What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Ugh, I wish I would've thought of that. The smoked turn signals add so much flair. I was such a wreck after it happened all I could think about was being able to find a matching one without having to take it to a dealership and fork over what would have undoubtedly been an unholy amount of $$$. Ended up finding an OEM match that night and saying fuck it rather than thinking about the silver lining it could've been lol

Dude, seriously a butt puckering process getting the cover off on your first go doing anything to your mirrors. 20 minutes of prying and 2 broken nails -- I'd call it a success lol
Given I am now familiar with it all, I think I might use your offered inspiration and poke around for said turn signals and see what would make my girl all the more perfect.

 

Now you know exactly what you are in for when disassembling them, and will be a lot easier this time around. After replacing the first turn signal the second one will be proverbial cake.

 

I used some extra smoke vinyl on my mirror turn signals; toned down the shine enough to make me happy and only took about 10 minutes per side: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-13432#post-29203152

For that I used a light smoke tint but I think you could go darker too if you wanted.

 

Thanks! It’s a viper cut. After I laid out the lines on painters tape and used a hole saw to cut the radius there was no turning back. It’s all about taking your time once you start cutting.

 

Dang. Sucks you broke your mirror but I guess it could’ve been worse. Awesome you were able to take care of it yourself because a shop would probably bill for two hours of labor.

BTW, welcome to TW!

 

First off welcome to tacomaworld and that money you saved by doing yourself can be well spent on the truck with the endless ideas found on the site . If your not familiar with meso customs yet they have really well built products for our trucks and the smoked signals are one of them. I've had both the version 1 and 2 and they were both great and straightforward installs only replaced version 1 bc the 2nd version has white running lights that go with the drl and switch to amber when turning and I thought that was awesome. Another easy thing to do to make the truck look alot better is remove the air dam on the front lower bumper. It only has a few bolts holding it on and makes the truck look much better in my opinion. Of you don't like how it looks with it off it's easy to put back on as well so just thought I would share.

 

Ya there’s viper cut and then there’s crazy viper cut.

 

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Updated my shark fin decal to this one, northern Michigan's hide-n-seek champion doesn't GAF!

 

I won a MagLite LED while attending Summit Offroads seminar. Mounted it today.

 

Put on my recovery hitch my sweet lady got me for my birthday a few months back

 

Should have mounted it on HER side.

 

Welcome to TW.

 

After spending about 3 hours, I have installed my new Expedition Essentials T3PAM, my hondo perfect squeeze, and a radio holder. After the price drop I immediately jumped on it. (which quickly went to a 6 week backorder)

My cigarette outlet port stopped working but the usbs on top continued to work. After checking fuses and re-tracing the steps I decided to try and see if backing off the wire tap about a thread would work and it did so all is back to working order. I hate the wire taps included but now I know how to use them better. (They had posi-tap connectors)

Also busted up my knuckles quite a bit during the cig port part of the install

 

Replaced our Leer 100xr with a Topo Topper Mesa wedge camper this past Friday!

 

Hold on to them,,, I looked to get some and can not find the Black ones,,,Good idea.

 

Inflated my Toyos up from 30 to 35 psi. Mayhap gimme some improved MPG’s dunno. Best I can get is 21 if I stay under 70. These trucks need an 8 speed

 

Watch treadwear in the middle of the tires. There is a point where you either lose MPG (it is a truck after-all, OK) or you leave the middle of the tire wears down.

 

Those wheels look really good on the LR and with the new shell. Think those wheels should’ve been standard on the 3G off-road.

 

What bracket is that?

I had a Maglight seat bracket like that in my previous vehicle, a JKRU and thought it was in a perfect place.

 

Ran the coaxial cable (for a CB) through the taillight cavity, along the frame and into the cab through the grommet under the driver’s seat….



For anyone planning on doing this, get at least an 18’ cable. The 15’ I ordered came up short ……



I guess I could use a coupler and get 3’ cable but I’d rather do it right to give me the best chance of a low reading on the SWR meter.

The fun part is snaking it through the frame past the fuel tank.