What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice truck!

Access cabs are the best looking Taco's on the road, IMO. It took me a while to locate a dealer who would go through the trouble to find me one with a MT and army green.
Totally worth the wait! I have had a few people say "I thought those Tacomas were all 4 doors."

Not this one!

 

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"What is the alert triangle and "maintenance required"

"Reset in main dash display"

"Or put black tape on it"

"More black tape takes care of the "service engine soon" "

 

It took me months to find a dealer who would help get me my access cab. Toyota says they don't sell well in the midwest. By the time it arrived at the dealer, they had 2 dealerships in 2 different states harassing them several times a week for it. I was told that customers in various parts of the US contacted them too because as soon as it was allocated it was put on their website as an available truck. Apparently TRD Off Roads with an access cab are rare around here.

 

Added Lamin-x yellow film over the OEM fog lights.

 

Tacomas are rare in my neck of the woods, it's all eff one fittys in various states of rusted out around here. I don't think I've ever seen a gen 3 AC offroad!
Nice one brother, and worth the wait for sure!





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Stepped out of the Chik-Fil-A and opened the door of "my" truck. The interior contents did not look right. Then I recalled seeing a trailer ball that I did not have before.

Damn.

I locked the doors of the other person truck and went to what is really my truck.

 

Compared the AJT and Z Precision cup holders.

 

Same here, OR AC LB

 

I ordered mine this way, not many around here as well

 

Thanks. I had to work through a district manager in Cincinnati to get it custom ordered and it was purchased from Signature in Benton Harbor, 2 states away. They did most of the legwork on it and were absolutely fantastic to deal with. I wish I lived closer as they have been 10 times better in every possible way than any dealer near me.

I don't see many tacos of any type where I'm at, all Fords and Chevys. When I pull up to hang out they all have that look on their face like:

https://youtu.be/vbp9UrwC-mI?t=21

 

Big fan of Lamin-X film, quality products that look great and are easy to install. I'm going to get an amber set for my motorcycle fogs too while she waits out the winter.

 

installed a bed mount for my winch so I don’t have to drive to the woods with her mounted out front.

And replaced my Anderson connector pins. The first one, pictured on the left, I tried crimping without the proper tool (yeah, I know). With it bending downward, it never made a positive connection, now she connects flawlessly.

 

Looking forward to having some yellow lighting for this winter. Install was easy enough, as I was able to do it in the cold, snow, and dark. Probably not ideal consisting but what can you do

 

Was bored so I did a "Viper Cut" in preperation for 35's. Came out great.

 

Fox 2.0 rears. Need to go down some rough roads now and see how they ride.

 

Didn't get more than a few weeks in with my prinsu before picking up some accessories. I took advantage of Overland Vehicle Systems sale on their awnings and picked up their 6.5ft awning and got it mounted up. I've spent the rest of the day designing a quick release since I didn't want to spend $130+ some pieces of plastic. Almost done!

 

Here is why those other colors show up on so many Toyotas:

 

Nice work! I know when I did mine I used a hole saw blade and did the radius first. After that there was no turning back.

Can’t wait to see some pics when you get the 35’s on. Well done.

 

I would be a pretty bad friend in that situation. The entire time I'd be whining over your shoulder "I wouldn't do that." "Once you cut that hole it's going to cost you a ton of money to get a new bumper if you ever want to go back to stock or sell it." "Are you sure you want to cut up your brand new truck? What if you put it on and don't like it?!"

I have a vintage collector car and for decades I've been purchasing original parts trying to restore it to showroom condition. I'm emotionally unable to have two vehicles that receive competing treatment in this area. Decades of collecting trinkets where you need to keep things original in their original packaging have ruined me.

 

I worked for someone that kept all the original boxes for the tools/appliances we used less than all the time. it was really nice to have things where they were supposed to be. The whole place was organized and clean.