What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed Cali Raised Stealth bumper with 32" light bar today. What I like most about the Cali Raised, the cuts made to the plastic bumper are hidden behind the new bumper and not exposed like others I've seen. Truck is dirty, covered in salt.

 

Decided to go this direction instead of individual switches. CaliRaised let me use my points so 1/2 off. Now I have no excuses not to install my lights.

 

You will love it! I installed 2 lights with individual switches before switching over to this, a great investment and it really cleans up the installs!

 

Finally installed the C4 fab Rock Runner crossmember delete and skid plate. Super happy with it! Removed the sway bar while I was at it.

 

Wanted to add some color to the tailgate. Got a subtle heritage badge to match the one on the front grille.

 

Went to replace front brakes at 30k and they were good. So.. I rattle canned the front rims. Will do the backs tomorrow.

 

Hit 70k today.

Also, this guy was hanging out under the truck. After admiring himself in the reflection of truck back door, he actually went under the truck, and did not move his feet for 15 minutes.

 

Scouting for some cats to steal once it gets dark.

 

That's possible.

I hope he's not pecking out the gasket on my rear diff. Lol.

 

Bilstein level and icon rtx and washed her. Sits a little raked on stage three but I’m happy with that since I’ve got a lot of weight in the back

 

You are dodging the real question ... how did the "supervisor" rate the work?

 

First Christmas gift install done! Got smoked sequential LED turn signal and they look great!

This vid was by far the best on how to install these; took me less than 10 mins to install. (https://youtu.be/aKI7ZyXKodY?si=MQu0qzxFH9tN9z1s)

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I’ve had a few run ins with some sea birds. The claws on cranes, herons and egrets will do some damage to flesh. Not a statement from personal experience of being gouged at, but because I’ve had to untangle those birds from mesh.

 

Some ideas in this thread @Jsevert2023

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/access-cab-storage-organization.453774/

 

Added RCI bed stiffeners.

 

Sorry for going off topic, but I can't upload photos as I have in the past. I'm on Windows 11 with Firefox. Do I contact a moderator for support or is there a link to a thread someone can post?

 

Not even a week after changing my battery and my passenger side headlight went out.

Thanks to the wealth of knowledge that @crashnburn80 has contributed over the years I've been running the H9 Phillips German bulb in the low beam projector housing for the past 3-4 years. It's cheap, and it works very good with a slight modification to the bulb connector.

It's members like him who make this forum so valuable...if not Id be the guy running LED bulbs in a halogen projector blinding oncoming motorists.


$20, replace both, just make sure to trim the small tab.


I've been replacing things lately that are boring... Oil, filter, diff/xfer case fluids, trans fluid, battery, wiper blades, air filter, cabin filter, lightbulbs, brakes, yadda yadda yadda. Between fluids, battery, filters, bulbs, brake pads, and other general maintenance items I'm up over $500 in the past 6 months for regular scheduled DIY stuff.....the stuff we gotta keep up on.. the stuff that makes some ppl wanna trade up. I know a lot of ppl who hit 60k miles and call for the service and find out it's $2000 and say ok... I'm gonna trade this in and get something else.... A lot of people

Maybe my next "what I did to my 3rd Gen" post will be something like Meso puddle pods, bed stiffeners, or a screen protec kit for my gauge cluster.

 

Looks great. Is stage 3 the setting on your 6112’s? Is that roughly 1.5” lift in the front ?

 

No stage three on my icons. I did max out the bilstein though. 2” lift/level