What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

It sure is. Without a doubt, my favorite mod that’s been done to this truck.

 

the stock tacoma is already cold air intake

 

mine has a switch to turn off/on ?????? did you ck the manual first?

 

It's more of an off/auto button. You can prevent it from dimming, but you can't force it to dim.

 

i have never had an issue

 

None here either.

 

I ordered Total Chaos 2in Long Travel Suspension, I Can't wait to build it out. I've slowly been gathering parts to throw on everything all at once.

 

Good eye! Mini Bernadoodle.

 

Went with OE TRD center caps and factory black mag lug nuts. Me? I think I'd just go with black centers. Have the vinyl wheel blackouts sitting here but still can't bring myself to put them on for some reason. They look great on yours though , soooo...

 

Did you change the color of your dash bezel? Looks super blue haha

 

I like it as is, but I also like chrome, a '70's/'80's thing I guess. But, if you do want to change them, I'd vote go with red.

 

Sorry for this long and factual reply rant. I would like to provide clarity to my 3rd gen feedback. I was, unfortunately, one of the 1st to buy a 3rd gen. Mine was built Dec 2015. In the late summer of 2015 I owned a 2014 Ford F150 V8 (my 12th Ford truck) and a 2008 Tacoma V6 (my 3rd Tacoma). I usually had the Fords for towing a heavy boat. My youngest decided to go to college so, killing my new travel trailer funds, I found myself driving the Tacoma more than the F150 and sold the F150. The new 2015 Tacoma V6 availability was very slim. I wanted a new Tacoma to carry me into and throughout my retirement years. With no real 2nd gen choices I decided to get the new modern looking 3rd gen with more bells and whistles and the new killer gas mileage. It took a long time to find an access cab Sport but I finally bought one after Christmas 2015. I did expect some minor new gen issues but nothing like Chevy or Dodge had. I babied the truck for the first couple of months while making cosmetic mods. To put it kindly I had a shit-ton of problems throughout the 1st 6 months. More issues than any vehicles owned since the mid 1970's (more than our new 1985 Chrysler had !!!). As I drove it like Granny the 1st few months performance was not an issue because my focus was on, first getting the bugs worked out, and the 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway fuel economy. After the 7th month, with most problems resolved, I opened up the throttle more frequently and was actually scared at how it stumbled when passing or darting across traffic. I did the transmission flash 3x and CAI and exhaust upgrades which actually boosted the throttle response and mostly killed the throttle lag. I still struggled with the slug performance for many more months. In mid to late 2017 I closely followed the development of 3rd gen tunes (OVTune). By this time thousands of disappointed 3rd genners were trading in for any other vehicle. We were mostly in agreement that Toyota dropped the ball on the 3.5 and automatic. By early 2018 new tunes were being developed so fast that every few weeks a latest version was replaced with a new version. Initial costs were not budget friendly either. By the time consistent fair priced tunes were available I had exhausted my interest in the 3.5. I had blisters on my finger from pushing the ECT button. I think post 2018 model 3rd gens are built better than 2016-2018. I did keep my truck 5.5 years but by then the koolaid tasted sour. There were also frequent reports of rear main seal and timing cover leaks. Being out of warranty, with market values increasing, I sold it to a Toyota dealer for what I paid new in 2016. Bought a 2008 and 2012 Tacoma and have been a happy camper ever since. FYI tunes were slow to the market for the 3rd gen because there was no need, or no demand, for tuning the 2nd gen 4.0. That is a fact stated by OVTune during their early testing in late 2017. I did love my 2016.

 

Well - I lied.
They got here. I opened them up. There were metal clips. I got confused.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/install-q-vent-shades-vent-visor-rain-guards-metal-clip.812182/

Link to question thread so I don't thread jack the beautiful awesome momentum of this thread with my conundrum.

 

I just bought that drain valve. Will use it this weekend.
Also, going to install a permanent replacement for the oil pan plug.

$50 ValvoMax Oil Drain Valve - Quick Twist Oil Drain Plug for DIY Oil Changes At Home in 10 Minutes - No Tools, No Mess, No Cleanup - M12-1.25 Thread Size - Made in USA

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077ZGZ39V?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

It's a paved road all the way up.

 

Here you go:

https://www.hikingupward.com/GWNF/ReddishKnob/
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/reddish-knob-trail
https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/reddish-knob/

Also, check out the Flagpole Knob area, those trails are pretty awesome too.

 

Next time haha

 

Looks good!!!

 

Thanks! I'm ridiculously happy with how it turned out.