What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

There is a popped weld that lets oil out. Whole housing is being replaced.

The Corolla drives very nice!

 

At the shop getting Black Rhino wheels put on



Edited to add better ‘after’ pics

 

Let someone who is rational hide them for you ... then you must beg permission to spend any money.

 

Yep. Cut them off, ground them flat and then sprayed them with a rattle can bedliner.

 

Now that is an idea I haven’t thought of. Good thinking.

 

LOL!

 

Finally pulled the trigger and upgraded my suspension, wheels, and tires.

RC 3” M1 Lift Kit
Falken Rubitreks 285 70R17
KMC Impact OL’

 

Kinda sorta maybe finished my build? 2018 Tacoma TRD-OR. 5 years in the making. My goal has always been to make a better, more comfortable, fun, and functional ride for daily commute, camping, and exploring the desert here in Nevada. You can't tell from the outside but I've put almost $15,000 of upgrades into this fella. I never wanted to have a bunch of shit hanging off of it and a lot of obvious changes.

It feels like I've built the 2024 Trail Hunter basically. Or what the OR or Pro should come with stock.

The latest update was OME medium weight 2" coil springs that helped stabilize everything and improve ride quality after adding the armor and the 265/76/16 tires I got last weekend from Discount Tire. They are the Goodyear Wrangler Ultraterrain ATs. They are such a huge amazing difference from the stock Nitto Ridge Grapplers. So far they feel softer, much quieter, better handling overall and just have made a major improvement to the driving.

The list of all my upgrades is in my profile. It's a lot of internal stuff that I don't even think of anymore because it's just normal for me now, but it's been a lot of work. Someday I should do a photoshoot with all the stuff.

The only thing I might do last is upgrade speakers and a re-gear. I haven't gone up to Tahoe yet on the new tires so we'll see how it handles that road. So far it feels like it drives better with the new tires but we'll see. And now that the car is quieter, I'm thinking speakers might be nice.

What do you guys think?




Realized I should’ve put a before in here

 

Isn’t that marriage??

 

welcome! Rig looks sick!

 

finished is a strong word..... so hard to stop..... hahah

looks awesome and great build!

 

Did two things today:

1) changed out my Kenwood DMX957XR for a DMX958XR
2) removed my dash power outlet in favor of a Scosche PowerVolt.

The reason for the new radio was because it’s a newer model and it supports 3A charging vs 1.5A on the 957. I’ve ordered the new Pro Max iPhone and the battery is going to be huge on it. My old phone has a pretty small battery and charges really slow.

Since I was messing with the radio, figured the PowerVolt would be a good thing to add. It gives you a new USB port that will pass CarPlay through it, and then it has prongs to wire up to power to give passengers or whoever a USB charge port. Makes it to where I don’t have to have a car charger to plug into the power outlet anymore. I didn’t like the factory USB port location so this is better, and it’s very unassuming because there is no wording or lights on it.

 

I couldn’t get used to the stock SR Grille. $100 and 45 minutes later, I like it a lot better.

 

Best grille option, IMO.

 

That’s “unassuming”…

 

Thanks. Typo.

 

What have i done today? Recieved my bronze trd wheel. Man if they start separating part. Will people still want to pay for it? I’m seeing the center cap is back ordered.

 

They are just for show. I have no intention of towing or recovery with these. Like 40 bucks for the brackets and shackles. The factory tow hook is still on the truck. Search the forum for demon brackets and enjoy the read lol...

edit: nevermind I see someone posted a link. God help us all...

 

Thanks! I bought those same fox's and rxt's.

 

Haha true. I like how I say "I'm done! but here's three other things I'm thinking of." And thanks!