What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I am loving them so far, offroad good, snow good, rain okay (better than ko2) lol

 

I'll be sure to post up some pictures and feedback after I get the tires. I'm in no rush. So it might be awhile. Haha. Nice, do you have the black Turbomac's?

Thanks! I'm pretty stoked on the stance. I thought the 265/75's would look small, but they look pretty good.

 

Naw, I went Carbon Grey. I thought black would darken up my truck to much for my paint color. I'm in no rush either. I only have 8k on my 265's. But plans for future mods r always turning the hamster wheel in my head.

 

You do an alignment? Glad it's working with stock (well almost stock)
tires.

 

Yes, I got an alignment. Thanks.

 

All I did was admire it early this morning while shoveling. 3rd gen still the best looking to me!

 

What are you running upfront to minimize the rubbing? Had 35's on my last truck but couldn't seem to clear the rear of the flare without cutting...

 

Had this fixed today…



Did it getting a bit too confident (read: impatient) while parking in my rather tight garage. Had it happened off roading I’d have left it. It’s just too soon to have such a reminder of my stupidity staring at me every time I approach the truck.

Mobile repair guy came and took care of it for pretty cheap:

 

Hammered the shit out of the pinch weld and whatever other metal may be back there, chopped a lot off the fenders, viper cut and body mount relocation. Can steer lock to lock no issue, but when I start flexing I rub pretty bad. Couldn’t care less tho it looks sweet

 

It was over the weekend yup. Back to work today and she’s nice out now. 0 with a bitch of a wind.

 

Not today, but installed Headstrong Off-Road 3 leaf AAL and SumoSpings with the U-bolt flip kit a week ago. Took about two hours and two beers. Installed it right before loading up the Taco for a trip to Yosemite with the family. Love how it rides now. Loaded up with the four family members and a bed full of stuff for the week long trip, it wasn't squatting at all. High speed dips on the highways never felt to smooth.

 

Got the fire extinguisher mounted on the bed rails

 

I sure hope this ain't true....

Ive done this in the past. I will spray everything down first with simple green... Hopefully that will get most of it off.

I do have Mavcoat on the entire undercarriage and in the fender wells, so hopefully that does the job of protection.

 

I went driving around in the snow today. It’s crazy to see this much snow in South Mississippi.

 

So we have been down in the teens in the AM and my 4cyl doesn't seem to like it.

In the early AM when I start my truck before work I have been randomly getting a low oil pressure warning on cold start (not always) but it's generally when the temps are below 20.

I shut the truck off and start it again and it's "fine".

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions.. it hasn't been this cold here in a while.

Once warmed up my truck drives and operates like normal

 

Are you running 0w20 or 5w20??

 

Are you using full synthetic? Full synthetic definitely flows better in the cold, despite it having the same W rating. also agree wiht 0w-20

 

The 265’s look good on there

 

0w20

Yes sir

Other notes:
Dipstick level looks fine
OEM filter
5k intervals

I recently started to get the cold start rattle on occasion. Truck drives fine no other dash lights come on .. just concerning that in the cold weather now I seem to be having these random issues. I'll be pissed if I grenade this motor being as I purposely didn't get the V6 in lieu of this slow ass turd because I had wanted a reliable workhorse....go figure

 

There’s MUCH smarter folks that can chime in but I’ll give it a shot.

Either get a block heater…..or let it warm up some amount of time before driving. I’ve noticed even on 40F days if I start (the 3.5L V-6) and immediately put in R (or D depending on whether I backed into the driveway) *and* release the brake the Low Pressure red screen of death will appear momentarily. I *think* you can get an OBD interface (SCANGAUGE? https://www.scangauge.com/) or some other way of observing oil pressure and see what’s going on.