What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

It's in the owners manual. I have a jack point in the middle front right past the skid plate.

For the rear I use the rear axle as a point.

These were both called out in my owners manual....I looked it up after Toyota busted a drain plug on my frame due to using that area as a jack point.

Never again with the Toyota service department. Every time I go there it's like asking to get kicked in the face. "Toyota care"...my ass


For the factory bottle jack follow this



For a proper hydraulic jack this will do.

 

look on back of wheel

 

This....it's free...and it works every time

 

i find a new chip every time i wash my car, cheap quality

i dont think a wind deflector will stop rock chips on the w/shield

 

what research? isnt stant the only one that makes a locking?

 

It doesn't have the OEM part number. I'm pretty sure they are aftermarket. I just want to find the correct match.

 

gravity works great

 

This is exactly what I do!

 

LOL ....if its oem it should have "TOYOTA" on it

 

dude! I literally had the same hot wheels Tacoma get delivered today, could not believe I found one that matched my truck (white and blue wheels)

 

I bet you also so lazy you let gravity open the tailgate for you.

 

It’s not lazy, it’s smart.
Edit: Actually the tailgate is dampened, so yeah I let gravity do its thing. You’re a good man @RichochetRabbit don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise!

 

Was grabbing a bite with the wife and came out to find my truck had cloned itself.

 

It cannot be "mitosis". There would have been 4 trucks.

 

My opinion/experience (not scientific) from using a deflector on my past 2 SUVs:

• If a rock hits the deflector, it will absorb a lot of energy and probably bounce away from the windshield or not hit it very hard
• If a rock hits the front edge of the hood, it will absorb some energy and probably bounce away from the windshield or not hit it quite as hard
• If the rock goes above the deflector or the hood, it will hit my windshield

My conclusion: The deflector helps for rocks coming at me in a 3" band where the deflector is. The deflector also keeps the paint on the front edge of the hood nice, but I can't see it.

My experience on those 2 SUVs: A windshield will last between 2 weeks and 3 years, depending on where the rocks hit and how fast the cracks spread.

My experience with my Taco: The PPF keeps the edge of my hood nice and I can see the paint. My windshield lasted 600 miles and about a month before taking a rock hit up high. All the cracks are on the pax side so I'm ignoring them for another winter.

As long as you don't get a blue or yellow flat deflector like this you'll look cool enough:

 

Nice find on the hot wheels. Where did you find one? I look every now and then at the local stores but never find one.

 

I thought I was just an annoying gadfly. But I will accept your judgement.

 

Goodnight Tacoma World.

 

Air bag light is on. Once my steering wheel goodies come in I wont have a driver bag either so I'll get into resistors or just pulling the fuse/light.
Cost ranges with options like heat or lumbar support and the bases to fit the Taco. It will be around $1,400 to $1,800. Corbeau has a military discount. You have to prove you were in directly with them not a 3rd party. It was a nice discount.