What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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.

 

True story. When my grandfather died my uncles were going through his garage and in one area he had stacks of brand new boxes of spark plugs. Like hundreds of them. They literally fought over who would get which spark plugs based on what engines they had that needed them. They were so excited. Well, when it came time to needing a spark plug one uncle grabbed one of the boxes and found it contained an old dirty spark plug. My grandfather put all of the old plugs he just removed in the boxes the new ones came in and placed it on this shelf for some reason. Did it for DECADES. Not one single box had a new plug in it.

It's hard for me to throw away boxes as well because if I ever go to sell it, having the box ups it's value. But my place isn't organized and clean. It's full of large empty boxes!

 

Did the "tech" remove the plastic guards from the wiper blades? Don't ask how I know this.........

 

Installed a Ranger Series Shift Knob from Tinkerer’s Design! Quality is solid and feels great. Also the first chrome delete on the road to being chrome-free!

 

holy shit i never knew Jim Carey was in that. wow - made my day!

 

Replaced the Total Chaos Uni-balls and booked an alignment.

 

Found an edge guard material that matches the bed liner texture. OCD is happy. Paint is protected if the antenna gets floppy. All I have to do is tune this dang CB and I am done done done. C- time. Work sucked today.

 

That is gorgeous. Wow! I'm gonna be doing that if I trim my bumper. Amazing look.

 

Health check at Toyota ...

Oil was refilled by me enough apparently. Goodyear AverageTraction shoes at 8, front brakes at 8 and rear brakes at 4. Tires rotated.

I have a small 1-car garage so do not want to put it on stilts right now.