What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

As they say "the journey is the destination".

 

You removed your "cats"?

 

Just the rear ones in the y pipe, manifold cats are still in place

 

De-badged, added TRD Sport badges, and installed my Rough Country cold air intake today. The intake sounds great!
Note, do not use the green side of a yellow/green sponge to take off the adhesive behind the badges, it will scratch your clear coat. I used Meguiar's scratch eraser kit to buff it out, but could have been avoided with just using goo gone and a plastic razor to get the adhesive off. Now it is possible that I would have had to buff it out in either case (a 3 year old truck), but lesson learned either way.

 

Tailgate lock

 

Those white wheels are sexy! Nice ride

 

Finally swapped out the rear door speakers. Put the Kicker KS 6-3/4" in. Used whatever sound deadening matting I had left (2 full sheets plus scraps) from the front door install... maybe got 2/3 of each back door covered. Good enough. Kicker Key 200.4 may be on the table for tomorrow... I have the harness already built....

 

Did you have any concern with the bed platform not having a center support?

 

Finished my winter chalet. Waiting for ski season to come back

for now, the inflatable paddleboard will live in the storage space on the right

(mattress not out lol)

 

Let my wife drive.

 

Did some more outfitting to my Taco... Build a bed, 90cm wide. Gives enough space to sleep and I can take my bike. Made an additional 54cm wide one to add when my wife is joining. Added an electrical panel with a double USB charger and cigarette lighter, both powered by my house battery, as well as a volt indicator to see how much I ran the house battery down already. It indicates only when the pushbutton is pressed. The electrical wires can be disconnected at the plug connectors.
Also added a gear shift organizer.
Ran two wire sets from house battery to a double USB and a cigarette lighter at the driver side of the middle console. Need the cigarette lighter socket for the cooler to keep my doggies cool when we have to leave them in the car. Cooler is coming in these days, hope it does the trick...
Installed a 12V to USB connector and a OBD2 splitter for the heads-up display coming in in September.
Last, installed a wire harness to illuminate my switch for the dashcam.
Very last: took the bed cap off and tried to insulate the bed rails and ran a weather strip around the bed. Unfortunately, it still leaks...
Its been a busy week....

 

This morning I installed my Factor 55 hook and RCI control box mount for my winch. Now I'm waiting for my parts from LambTek

 

Rough Country Hard Tri-Fold, not the low profile one.

 

New N-Fab predator steps for the wife.

 

I like the way that one looks!

 

what lock is that? ive been lookin into getting one

 

wheels lookin nice!

 

$47 Tailgate Anti-Theft Lock Compatible with Toyota Tacoma 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Truck Bed Tailgate Lock with Keys Made by Zinc Alloy - Red

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CL1NB3HG

 

Yes sir, this State almost tipped purple about 12 yrs ago, been solid since. They threw everything at us during the Zimmerman stand your ground issue, thankfully it remains. We've been invaded since covid, but state legislature is still solid. Never a dull moment.