What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Took the taco for a trip to the beach and a cold beverage. Then hit a store on the way home for some necessities




saw this sweet impala

 

Did some chrome delete on the vent rings, start and 4wd buttons. Also ordered my Prinsu Pro roof rack.

 

That is a sweet Impala! Did you have the 805?

 

Main Street HB. Howdy neighbor.

 

Got it. The ones you have, naturally, are OOS on the website but I see Amazon has them. Maybe?
Edit: back ordered on Amazon.
Edit 2x: ordered

 

Etsy search bar “Tacoma overlay” you can have all the pics you want

 

Thanks! Yeah I didn’t see many 3.0 King setups posted online so I was really hoping the rear setup would work. With the N98 leaf springs; it almost didn’t - had to cut off the u-bracket on the rear of the driver side leaf spring.

The front with the TC upper arms & weld on spindle gussets was for sure my ideal setup. For good measure I also welded the back of tabs on the lower arm cam tabs just in case I take a hard hit.

 

Yes Sir , Nice ! And howdy
Small world

 

Yes it was clean and straight to they did a nice restore on this one. No it was their house IPA on Tap and it was pretty darn good

 

OEM

 

Originally said I wasn’t getting them till Jan 5th but they showed up early so…

 

Nope. Never been wrecked at all. It's actually the photo angle that looks that way. I noticed that too. In person, it's completely straight.

 

A bunch of different options depending on your needs, https://www.powertrays.com/collections/tacoma-05-current

Bought mine Black Friday for significantly less.

 

i have a 22 TRD OR. do yall know if the doors are made from aluminum? i have some deep-ish paint chips in the lower part of the driver door, not too worried about them looks wise, but dont want it to rust. scratch/chip repair guy i reached out to said steel would rust, aluminum wouldnt. thanks for any help!

 

Add some seat jackers and the molle rail. I have a bulldog holster that clips right to the molle rail....9mm sits right at my calf...easy in/out plus you'll ride more comfy w/the seat jackers. 2 for 1!

 

Steel "rusts".
Aluminum "corrodes".

Neither is a good thing!

 

Aluminum oxidation doesn't compromise the integrity of the piece unlike rust in steel. Aluminum oxidation is usually actually stronger than the aluminum below the oxidation surface and the oxidation stops once there is no more aluminum surface to oxidize unlike rust as well.

 

Yeah, it’s a gamble.

 

Agreed. I installed Spyder headlights in my ‘08 Tacoma and the bulbs would last 6 months at best. At $20/bulb I paid for those after market headlights 3x over… never again! I’ll stick with OEM

 

I agree that it wouldn't make sense to be inside the console.

But... on the outside of the center console, right at the seatbelt receiver is a different animal.
Hear me out.

Of course, always keep your head on a swivel (for defensive driving and personal defense)! Don't let yourself ever be surprised.
But imagine some bad guy does make it to your open window and has a weapon on you.
He is NOT going to let you bend forward to retrieve your ankle holster or footwell holster.
He is going to want you to keep your hands up and in sight!

However, you do have the excuse to lower your hand to unlock/release the seatbelt. (Either hand shouldn't matter - if you practice!)

If your weapon is now in hand because you had it positioned (held) at your seatbelt buckle, you have a fighting chance! That's half the battle.
I keep it there if it isn't on my person. Worse is that I pocket carry 90% of the time and there isn't any way to access it when sitting (but otherwise it's great in MY environment).

I read a true event about a plain clothes officer getting carjacked by two assholes. One on each side of his truck; the one on his side was on him in a flash with a pistol at his temple.
He was forced out, but his weapon was on him and he was able to open fire once he was out and the dickhead's attention was on driving away. (They did not know he was police, so they ignored him once he exited his truck.)
It happens in real life, real fast, and even to trained individuals.