What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks!! Feels good to be here!

 

kings 2.5 front coilovers from accutune with Camburg upper and lower control arms and their slapper kit.

king smoothies 12” rear with archive garage shock relocation kit, hammer hangers and their hd leaf packs.

5.29 gears

kmc terra 17x9 et-38 315/70/17

had a buy once cry once mentality after crying all the time I had to change something on my 5th gen 4r.

did a lot of shopping on Black Friday. Waiting for ATH front and rear.

 

Ok, I got my 2023 Tacoma Saturday; I know it's brand new but I just keep thinking of mods I want to put on it. Not to make it gaudy, rather to personalize it. Nice truck, struggled between waiting on the 24's but pulled the trigger cuz I personally think the 23's will remain value until the madness settles down with the 4th Gen editions. Not to mention, traded a '20 Rav, work at Toyota and several, several thousands off; couldn't pass it up. Let's MOD UP.

 

and not everyone wants a supercharged 4 cyl

*Edit- turbocharged. I guess the grammar police are out.

 

Well done! Welcome to TW!

 

We have to plow the property where I work right now. After 11 years of doing it through three different trucks (all 2500 HD's) I can safely say the quickest way to send a truck to an early grave is to put a plow on it.

 

Congrats and have fun.

 

New to the forum, bought the truck this spring. Not alot of modifications yet, but added a used truck A.R.E. Truck cap for the winter months, new rims and tires. Eventually would like the Toyota factory lift kit and heritage grille, but that is for another time when I can save up the funds for it. So far love the truck, no regrets! My last Toyota truck was in high school (1981 pickup, Gold color with roll bars and PIAA lights - regret ever parting with it).

 

Right now, I figured I would use it to strap down packages from Macy's, Foot Locker and Spencer's gifts.

 

back end looking mean as hell, great set up

 

What causes the early death? It is the weight of the snow and the wear on the engine? Legitimately asking as a guy who has never lived anywhere with consistent snow

 

I just plow my own driveway basically. go pretty darn slow. had a plow on another Tacoma and a Colorado. no problems, no damage.

 

Welcome.

 

Judging from the Tacoma plow thread this is a pretty polarizing topic and that sort of surprises me. Vehicles that do tasks aren’t going to last as long as highway commuters. Delivery vehicles, cabs, dedicated tow rigs, plows and slope vehicles (high hours, low miles, idling in sub zero on north slope of AK) are all severe interval service vehicles that are going to have increased wear/tear and reduced life span compared to the loathsome mall crawler.
Going slow and being careful isn’t going to change that fact that plows shift in and out of reverse thousands of times more than an average vehicle or that the front frame rails are constantly exposed to impact and pressure (no matter how minuscule) that they weren’t designed for.
I’m not telling anyone they can’t plow with a Tacoma, but saying that plowing doesn’t have any impact on a vehicle one way or another is disingenuous.

 

Nice rig! What year is it, and all that stuff...

 

2023 Tacoma SR, cheapest new Taco I could find in Atlantic Canada at the time. Rode my motorcycle in 0 degree weather 600km to get it LOL

 

What are you running for tires?

 

This was the day I bought it heading back home with the bike in the back

 

That’s good because that’s not an option.

 

I have Hushmat for the outer door skin and the SoundSkins door kit ready to go for the truck but I'm apprehensive applying it in colder weather.

Any issues with adhesion while using a hairdryer?