What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks! Basically just ditch or parking lights wired into the dome light

 

Installed the cubby left side of the bed today.

 

Today some cheap fake leather AutoTrend seat covers for the win, and keeps the real leather underneath looking nice! This big lug (and best co-pilot ever), will destroy a set under a year, jumping in and out after mountain biking, hiking, etc. I thought I would try some red accent this time, I think i like it. Definitely dog approved!!

 

Nice work! What's the part # for that cubby? And did it come with a template, or did you have to do some inspecting and measuring before drilling?

 

This is what I used to install mine: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...side-bed-storage-cubby-on-2019-models.818770/

 

windows tinted

 

I do have some splainin' to do, to my wife lol.
you guys kill me haha!

I live in a working-class area of NJ; this is how a lot of the houses look.

The black truck is a guy that I have working on my bathroom. I have a few things going on with the house so cementing the driveway is lower on the list.


Getting my son a car, the S60 was high on my list as I'd rather not have a new driver using the other, more expensive vehicles. He's smacked the hood already of the S60, so my concern has already been proven reasonable.
I didn't have a parking spot for it so we pulled the fence down and I drive the Tacoma over what was previously landscaped, it will eventually be excavated and cemented over.


As far as the damage to the skid plate...my previous post on this thread was the replacement of the skid plate. I'm thinking of more extensive underbody coverage, but I can't help but think that the money would be better spent just cementing the parking spot in the first place.
The new, thicker skid plate is definitely holding up better than the factory sheet metal!

I figured that I have time as my youngest is a year away from needing a vehicle, driving in this could have been my excuse for getting her an FJ or 4Runner. This repair has caused me to reconsider leaving the parking spot like this.


We live and we learn, some a little slower than others.

If you guys would like to see it for yourselves, I'd gladly take a beer for my time! I may put you to work though as driveshafts don't replace themselves lol.

 

Bought it.
'21 TRD Sport, Access Cab, 6MT, 17K miles.
Wife says, "are you gonna sell the 1st gen?"
I just hug her. She knows.

 

Made a new mid height bed rack, then decided to make some tonneau cover bracket adapters.
Not worried about opening the cover, I can easily reach everything that goes in the bed.

 

Got an AJT cup holder over Black Friday. My water bottle was actually quite loose in the holder, so I went to Hobby Lobby and got some 2mm foam sheet and added some padding. Water bottle fits nice and snug now. (Nalgene 32 oz)

 

'22 made 22k today.

 

Foam keeps stuff from rattling away n there too. I’m jealous. Need one for the manual trans.

 

I had Shaun Carter, Midwest Yota Tuning, install the latest OTT tune at just over 20k miles. I only drove it roughly 30 miles home, but have noticed it is making more power at low rpm, and the pedal/forward motion is more responsive. It also feels and sounds smoother - which is weird because I never noticed it being rough before? I have been tracking mpg’s since new, so it will be interesting to see any changes. I don’t know how to photograph a tune, so this is just a photo of the truck.

 

Maybe if you offer him a fair price you can add it to your raptor lights.

 

good idea....i want one for my rear bumper too

 

How exactly does the OTT make "more power at low RPM"?

 

By adjusting fuel delivery and timing, and changing the shift points of the auto trans, they have gotten a little more torque lower in the rev range. It's not a huge amount, but it is definitely felt when accelerating from a stop.

 

I can attest to this!

Mild Drive/Spicy ECT.

 

It is a two-part deal: 64742-04010 and 64074-04011. I got them off the junk yard. No template. I held the cubby with the flat side to the bed, drew the contours on the bed and went 3 cm inside on each side. Drilled the edges and then sawed with a handsaw, since the bed did wobble quite intense when I used the machine saw. Before I mounted it, I sealed it off with silicone.