What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

You know what the say about weather on the Rock....wait five minutes and it will change....for the worse. Grew up on Kodiak.

 

"Conceptually easy" haha thanks. I'm going to use that one day.

 

Oh man. The vent mount takes me back to my Subaru days! AEM and Defi all day! Very cool setup.

 

But the summers are amazing! All six weeks of them!

 

Quite the stark contrast to my slider install where I'm referencing a TW thread every 10 mins to ensure I'm doing it right

 

H9 conversion on the headlights and replaced high beams at same time. Believe it or not the Amazon ones were actually German. I think that's the first thing in a few years I've gotten from amazon that isn't Chinese. Cant wait to take a little drive and test them out after a shower. Old eyes suck.

Also started the fluid change outs....only got the rear diff done as it started raining and needed to make trips to get a large enough wrench to break free the over-torqued plugs from the time i had the service center do them. Hopefully i can get the transfer case and front done tomorrow while i wait on my oil filter wrench that shipped 10 days ago thru the post office.....ugh.

Pulled my bill from the time i had the 3 fluids plus oil changed in 2021 at the dealership....$600. Hate to think what it is now. Thanks TOD!

 

Man that looks so good. Beautiful truck.

 

I really need to remove mine and throw them in the wash. They're full of dog hair and debris from moving.

 

Just put those bulbs in m wife’s runner. She liked them so far

 

Installed h9 philips bulbs as low beam. 10 minutes work. easy. noticeable improvement!

 

Yep ... i think it took longer to figure out the correct angle to contort my hand to on the passenger side than it did to do the other 3 bulbs combined. Definitely nicer than the h11's.

 

yeap. like 8 minutes for the first bulb and angle and no time for second one.

 

Looks sharp.

 

Going to be a busy December.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIgL-81qzzM

100k in mods lol, maybe one day

 

Mocked up both rock sliders, they are getting painted today and gonna be welded into place on Saturday. Assuming we don’t get rained on.

 

Didn't do anything to my Tacoma except park it next to my new 2024 F250.

Now wondering if I should sell the Tacoma or keep it.

 

He sums it all within 2 minutes:

The crown jewel: 74 Weld Portals ($20K) with double sheer option ($600) so your steering will be strong. Grand Total including install/taxes: $25,491.

That didn't include shocks/UPAs and accoutrements. lol

I'm gonna stop right there.

 

Yeah I stopped watching it not long after the $25K for the 1st thing, only takes 4 somethings or another to hit $100K doing stuff like that...
To each their own... If I had an extra $100K, I would probably do some killer up grades to the fun car... lol

 

Installed my new RCI skid. Looks a lot better than the factory plate. I rubbed some fluid film into the metal to add a little corrosion resistance. From what I understand, the 5052 aluminum they use does a good job at resisting corrosion compared to 6061.