What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice! So the stud at 1:00 o'clock got replaced, with all the spray lube on the HUB? Its same size as the others? (it looks bigger could be an optical illusion.)

 

Hate to be the one to point this out but the A's are flipped and the O is upside down.

 

The T and the M are flipped, too.

 

Not today, but yesterday, I put my winter wheels on. They're '18 4Runner wheels off a wrecked 4Runner. On my previous Tacomas every winter I would put my winter tires on the wheels I always use and then store my "rest of the year" tires. This taking tires off wheels, and then reinstalling them all the time was a pia! My son-in-law gave me these wheels from a 4Runner he was resurrecting. One of them is a bit battered, but I had it checked out and it is good. They look ok, and since they'ii just be my winter wheels, I'll let them be just ok. Rather than Plasti-dip or powder coat them.

 

It's awesome! I enjoy it a lot and hope you will too!

 

I saw that too. Good catch.

 

Breather kit for the rear diff installed. The existing check valve was a nightmare to get off. Started off as a 14 but finished as 1/2".

 

Rolled over 20k miles at a little under 11 months.

 

One year I had a Flexible Spending Account "audit" and then decline several expenses that were valid. They did it right about this time of year. Right before Christmas. So all of the sudden I had to use $450 dollars of medical or write them a check. And that was when the accounts closed at year end so On Dec 28th, I ordered an EMT Trauma Kit. Have been rolling with it ever since.

I have also had several First Aid / Stop the Bleed / CPR / AED Classes through CERT, Homeland Security, FEMA, and the local Fire Department. I've also been blessed by having an accident prone nature and accident prone friends that keep me in contact with doctors and each trip to the hospital was a chance to learn. You might say I am a fellow of Accidental Medicine - LOL.

So as my skills advanced and I understood some of the items in the bag I packed it a little differently. Amazon can be a FANTASTIC place to spend $20 each pay check an get med supplies in bulk

In my driving life time I have been able to stop and assist at at least 7 accidents that put my skills to use and a handful more that were just to make sure everyone was OK and clear the intersection of vehicles.

I wished more people took first aid and immediate aid as seriously as you. You will always be in a position to be your own first responder and one for your friends, family, and loved ones.

Here are a few channels to pick through from YouTube
1. Prep Medic
2. UF Pro
3. St. John Ambo
4. American Red Cross

In addition to one large Trauma Bag in my truck, we have an IFAK that could probably serve 2 to 3 patients in each car (wife and daughter) and keep one in our work backpacks and in our weekend backpack. So I am almost always with in 12 feet of a healthy 2 to 3 Person IFAK (depending on extent of injuries).

Another tip to add to this is get some of those individual serving medications like the sell in the gas station for $8 a pill. No not the Rooster Boosting Horny Goat Weed. Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl, Asprin, Immodium type stuff. I have a baggie with 10 packets of each in each vehicle too. You can't give them to patients because you don't have that level of medical knowledge, but if people ask for them you can hand them the pouch. They still have to open it and administer it themselves. And it comes in handy for your friends and family too.

 

You're lucky.
Great son-in-law.
Looks fine much better than "just ok", and winter wheels aren't supposed to be show stoppers.

 

I am pretty sure there is a whole thread about it, might be this one: Wind and road noise reduction by 15DB...

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wind-and-road-noise-reduction-solution-by-15db-or-so.740602/

 

Regarding first aid kits: don’t forget to put Band Aids and Neosporin (or equivalent) in them! I’ve had very well-stocked first aid kits and an EMS trauma bag in our various vehicles for years, ready for stabbings, vehicle accidents, shootings, bear attacks, etc. But almost every time they’ve ever been used is because someone got a small cut or a kid scraped an arm. C-collars and BVMs don’t do me much good when someone just nicked their elbow and doesn’t want to bleed all over their clothes (or my truck!)

 

I'm former ski patroller. I made and keep behind rear seats 3 kits:

1. Emergency; ie safety vest, mechanics gloves, safety traffic triangles, flares, various hand tools, etc
2. high end first aid kit, various items, gloves, mask, cpr gear, gauze heavy and light, gauze bandages, blunt scissors, wipes, tape, etc
3. general handy kit for band aids, clean wipes, towelettes, snacks, small water, etc
4. all in different colors and clearly labelled

 

Sticky Side Down?

 

When I had my back panel out to put in sound liner, I used a piece of open cell pipe installation (for 1" diameter pipe, 1/2' thick foam) and cupped it over the vents leaving the ends open to the area behind the panel so that the vents still worked to relieve pressure. Picture's not great but you get the idea. Might be better than a pool noodle rubbing on the paint. Of course you'll still get noise with the reach window open and that's what the pool noodle might help with.

 

True. This band has a similar problem: Tacocat - Wikipedia. Sometimes their name gets spelled backwards by accident.

 

Couple a beers, some $20’s in the first aid kit too

 

Spidertrax wheels spacers for the rear. Pure vanity. Worth it.