What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Added another toyota to the stable a 07 sienna with 52k garage kept FL car. Funny 14 years apart but they have the same cruise control switch and both rear drums. The quality on the 07 is leaps and bounds over the 21, makes me want to get an older 2nd gen regular cab short bed tundra.

 

Haha look him up on ig. @thewheeljesus. He's in Tempe. Dude was tired of shops messing up his wheels so he bought all the equipment to do it himself. He truly takes care in tire installation. Said he can do up to 40's.

 

Replaced the damaged driveshaft this past Saturday after work.

With tax and shipping, it came out to $827.37 from www.toyotapartsdeal.com. I tried to take a pic afterwards, but it was too cold for the iPhone, she died. So far I’ve put about 75 miles on her and all is well.

 

Looks great!

 

you need a bigger noodle

 

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I did something similar to this. Then ran a couple usb plugs up behind the head unit and trimmed the plastic trim for the wires to come out through.

 

I went with Expedition Essentials 3tpam unit. It gives you two usb ports above the radio and multiple locations for mounts. I got power from the center console arm rest because I wanted to keep the radio usb connection as is. Pic below.
https://expeditionessentials.com/products/toyota-tacoma-3rd-gen-usb-powered-accessory-mount

 

I was going to post the same thing. I got the Expedition Essentials 3TPAM back in August or so and installed it, I opted for a pair of USB C ports and pulled power directly from the battery so I can charge without the truck being on.

I'll probably add a switch so I have a little better control, but I'm happy with the 3TPAM as a mount and charging location.

 

Thanks @Jerry1026 for the R4T LCA skid's. Went ahead and painted this morning... Will install once they're dry.

 

Do you have stiffer springs in the front and/or larger bump stops? My front is on the heavy side I ended up with some icon tundra bump stops after I pulled my sway bar.

 

Part 2...
You should be able to grab the stud and feel how tight or loose it is, or even if it is floppy loose, and for the stud that is mounted to the sway bar, just grab the end link and see how easy/hard it is to move around, or even if it is floppy loose...

Hint: should be hard to move, the looser one is (all are) the more out they will make noise going over bumps etc...

 

I have original bump stops and stiffer ome front coilovers. Endlinks seem tight enough.

 

Both sides, from vertical, drops to floor.

 

Round 2 on exhaust. Ordered a Borla. See if I don’t hate it.

 

Grab the threaded stud you are pointing to and see if it moves/wiggles freely, then see if the end link/bar going between the threaded studs (one is attached to the sway bar) moves/wiggles easily...
But yeah, if they fall to the floor like that, they are basically shot, or close to it anyway..

 

I did it recently. Works very well IMO

 

What was wrong with the old driveshaft?

 

Well, you spent the money and installed. My question is: why didn't you get the original rebuilt (probably under $400), or buy one from a low mileage wreck ($275 or so)?

 

I agree.