What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Got some new tires for my new-to-me '21 OR. Falken Wildpeak A/T3W 265/75R16. Ride quality is much better than the beat Wranglers it came with.

 

I can fit some mega big gulps now.

 

Installed OEM 1/2" rear spacers today. 1 year ago I installed 5100s & set the front at 1.1". As of now the rear looks 1/2" or so higher than the front, we'll see how it settles.

 

Nice truck, I’ve got one really similar! F5s with some wildpeaks FTW.

 

Plasti Dip

 

Can anyone tell me where the external trans cooler is located on my 23 OR, I know it is listed as a standard feature

 

My 2017 TRD OR does have one but I thought it was eliminated in later models. Mine is located in front of the rad.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/no-more-trans-cooler.782454/

 

in the radiator

 

Been going to battle with the tacoma recently. After fixing the twisted ADD tube off the front diff, still had some vibrations. I found my drive shaft had lost a balancing weight. Picked up a OE spare for $175 from a used part dealer in town with a carrier bearing and popped that in. Gonna balance the old and keep it as a spare.

Went to reinstall my skids and had 2 threaded holes give up on me, so drilled em out, and welded in a flanged nut to the frame to replace the blown out threads. I also ordered a new TCase skid cross member from RCI bc it was nearly broken in half and touching my TCase. Went to put it in and came up almost 3/4” short. Not sure if this could be from welding deflection at the RCI factory or my frame is bent from the previous crossmember taking such a beating and spreading the frame a tad. Im headed out friday to wheel so I guess I will cut the crossmember at the welds where it kicks up to meet the frame, flatten it out to make it long enough to reach the frame and re weld it, then reinstall it. I might even weld it to the frame- lightly in a way i can easily cut it off when needed.
you can see in the pics how different they are fresh compared to abused, so tough to say what the problem is. I did take some measurements of the frame, so if anyone without a tcase skid wants to chime in please do
Under the flag bolt on the driver side that holds the brake line housing (2nd to last pic) : 39-7/16” inside to inside
Directly behind the frame wrap, where its kinda boxed in, just behind the brake line housing, on the actual frame- not the added steel on top- last pic :40 7/16”.
I plan on calling RCI in the morning to get to the bottom of it and to check dims/ angles. Chime in if you got time to measure to verify if my frame is a lil tweaked- thanks yall

 

KAGU All-Weather mats from 3d Mats. Fit is great, like the look and feel. May still use the OEM ones in the winter but we will see. I do like how they overlap the trim a bit. Will see how they clean up with dirt and dog hair as the first pick was just off my shoes pulling the truck out of the garage for 2 seconds.

 

Same on my 2017 Off-Road

 

I just received a re call to fix my third brake light. Now that I have already replaced it with the flashing/solid LED.

 

Looks good.. but spacers don't settle lol.

 

Vrooom

 

Dreading taking my truck to dealer.
Took it in for the rear axle weld slag recall. Made an appointment 2 days before, told me on phone it would be a 30 minute inspection. I drove it in & waited. After 1.5 hrs, they still hadn't moved the truck. Called wife to come get me & go to lunch. Called dealer after lunch, it will be a few more hours. WTF? Finally, the call & truck is done. 6 fucking hours & they said my truck didn't need anything except retorque fasteners. Wife drops me off, I get paperwork & they pull truck around. When I went to get in truck, there's 2 deep scratches on driver front door. I go get the service manager, they get the service writer & they review all the pics they took when I brought it in. Said they will contact me in a few days to schedule to bring it in to paint dept. How much time for that? Maybe 2 or 3 days. Celestial silver? Bet that match will be a shitshow.
I fucking hate dealerships.

 

That’s infuriating!

 

Picked up Meso v5s BNIB for 50$

Sweet deal! Really easy to install as well.

Ill want the drivers lights, so I'll run the wiring for that this weekend.

 

I'm aware of that CPT obvious, my truck was in the air so I was referring to over all settling, which is normal

thanks for your concern

 

Hauled 16 x 80lb pavers = 1280lbs total. She was a lil heavy. Was told they were only 40lbs en route to Lowe’s…..was not the case upon arrival to the garden section