Water bottle or something mounted there?

 

But the TRD wheels are a must lol!

Oh what! Okay i'll probs try to look for an oem front valance and see if I can replace mine.

 

I used to use those same silicon sleeves for the OEM fobs too.

 

I'm enjoying the slimmer profile of the meso fobs v2!

 

Vintage badge:


Deleted last piece of chrome trim in the SR:

 

First “mod” on the Pro hahaha

 

I appreciate the reply and dedication to quality! The proto looks great on Ahsokas Taco (IG). Love the idea of being able to add a swingout down the road. I will certainly be holding off until then.

 

Dude those sliders are kick ass!!

 

looks great!! Where are they from?

 

Front https://lilbscustomfab.com/collections/2016-2019-tacoma/products/tacoma-3rd-gen-hybrid-bumper

Rear https://outgearsolutions.com/collections/front-bumper/products/2016-tacoma-hc-sandstorm-edit

 

I love the tailgate lock... should be on all models

 

Agreed. Maybe included in some of the option packages at a minimum.

 

Had a free day this weekend so was able to knock out some small front end mods I've been meaning to do.

The first was to finally throw on the WarFab tie rod sleeves that I got with the group buy like a year ago. I widened the inner ends of these with my step bit and they threaded on beautifully over the inner tie rod hump. These are heavy, stout pieces, and although they don't completely prevent the tie rods from having issues, they for sure beef it up from stock and should give a bit of protection as well. I think the newer design of these have been shortened a bit to prevent them needing to be modified.



Then I replaced the lower shock bolts with the OEM ones from the 4Runners that have a solid shaft instead of a tapered one. P/N: 90105-14104. Hoping they help extend the life of my misalignment bushings.



And lastly, I finally pushed my front splash shields forward a bit to cut down on the rubbing when turning while flexing. Gained about 1/2" - 3/4" of clearance from this and it looks like it fixed the rubbing on the front side of the wheel well. I still have a bit of rubbing on the back of the fender area under the same conditions, so I get to figure that out next. Thinking the pinch welds might need some persuasion. Pretty successful weekend though.

 

Man I like that rear bumper A LOT. Thats almost a weapon. ha