What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Bike survived both incidents thankfully. Thanks for your concern lol.

 

I do mine every 5K. Per the recommendation of many others, and for my own peace of mind.

 

I’ll second or third the Lomax suggestion.

Mine is a few years old and still looks brand new, plus I have full use of the cleat rails (which is important to me because I use them to secure stuff in the bed often). Installation was easy with clear instructions. The only water ingress I get is by the corners of the tailgate (which is the fault of the tailgate lack of seals, not the cover).

I don’t know the cost of the MX4, but I’m sure it was comparable to the Lomax. My tolerance for poor QC on a product this expensive is pretty close to zero. If this was a bargain Harbor Freight cover, then yes, I could tolerate a bit of home garage Yankee engineering, but a “premium” Bakflip?

Heck, if I were Backflip I would immediately send you a replacement and a return shipping label for the original just so I could maintain my reputation (and figure out what went so wrong on the manufacturing of the original).

 

Great looking truck. But with your truck on those ramps at an angle, how do you get all the oil to drain out ? Or is that not an issue ? Just wondering.

 

Why not install my winch on the hottest day

 

Installed 4.5 gallon water pressure water tank. Tank is for utility use/shower (if needed) and the white water jug is for drinking water.

 

Got the rack and tent back on for next week! Excited to bring my baby to her first camping experience— it’ll just be another drive-in spot with a restroom so it’ll be easier on me and my wife and a smooth transition with the baby haha.

 

Here are some pictures of my truck with its Yakima racks attached. I put them on in the summer to use with kayaks and take them off in the winter.

Prinsu and other similar racks look better but I like the ability to remove the racks when they aren’t needed.

 

I'm sorry to see that you're having trouble with installation. The MX4 did see a redesign that no longer includes the "S" brackets to relocate the Deck Rails, but rather installs directly to the rails. Were you able to get in touch with BAK to troubleshoot your install and quality concerns? You can PM me if you'd like.

 

@Gamehenge Thanks. 17x9 -25 with 285/70R17 Nitto Ridge Grappler

Not sure on the exact lift height. Deaver mini pack in the rear and front coils set near the rear height.

 

Seems very cool, but my only apprehension about it is that with my TRD skid having a single hole to get to the oil drain plug, it looks like that heavy cap might be hard to get your fingers up inside the hole to twist it off......and then the hole itself is not too terribly deep and Im not sure you'd even have room to fully unscrew the cap and remove it with the skid in place?

 

Those seem insanely high no?

 

Gotta be over the shark fin, at a bare minimum.

 

After winch install I lost a little more than 1/4" on the front. So I'll have to adjust the suspension now.

 

I don't have gorilla hands but that hasn't been a problem for me. Plenty of room to get a good purchase on the cap and unscrew/screw it.

 

The cap only needs to be finger tight since the unit seals itself when removing the drain hose insert.

 

With that many issues, I would definitely send it back. Even if you can fix all of the issues, how is it going to hold up in the long run? Just my 2 cents, sorry for the nightmare. Good luck with whatever you decide. BTW Love the truck!

 

Replaced the front brake pads and rotors. 69000 miles. Pads maybe had another 10K in them, but I had the time this weekend. All OEM replacement parts from BAM Wholesale. Took about 20 minutes per side. Good to go for another 70K.

 

And rotors? We're they damaged?

 

I haven’t done it yet but I might pull the trigger on this…https://www.fleeceperformance.com/all-lights-on-2016-2023-toyota-tacoma.html