What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

$140 for a button... excuse me but WTF?

 

yes your reading that right haha, its a whole switch assembly,

 

No judgement, I hate money too.
I’m sure if I posted what I paid for the last knife I bought there’d be plenty of people sharing opinions

 

I set aside my beer money for a couple months, I think it was worth the sacrifice haha

you are right about that, I have a couple of Survive knives that cost a premium, but now their unobtanium

 

I opted for the sticker. It just goes over original button. 30 second install. Illumination still works. You can't tell it's a sticker. $15. It wasn't that I couldn't afford the complete switch, it was the principal.

 

I'm sure it looks fabulous & no one will ever know but believe it or not, not everyone follows your principles or takes shortcuts haha

FWIW I wanted the MESO button, but they were asked to stop making them by Toyota

 

Wow pretty judgemental ! I wasn't asking for an opinion or saying anyone should follow my principle, for sure not you. Just sharing what worked for me. By the way I don't take shortcuts as I am capable of changing a button. Have been doing virtually all work on dozens of vehicles for 50+ years.

 

I've finally replaced every piece of hardware, in the bed, with something nicer. Lots of titanium. I could not quite figure out what to do with the OEM bed bolts. A Ti bolt that size would cost more than a Big Mac in California. (That $20 minimum wage thing has made stuff crazy here...) Anyway, long story short, I bought some and smashed the washers off with a socket and a hammer. Purchased Ti washers for them and sent them out to be powder coated. My ADHD kills me.
Coated the spare tire cage as well. The bed will look pretty sharp and have minimum corrosion issues. Very happy. Prismatic Black Chrome is my new favorite powder. SO sharp.

 

Looking like a NASIOC thread up in here.

 

Looks killer! Have you drilled the RC tire holder yet? Been considering that route to avoid shelling out for a swing-out.

 

Thank you! I have not and will update when I do. I am hoping this evening. When I post up pics, hit me up with questions! I replaced all of the cage hardware with Ti too. I need to revisit the RC instructions to verify the location again. (Don't want to knick anything with the drill bit...etc. Oh there is the gas tank! lol)

Now I just need a Trail Edition wheel and swap the spare tire on. C-list here I come.

 

I have to ask, with your titanium obsession did you go with Ti lug nuts? I’m jealous of what you’ve done.

 

Same here. Sure there'd be plenty of comments if I posted my gun purchases in the last month....

 

Great job. No rusting or corrosion for your ride.

 

For sure those hobbies can be darn expensive.

 

Firearms don’t count! Everyone knows that

 

Especially if you shoot a lot. AMMO isn't cheap.

 

Very nice!

 

Always losing them....

 

You gotta stop taking them out on your boat.