What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Snorkus Delete.

 

The shop here went to do their preventative maintenance on one of our tractors. They refused to touch it until it was cleaned out. The guy who drove that tractor ended up removing three garbage bags of trash from inside that thing. What a mess.

 

I believe it's like this with most vehicle manufacturers. I had a Hyundai that did similar things when connected to Bluetooth... Eventually it didn't work at all.... I also believe part of it is your device.......mat the time I had major issues my phone was pretty old.

My wife's 2023 Mitsubishi isn't much better it's slow, sluggish, and somewhat unreliable...again..... I have a feeling my device has something to do with the way some of this tech operates.

Android Auto/Apple car play are at least a standard platform.... That's a start

 

Mine looks like that except it from a very large cedar tree, yea I remove the plastic cover a couple time a year and vacuum it out

 

it’s a wrap you put over the toyota logo, sensors see through it proper!

https://instagram.com/c_mento_taco_808

this dude out of hawaii does them custom and has install video and everything. 100% love the work he does.

 

Swapped the stock interior bulbs for LEDs…what a difference.

 

I think part of the problem is the camera bump on the bottom of most flagship phones now. That angle the bump sits the phone at on a flat charger is a big problem. If the charger stuck up a little it would be helpful but I don't think the camera bump was as prominent when these were chosen ten years ago! All mine does now is manage to heat my phone rapidly

 

dude i am CONSTANTLY yanking needles out of that. just cleaned and refreshed my k&n cabin filter too!

 

I suspect it's because of a faulty design of the charger. All of my phones have had camera humps but have been using wireless charging since 2012. I've used cheap chargers and expensive chargers and they all work fine with my phones... with a case on. I run a plugin on my phone that tells you at what rate the phone is charging (mA draw) and I'll have to do some in depth comparisons between wireless chargers so we can get an estimate how bad (or good) it is in comparison. I have some flat back phones as well as phones with the lens hump I can test with. I'll start it's own thread.

 

Also my experience with the Qi charger. I’ve put my iPhone 12 on it (case on so it doesn’t slide, screen off) for longish trips using Car Play - listening to Pandora, using maps, Waze, occasional calls and such. It seems to basically maintain whatever level of charge I started with, but doesn’t lose any. Doesn’t get overly hot. Maybe I have a good one?

Wife plugs her phone into the outlet in the console for a quick charge if needed.

Otherwise I use that space for a little storage. Do you gain a lot more space by removing it?

 

Nice looking truck. I put Falken Wildpeaks on mine about 4 months ago and have been very pleased so far. We'll see how they do this winter.

 

I have the same plastic tube. Where did you get the metal straps? TIA

 

Pulled out the fun car and did some garage clean up with the daily

 

Oh that would drive me boonkers!! That’s alot

 

Some low key additions to the bed. Bay Area Metal Fab panels, mounted a fire extinguisher, and traction boards.

 

I know OTT has recently changed their tunes to have a less aggressive tip-in. I've got both here and can tell quite a bit of difference between them. The truck using medium/spicy is far less jumpy in parking lots, slower speed areas, etc. It will definitely help in rainy or icy weather. You can also tell quite a bit of a change in how far you need to push the pedal to get the truck to downshift one and then two gears when you want it to while driving down the road. I am guessing you got the one with the lighter tip-in. Medium/spicy still has it's pep to it, you just need to give it a little extra pedal now. That, I think, is a nice change. I don't need the truck to take off like a little rocket with just the slightest touch of the pedal. I'd rather have more control. You are also not being forced to have the truck at 2,000 rpm at speeds that are common speed limits like the tune you used to have. A much better thought out and put together tune.

 

Thanks for this as I didn't know they updated it. I love everything except how quick the throttle grabs and jerks from standstill or very low speed. Looks like I need an update.

 

Nice! How did you mount the traction boards?

 

I think you will be very happy with it. One thing Justin said is that with the new tip-in, you may want to go up a setting from the one you are currently using, so keep that in mind.

 

These:
BRIGECAN Traction Board Mounting...

$26 BRIGECAN TRACTION BOARD MOUNTING KIT, Easy-to-Install Recovery Board Mount, Safety Traction Board Mount, Universal Recovery Board Mounting Kit with 4.72"~6.69" Hole Spacing, 1 Year Warranty

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFM6X2Y2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Attached to a pair of these:
https://www.bayareametalfab.com/Universal-Bed-Rail-Mounts_p_93.html