What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

drink the kool-aid

 

I love the quicksand tacos, jealous! I'll start with a grill emblem maybe lol +10hp right?

 

If you have a skewp, I've heard that's +10 HP as well. Just watch the wife/GFs panties around those though.....

 

Actually, -20 HP.

 

Your set up is dreamy man!

 

Just ask for the inserts, they’re like $17 at the dealership for the pair unless you’ve thrown away your oem blade housing.

 

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. I have the Fox 2.0's up front (1.5") and rear is stock height. I wonder if they would rub with that amount of lift?

 

Thank you! Not a bit so far. I played around in the woods a little and didn’t hear/feel anything. FWIW I pulled my little utility trailer to the dump and didn’t feel a difference there either.

 

Agree that luminosity would be better - but I liked the ease of putting the covers on after messing up the vinyl so badly

 

What is that thing between the tailgate and the bed side?

 

Bed stiffener

 

I don't mean those, I mean where the tailgate hinge is. It looks like it might be a 12 outlet of some sort. Unless thats the tailgate tension adjustment for the soft open? Guess I never noticed it before.

 

Looks like a tailgate lock

 

If I'm honest, I've been thinking about taking things even a step further.........
And wrapping the rear end of the truck in red from the red stripe at the back and continuing through the rear of the quarter panels, as well as the tailgate, ala Ivan Stuart style......

 

Thank you. Just gotta put the front bumper on and winch then it’s pretty much done. Although these things are never really done

 

What was the final caster # to clear the mud flaps?

 

Awe Yeah! The "Ironman" was amazing to watch race. Dig the TRD stripes as well. Wanted to do the same to my 4Runner but ended up selling it. Prob more fitting on the Tacoma.

 

Following this. Would love to see the final product

 

If I keep it, I will, but would love to see someone else do these graphics on a Taco.

 

I used to run my own side business of cutting and applying vinyl on models and vehicles (did a "crest" for my wife and I on our off road trailer, a cowl stripe on my previous JKRU as well as the current Heritage stripes on my Taco) and was thinking about just doing it all myself in Oramask 851. Its great stuff, and lasts and lasts, including through power washing, hard core off roading and just general wear and tear, but its not as good as the wrap material that the pros use when it comes to complex/compound curves, so I'm heading out today to get a quote to wrap those sections from 3 of the major wrap shops here locally. I think I'm going to debadge the rear tailgate and remove the tailgate latch and surround myself to hopefully save the wrap shop a bit of time, and hopefully a couple bucks if possible.

Ill definitely upload pics once its done!