What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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.

 

This was at Walmart. Got Lucky lol

 

Nothing wrong with that tire, I too have them on my vehicle from the factory but will be switching to Toyo Open country AT2 tires, I do mostly highway driving and a lot of country roads on the weekends

 

Picked up a hitchhiker yesterday.

 

Finally got up the nerve to remove the OR4x4 side decals, also had Fifteen52 Analog wheels mounted yesterday. Going for a subdued, utilitarian aesthetic, and I am loving the look! Stock tires until they wear out.

 

F-ing Lunar Rock. All day, everyday.

 

Oooh, that’s exactly what I was looking for. Where did you get that bug deflector? I had the blue before, but maybe smoke grey would go better with the MGM.

 

I'd check behind barns, the salvage yard, or in your uncle's garage. Maybe make your own from plexiglass.
But I'm quite certain you were kidding.

 

Well, I actually did have the blue deflector on my ‘89 pick-up…

 

Added a few more black-out parts to the truck:
- Black Tacoma emblems
- Black Tacoma tailgate letters & removed the chrome V6 badge
- Black bezel OEM LED fog lights (>> my silver/chrome OEM LED fog lights are for sale if anyone is interested )
- Black vinyl "eyelids" on the OEM LED headlights
- CaliRaised Sequential Smoked Turn Signals (after trying two different Amazon brands)