What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Pulled my passenger brake light out because I noticed I was actually getting mildew in the crease between the plastic and paint. It all cleaned up like new but guess I’ll have to keep any eye on it since where I park the passenger side is facing north.

 

Did you check your Blinker fluid reservoir. Sometimes
those Toyota Techs overfill.

 

Out with the old:

In with the new:

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diode-dynamics-ssc1-functional-“raptor-light”-hack.833707/

Raptor lights w/ some actual light output.

 

Beat on it

 

Finished running the air line from the compressor to the quick connect coupler at the back bumper. Need to pick up a couple of hose clamps. Added a flush mount push button switch in the cubby door for the compressor.

 

you never know

 

Went to Autozone and got some Turtlewax Bug and Tar remover, then washed and Graphene waxed the passenger side, roof and hood that I didn't get done Friday.

She looks so purdy...

I was buffing the wax in when I heard a crackle-bang-crunch behind me - a dead tree limb fell out of the tree onto the driveway. I would have been quite peeved if it had hit me or the truck while I was waxing it.

 

Or...at all?

 

Well, yes, but that is a risk with a tree 3 feet off the driveway, it just would seem especially offensive coming down while I was waxing.

Taco is now parked on the street...

 

nice. . Are these 50 state street legal ?
Can these be wired to the auto day time lights switch mode. Plug n play ?
Thanks
Xbow

 

I’ll be honest. I’m not sure, the two middle are spot beams so probably not. I have them angled down the line enough that they get increased distance but not straight into someone’s rear view.

the two outside pods are the wide and I think they may be legal as an auxiliary fog.

I do t really plan on using the full power setting in situations other than a/ my high beams.

I believe they can be wired that way. They are currently wired to a two position switch. I would like to figure out how to use them as DRL’s w/o the switch, I just haven’t researched it yet. I just rewired the SS3’s to a separate switch.

 

Got some Morimoto rock lights installed. These things are super bright!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USBMDpER8qM

 

Very nice! I’ve been first on scene to a few accidents just by sheer luck/good timing. One was a rollover on the perimeter highway, vehicle on fire broke rear window, crawled in, did a quick check to make sure there wasn’t any obvious wounds that would make me have to be more careful moving him, got him out. Worst was a cyclist hit by a semi truck that accidentally ran a red. Driver wasn’t drunk or distracted just a bit tired after a long day, he was screaming and crying I honestly felt bad for him. Me and a soldier on his way to base tried to stop him hemorrhaging but at the time my kit wasn’t nearly as complete and within two minutes the ambulance was there and he had lost 1-1.5 litres of blood and died at hospital. If I had what I have now I honestly could have bought him a lot more time and that probably would’ve saved his life. So ever since then I prepared a huge kit with everything you’d ever need to stop Heavy bleeding and a lot möchtet

 

Been working on a fun little project to mount a couple of S2's into a third brake light. Kind of a mix of ideas that were already out there. Still in the testing phase but seems pretty watertight. It better be, as it has 15 o-rings in it! Mounted two S2 pros, one for a chase light, the other for a work light. The two VLEDS pucks are wired for the stop lights. Also left a center drilled hole to blow out for an NMO antenna mount in the future. Going to most likely anodize it when complete.

 

You are so lucky that you can have tinted tail lights, in Massachusetts we would fail our vehicle inspection with them.

 

Careful, the bed liner will scratch it all up. I need to trim my liner because of the rubbing.

 

Absolutely awesome.

 

They take 10 minutes to swap out. Seems like not a good reason to not get them lol. The Pro's look the best tho, IMO, and are black and won't fail any inspections. Pros + MESO/VLEDS conversion is bae.

 

Hm? I have the same or very similar tail lights and have passed state inspection multiple times... Maybe they just didn't notice?