What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

have the stage 10 kit on this truck. no regrets from switching from king. straight mobs offtrail yet rides much more composed on the street. especially when running no sway bar.

 

well that's a bummer. I was thinking getting the same. how many lbs of boost are you running? w/intercooler? meth?

 

After 31 years with my 1991 Truck, I ponied up for a 2023 Tacoma 4WD before the huge and undesirable line changes coming in 2024.
I had to call three local dealers, then Reno, Boise, Salt Lake, Los Angeles and finally Fresno to find what I wanted.

Our area is plagued by catalytic converter thieves, so I had Marco Muffler here in Orangevale weld on the anti-theft cat cages.
We have been hit 3x so far, and I have every confidence they will be back when they see the new truck in the driveway.

I have four cats on this V6 model, which are now secured against sawz-all theft artists.
I understand the replacement costs run about $6,000 for all four.

I also bought a #10504 locking gas cap because Toyota does not make them, nor installs a cab release fuel door.
I kept the OEM cap for "just in case" when the rig is old enough to require smog tests.

 

That sucks about the thieves in your area. Hopefully some of the new guidelines/laws for buyers of the catalytic converters will help put a dent in the elimination of these thefts.

Congratulations on the purchase of the new Taco! Good call on not getting the 4th gen.

Welcome to TW!!

 

should have looked into it a little more. there are clean looking bolt on options to prevent stolen cats available for these trucks.

example. https://caliraisedled.com/products/catalytic-converter-shield-tacoma-2016-2022

 

Welcome.

 

Congrats and welcome. Wow, enjoyed my 1992 for 14 years. 31! wow.... Where is it now and what condition is it in?

 

Big fluid exchange day.

I would be curious what the dealership would have charged me here in the east coast.

 

Finally got around to wiring and aiming the DD SS5 Pro lights in selective yellow. The lens are configured in the 30x20 driving pattern and are aimed straight ahead. Had a chance to try them out last night as we had heavy snow. Unfortunately, I think there is such a thing as too much power. The precipitation reflected the massive amounts of light thus negating any potential benefit. Without precipitation, the lights are great. They can illuminate more than 1/2 mile down the road even being behind the grille. That being said, the OEM LEDs are also great at illuminating large lengths of road.

If I were to change the lighting setup, I would probably install the stealth light bar kit in amber driving and ditch the SS5s altogether. As mentioned above, the OEM LEDs are plenty bright for day-to-day (night-to-night?) driving. This isn't the Baja 1000 and the local terrain makes driving fast at night rather dangerous. What I was looking for is more light in adverse conditions. The DD fogs do an excellent job of illuminating the shoulders in snow at night thus the logic follows that a forward-aimed light source that is low to the ground would illuminate the road ahead without reflecting light into the drivers eyes.

This might be a future experiment. I want to spend some more time with the SS5s in varying conditions with different aiming. The driving pattern illuminates the tops of light poles which would be great if the deer suddenly started taking up residence in trees. Unfortunately, aiming the SS5s down to reduce uplight results in the foreground being illuminated which does me no good. So, as a few have seemed to do, I might swap to a spot pattern to reduce the upward-illumination and increase forward-illumination... not that I need it.

An expensive, but good, lesson to learn. Sometimes, the most expensive, most powerful option isn't always the right tool for the job.

 

I know you got couple of suggestions…Here is the one I got and the cust service is phenomenal. I got it first but I ended up getting my own hardware so I can update/flash myself. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/kdmax-pro-10-0-tune-by-paparee-and-twtaco.713699/

 

@EZRed Go to this page: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rp-342-cosmoline.687112/

 

My '91 sits in the driveway next to the new 2023.
When it sells, that will bring an end to my 60 year love affair with stick shift vehicles.
I've never in my life owned an automatic until this new 2023, and only because the 6 speed manual is literally impossible to find at this late date in the production year.
Same as the wife's RAV4, it can be manually downshifted and locked when descending steep grades without riding the brakes.

It has 244k miles and the paint and rust is very rough from 31 years in the Sacramento sun.
The power steering rack leaks a bit, so it runs Lucas anti-leak power steering fluid.

The 22RE had a top end job and aftermarket performance timing chain 100k miles ago.
2nd clutch, 3rd radiator and water pump.
Throwout bearing squeaks when engaged, and SR5 trannie needs bearings and synchros.
It starts every single time, gets 27 mpg on the freeway, and is never broken into because it is ugly as sin.
The AM/FM died ages ago.
After a new EGR valve and gas cap, it passes smog with flying colors.

Demand for 2023 Tacomas is nothing less than fierce.
I called around everywhere, and had to settle for 95% of what I wanted
Access Cab, 4WD, 3.5l engine, 6-foot bed, and Ice Cap white.
What I really wanted was a new Hilux, but they don't import them into the US anymore.

 

I have DD SSc3 4k pro with clear driving lens mounted in that same spot and wired as auxiliary high beams. I also cut small windows out of my grill for them. Very happy with them.

 

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

 

And the nearest gas station is two miles away.

 

You can make it . It keeps going after you hit 0 you just don't have any idea how long and the messages get more scary.

 

I've had your post bookmarked for a long, long time. I've spent many hours looking at that photo, trying to decide if I want to cut the grille or not. How do they perform in rain, snow, dust, fog, etc.?

 

I did the same last year. I recommend Koch Chemie GSF shampoo and P&S beadmaker sealant.