What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Finished installing the Rigid SR-Q.

Had to build a harness with deutsch plugs as I’m running the light bar and SR-Q lights on the same switch. Also had to put a deutsch connector on the light bar as they sent it out stripped and with a butt connector……

Gives me some extra lighting out to the side.

 

Looking good! Let me know when you're ready to get funky lights on that grille

 

I had the Tufskinz mudflaps on before with the tri color logo and 4x4 on them. Really liked them but front passenger side cracked between a couple bolts, and just a week ago went around the back side of the truck for whatever and noticed the passenger side rear was half missing.
Here we are legally supposed to have mudflaps on trucks that go past the rear axle. People get tickets for it. Based on how the Tufskinz ones only lasted me about a year I figured I would give the Rally Armor ones a shot. Used Rally Armor on my WRX, and on my Focus ST without any issues ever. These hybrid ones are kinda expensive but if they last its worth it. Hopefully with the softer bottom half they survive offroading which was the driver behind getting these.

 

I was just looking at mud flap options. I want something somewhat flexible that won’t crack off road. How flexible are these?

 

The upper portion is like a hard polyurethane, the bottom is a soft flappy rubber ply-blend material. Almost rubber like. can bend like 90 degrees to the rest of the mud flap no problem.

 

It will be a bit time consuming when inserting the wires thru the door rubber boots. I used some dish soap to fish the wires thru. Set some time aside so you won’t make any mistakes. Get some extra clips for the side mirrors and door panels in case you break or lose any. I did mine during warmer season so I didn’t break any of them. Also have some adult beverage while modding…cheers!

 

Not the OP.
I suggest disconnecting the boot at the door. This will make manipulating the wire through it easier. Also, once you remove the small triangle covers on the doors, cover the 3 holes with electrical tape and then cut a small slit in them so the clip will fit through. This will help keep them from falling inward.

 

Changed out my springs to 650s tonight to get ready for bumper and winch
Cleaned them up while I was at it and added some grease to the cypherical bearings my jbas dropped grease all over them while I was pulling them off

 

I would always notice moss growing in my northern most headlight or taillight from the way I parked when I used to live in Portland. You literally need to rotate your parking situation, but you’re screwed if you’re living underneath the trees. Good luck!

 

Which level of tune did you go with? I go Saturday morning to get OTT tune still trying to decide which level to go with.

 

Amazon $30 give or take

 

It depends on your driving style and commute. I started out with medium spicy and noticed the medium had too much jumpiness when just tooling along in traffic. So I dropped down to Mild/medium and that helped. Now I can mosey along in traffic and open it up on the freeway. Just my flavor. I drive fast and the mild is plenty for highway acceleration. If I’m feeling frisky on a back road wanting to act like a rally car I put it in medium and its got plenty of pep. That spicy is nice but I only used it a couple times. That said, I have 265/70R/17’s and it’s same as stock. The tuner should
give you options to meet back up if you want to change your tune for free. Mine (Paul PNWtacoma) was very helpful and let me meet back up for a retune.

 

Wow, beautiful truck! That's clean! Nice job.

 

Thanks for info, I talked to tuner and he recommended light/mild or mild/medium. I will probably start with mild/medium and see what I think with the 285s

 

I know there is one in the main fuse box I installed one on my buddies last year just don’t remember which one we did and he sold the truck lol

 

If you drive in snow you might appreciate “mild” to minimize wheel spin. For the ECT setting choose whatever. I personally prefer smoother throttle tip in. And I most appreciate the modified shift points.

 

Nice.

Looks awesome. First time I have seen those wheels on a blacked out tacoma. I put the same on mine. I like being able to see my wheels and yours are the first I have seen in a long time. Surprised they dont show up more often.

 

Thanks I am really happy I finally decided to update it the way I wanted. Took 4 years but worth it.

 

Good point! I’m in central Ohio, so we do sometimes see snow. Not nearly as much as when I was a kid but still can have a bad storm occasionally.

 

Speaking of tunes, thinking of making the 5-6 hour drive to get mine tuned next month or two. Is KDMax worse than OTT, or just different? I was thinking of going with OTT, currently got in contact with an OTT tuner. With this 2.7L Auto I heard it does wonders, especially with these 31's.