What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yep, San Antonio and Baja California (Mexico).

 

Can you put the mount on your molle panel? That way it has somewhere while you drive. That’s what i did with mine but i dont have a drawer system

 

That is where I had it mounted, on the passenger side molle panel but with the platform in place I don't have space for it anymore.
My topper rails won't allow me to have the WaterPort up high enough to clear the platform.
So I might just transport it empty and fill it with my 5gal water jug then use my Milwaukee inflator to pressurize it when I need it.

 

Which air intake do you have? Was thinking about swapping in the TRD Flow Accelerator (not the whole TRD intake kit). Is that what you have? Don't want to trade one drone for another. TIA!

 

Those molle panels mount under the rail system? That’s pretty sweet if so, the cali raised ones just blocks off the whole fucking thing so if i want bed rails I’ll have to cut notches in them or something

That stinks though, I would think you can use the rails to mount if not the molle :/

Yeah transporting it empty works just feels less than ideal

 

The molle panels are made by https://builtrightind.com/
They do mount behind the rails and are very well made panels. I love them.

 

K&N filters are quite porous. Stuff gets through, stuff like "more air" and stuff like dirt.

No free lunch, it's your choice. I go for the pleated paper (WIX)

 

Look really nice! I had looked at them but didnt realize the way they install before. I have a tonneau cover so they wouldn’t work for me and my relocated brackets i dont think anyways

 

I "think" the tank on my 2021 still contains about three gallons of fuel when the display shows 1 mile to empty. This is based on how much fuel I could pump in compared to the specified fuel tank capacity.

I've been down to that stage three times now in 25K miles of driving. The worry and frantic search for an open station doesn't seem to get better with experience ;-)

 

yeah.
ever since i saw the youtube by project farm, i'd rather protect it by limiting a little air than introduce all that garbage into the engine.

 

The GM Mechanic meant well, but clearly has limited knowledge. That said, I've read about the added charcoal filter too, but have never seen one. It's usually a "friend of a friend said" story for some reason.

The K&N question always opens up a can of worms. I've used both oil treated (K&N, Spectre and others) as well as normal paper filters over the years (Wix ranks very high in most tests). Others may have different experiences, but the K&N didn't improve anything including performance for me on any vehicle, normal as well as cold air intake - although I've never tried one in our Taco. It did have a negative effect on the MAF sensor on two cars. Our Taco came with a Toyota TRD paper filter and it's working fine. Good performance with an average 18 -20 MPG (with an OTT tune).

You basically already have a cold air intake. A quality paper filter, changed regularly, should be fine IMHO.

Let the debate continue.

 

That's a great idea running the aux power from the FBC harness. I have the same harness. Did you need an additional pigtail? If not, which wire did you tap into?

 

Installed a set of Sumo Springs front bump stops. I found I needed to cut off some of the threaded rod on the Sumos to make install easier. I matched the length to the stock bump stops. For me, even lifting the tires off the ground, I needed some additional room as the Sumo bolts are so long. With the tires off, my ODC kicked in, I cleaned up the wheel wells and sprayed some Amsoil Mud Slinger to make cleaning easier after the next trail run. I could feel the difference on a text ride after install. Especially over potholes and the occasional speed bump.

 

The pigtail Dave ships with is a GM weatherpack 2 pin. Intended to be used on the Baja designs S1 with meso HitchPod. There May be other options, I haven’t looked in a while. Not sure how yours is if you have the aux option. I have the ability to make my own Deutsch connectors, which is what the Rigids come terminated to. So I snipped off the weatherpack and spliced those two wires to 4 wires, and terminated a Deutsch on each set, at the proper length for each respective light. Wrapped in tape and loom, zip tied and plugged them in.

I bought a manual switch but I may never use it. The use case for them hooked to the harness as is is perfect. I don’t really ever need the manual option, though it would be cool to have set up just because. But I’m lazy and I haven’t figured out my fuse and relay panel setup yet so I have no good way to execute it for now. Ultimately the Dave harness functions as needed so I’ve left it like that for now.

 

correct

 

I finally brought it home…my journey started back in early February.

 

Hauled a JD mini tractor for my brother

 

Had all four shocks rebuilt. Plus, some other maintenance was necessary. Now, the truck is like riding on a BarcaLounger.

 

Congrats! I wanted 10 months for mine; maybe things are getting better.

 

haha! I actually have though about going that route now. I have the S&B dry filter intake. It looks and sounds awesome around town. On the highway not so much.