What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I did do i CMC. I have no rubbing on anything.
UCA are SPC on E
LCA pushed all the way forward
wheels method 701 in a 16 with a 4.5" backspace
2.5" lift upfront
tires 315/75R16 KO2

 

I winterized my truck with the last of my Woolwax cans and Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer. Unfortunately I didn't get to it before the first salt of the year so hopefully washing it was enough.

Overall the frame and body are in great shape. For whatever reason, the hitch receiver is not in great shape. I seem to have to spray over rust on that every year. This year I found some of the factory paint had cracked and started lifting up, which was holding in water. Could be worse I guess.

 

It rained and I wiped my truck down this morning. An infrequent SoCal natural car wash! Need to wax it this season….

 

I had to put some electrical tape on my receiver to stop it from rattling around, seems to have saved the paint from chipping as well.

 

What was causing the rattling?

 

Picked up the RAV4 radio buttons for the Tacoma and wound up purchasing a RAV4 Prime as well....................I think there was an upsell there somewhere.....................

 

Usually people just buy the buttons when they’re not attached to a new car.

 

Where the ball mount goes into the receiver, it’s loose.

 

The of the best “mods” available for the truck.

 

Drove it to the airport and rolled past 10,000 miles. Does that mean it's no longer "new"?

 

They are awesome, aren’t they? Im running one on the driver side for my fire extinguisher. Need to get one for the back of the sit so I can strap down my small toolbox for all thing electrical.

 

It wasn't new anymore when you drove it off the lot the day you picked it up.

 

That just means it’s not broken in yet.

 

Time to part it out. Lol.

 

Part out, dibs on the RCI rock sliders!

 

It's called a "drawbar".

 

Semantics. I call it a ‘ball mount’ because to me a ‘drawbar’ is bolted to a tractor and allows implements to be pinned for towing.

 

Painted the red accents on the faux pro shifter (that thing comes apart SUPER easy) and installed tonneau Cover #3. The cheapest one is the keeper. Of the 3 it's the most secure and doesn't require a set of rails installed along with my factory rails. I have full use of the factory rails whether the tonneau is on or off.

 

Been to the The Villages once before, it's been awhile though. It's mostly senior citizens correct? Funny thing about the STD's, not sure what's up with that.

 

Got tired of sweeping sand out of the divots on the stock tailgate panel, so I installed the Gar-Fab P/N GF003 tailgate panel / cutting board.