What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I'd definitely start a build thread here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/3rd-gen-builds-2016-2023.196/

I've got one (see my sig) and as you make changes you can update it. Helps find what you did especially if you are giving advice to others.

 

Had to re-glue the seals on my Covid era snugtop that was apparently built by blind drunks.

 

Very close guess, this weekend she was Goldilocks and Mom, Dad, and little Sis were the Chicago Bears. For trick or treating it’s Super Kitties

 

Da Bears!

https://youtu.be/kBnnon_iZOM?si=U07Lqej9XjyryM2T

 

Bears ... you will grow out of that phase ...

 

I posted a few weeks ago my access cab rear seat delete. I have added a few tie down points and some milk crates to organize. One 4 gallon crate fits nice in the middle of two 6 Gallon crates. There is about an inch to spare on each side. I have the center crate bungeed in place. Using woodworking clamps seems to be the easiest way to hold the outside crates to the middle fixed one.
I am happy with how it works so far.
A person could stack another row if needed.

I am happy with my current crate capacity.
Plus it is fun to tell people that I am setup to haul 16 gallons of milk in my cab.

The clamps also double as a way to hold items. I have rebate forms and an envelope of work stickers, for example.

The milk crates came from Farmplast. Google will find it quick.

 

The start of my OBA setup.

 

Refreshed the tonneau cover (used solution finish, tomorrow will use their sealant after this cures) Looks good as new now! You don't realize just how much plastic and rubber trim there are on these trucks until you start refreshing it all...

 

Let's see, I left it in the parking lot for less than 5 minutes and when I walked out I saw "landscapers" pelting the side of my truck with their yard debris and leaf blower. They refused to provide their insurance information, so I took license plate pictures, pictures of them and will file a claim with my insurance.

Some people.

 

Diode Dynamics LED fog light bulbs. I have their backups and hitch pod as well
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I put a set of seat jackers in...made it worse. knees in the steering wheel or if I flip the wheel up and away then i'm sitting hunched over, can't get the recline angle right, made the cab feel smaller. I really just kinda F'n hate this truck.

 

Yeah, same here. I found after a few years of seat time the foam compresses and gives a tad more room between the steering wheel and the knees. Sounds like you need a different vehicle.

 

At 6'2", I wouldn't be able to do this truck without the 8 way adjustable seat. Been contemplating having a custom upholster take some foam out of the seat to get a little more headroom

 

The 5th gen 4Runner seats in the TRD OR trim are a lot more comfortable than the 3rd gen Tacoma seats. I should've kept my 4Runner.

 

On my tune I went light/mild. Perfect for me. Drove some long hills on the hwy today and it held gears and didn't hunt.

 

Thanks for your feed back..

1. Definitely what I want..

2. It (EST) does raise the shift points and holds the lower gear longer, doesn't seem to gear hunt nearly as much either, plus seems like it has a little better throttle response..

3. That is what I am not sure of yet, I'm an old school hot rodder, when I built the transmission for my fun car, I modified it to be a full manual trans (zero automatic function anymore) and it feels like a Mule is kicking you in the back when I up shift it.. Not looking for that so much, but I love throttle response so I have to figure out which 2 to go with...

4. Unless the 93 will give me enough gain in fuel mileage over 87 (Shell or Exxon only for this truck) to offset the extra cost, I will probably stick with the 87, I will probably run a few tanks just out of curiosity..

 

I am leaning that way... Thanks..

 

I'm going this route. The upholstery shop is going to take a look at it tomorrow and tell me what they can do for me. I'll let you know what they say

 

I went through something similar a few years back, picked up an ecoboost expedition(i have this weird fetish with SUV's and throwing performance parts at them). came from a raptor and a few other f150s so I assumed the interior was the same, the seat bottom was shorter which made me feel like I was always slipping forward so after 30 mins of driving my back was in knots. dumped it for a 2500HD sierra that I ended up trading for this after 200k happy miles the transfer case, front diff and rear locker decided to all fail within a month of each other. I have my porsche macan s but kinda prefer not to put 60+ miles a day on it.

 

I'd be driving the Porsche everywhere, everyday.