What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

thank you! I need to put a build thread together here. They're 275/70/17 on RRW RS7-S wheels 17x8.5 +0

 

Got it, thanks for the reply. Yeah if you make a build thread, tag me in it if you don’t mind because I’d love to follow along. Might miss it otherwise.

 

Since Friday, drove from Denver to northern Ontario. First long trip with the Bilstein 5100s and rode like a champ. Lots of wind the first day and got 15MPG and nearly 20 the rest of the way. 2 best recent mods for the road trip was the OTT tune and the hood wrap, heading East into the morning sun was so much better with reduced glare.

 

Welcome to Canada. Hope you enjoy your trip.

 

Took possession of my new '21 Army Green
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Nice!

Looks like front window is already tinted.

Those are not "Destination" tires like what I got for my "Sporty Spice!"

 

I gave them a call today. Turns out as of this month, they redesigned it to not have to drop the original rails, and the adapter sits on top, apparently similar to the tundra.
Doesn’t solve an issue I have where the latches don’t connect to the rails but they’re sending me parts, but I’m taking it to a off road shop this week cause I have to move out of state this week.

 

Yeah it's got tint and Nitto's on it already. Actually it's got everything on it. All 3 upgrade packages as well as what looks like a Bakflip tonneau. And only 16K miles..

 

Wired up a Chromecast to the head unit so I could throw up content while waiting around at work and camping.

 

Installed a little antenna...

 

It has stopped the squirrels eating my stuff, I have to use the highest setting though. Makes for some interesting looks as people walk past the truck.

 

Very nice! Grats!
Love the army green color!

 

Antenna’s too small for the truck.
Need go beeeger!

 

Pulled the trigger on a Factor 55 Ultrahook. I was so tired of the hook that came with my smittybilt hanging down in front of the truck & I didn’t want to clip it to the recovery point mounted to the frame, so a new hook was my solution. I bought the red Factor 55 hook because I figured it’d give the front a little pop of color, but I think I’m going to exchange for black instead to keep it more clean. Let me know what you think about red vs. black. Here's a sh***y picture of the truck in the garage.

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Here’s a reel I made of the install. I was incredibly surprised and overwhelmingly excited when Factor 55 accepted my collaboration invite. By far my most popular reel to date thanks to the awesome folks at Factor 55!!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6PwjFZpDjM/?igsh=MTYyOTJpcmE2ZTk5dw==​

 

I got 1 and 4!

 

Plasti dipped my fender flares today, though you can barely tell from the photos. I have the paint matched flares and I hate how they look plus they had quite a few scratches in them
My first plan was to have them vinyl wrapped but to have a shop do it was $500. So then I decided since vinyl was only $60 to try it myself and it turns out I suck at it.
So for an $8 can of plasti dip I got black fender flares, but eventually I will remove them and paint them with a bed liner.

Also got my import duty bill from FedEx for my sliders today, $68.
So for $1089 I got a set of sliders delivered to my door in less than 2 weeks.

 

Looks good! I just thought of this one the other day, but wondering if anyone has ever bedlined their fender flares. I've got the black plastic ones from the factory (TRD OR), but they've already gotten pretty scratched up from just a few trail runs. Wonder if bedliner would stick fine to the plastic and if that would work/hold up better!

 

I think the 275/70/17's look the best on a Tacoma with a 2 inch lift!

 

I agree! (not biased lol) I'm actually slightly under 2in of lift, more like 1.5 all around but we'll go with it

 

Here is the thread that I have saved for when I plan on painting mine. Doesn't seem too complicated, and isn't very expensive if you mess up and need to start again.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/fender-flares-with-raptor-liner.769468/