What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Changed the Earl!!! Spicy I know

 

Brought truck home on Friday, installed the UpTop Overland Truss bed rack today (mid-height).

Roofnest Condor Overland RTT ready to mount next.

 

does the oem have letters?

 

isn't going south usually downhill?

 

OEM, yes. counterfeit, yes.

From what I have seen, the counterfeit skid plates don't have the raised area I circled in red (instead it's just flat with the rest of the plate)



Most sub $200 non-oem plates, no.

 

Was on some icy roads above 5000 feet today on my Toyo M/Ts. Got the M/Ts in September, having liked them on my FJ. Great off-road, but if this cold weather continues, I think the M-55s are going on for the winter for highway driving.

 

Love the white ditch lights, would have grabbed those had I seen them.

 

Looks great!

 

Back in my youth I walked 10 miles each way to school, uphill both ways.

 

Thanks, good to know. Worst we get here is some rain. Toyo’s should do fine. Cheers!

 

One thing you may try, I get this stuff at NAPA called "Kroil", it a penetrating oil that's the best I've ever used. It's expensive, about $20 for a small can, but it's worked for me when nothing else has. Also, if the penetrating oil doesn't work, try heating the bolt, I've gotten many a stuck both out using heat. I'm on the coast of NC, so rust/corrision is a big thing, I'm always dealing with bolts that don't want to come out. Best of luck to you.

 

Added some OEM led headlights

i wonder if Toyota engineers feel ashamed of themselves seeing that Tacoma owners have to spend money fixing such stupid design. I would’ve loved to be part of the meeting where it was decided how they were going to arrange the buttons and what the argument to do so was.

 

I thought bed liner was bad for skid plates and rock sliders. Defeats the purpose and might get you hung up.

 

Hope not. It’s pretty thin spray on Herculiner which I can gouge with my finger if I try. Couldn’t abide the non black.

 

I actually like the orientation of the buttons. When you press volume up or down, on the screen it goes left and right. It makes sense.

 

For us Lowly SR owners that's the connection for the OEM wiring harness that operates the fog lamps.

 

Me too.

The engineers have to worry about putting out a vehicle that can stand up to the reliability we have all come to expect from the Taco. Not so much about the orientation of the secondary labeled volume button on the steering wheel.

This wasn't an epic engineering failure.

 

This morning walking out to my truck it welcomes me with a check engine light illuminated before I even open the door. Not sure what the deal is but I started it up and a message on the screen says something to the tune of "malfunction detected with the engine or transmission, contact dealer.. blah blah" I was able to move it so I could take my other half's car to work, but none of the dash lights lit up. Anyone got any clues? I do have a scanner I can plug in later after work, just didnt have time at the moment as I needed to get to work. I didnt want to risk actually driving it, so I just moved it over in the driveway.

 

Swapped out my bed rack for an Xtrusion Overland mid height with AXS gates. Barely fits in my garage now, ha. I just have to tweak my solar panel mounts and I should be good to go. But this thing is awesome so far. Still waiting on them to send me some extra brackets/mounts to work my my Revolver bed cover though.











Also got to try out an electric chainsaw. Might be my new favorite camping tool.



And I caught a fun pic of Saturdays full blood moon.

 

I never even noticed anything odd about the buttons until I saw complaints here and they don't bother me it all. Up/down goes up/down the saved stations list; turning the knob right or pressing the right button and the volume increases. TBH, I can't recall how they work in my other cars; my fingers just seem to know what to push. It's like switching between auto and manual transmission - once you can drive either it's easy to switch. Or LH drive vs RH drive. Or different keyboard layouts.