What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

In 3 years of ownership I have never locked my tailgate

 

Neither did I until I started leaving my golf clubs back there. Then I decided $100 for the auto tailgate lock was much better than replacing stolen clubs.

 

it opens the door too

 

if the battery is dead its the only way

 

whats wrong with a wrinkle on the spare?

 

Witness Protection?

 

maybe in jail....truck in storage

 

Purchased aftermarket 2110 key fob, mini vci usb obdii cable, downloaded and installed tech stream, somehow got the drivers to work, programmed the key, cut the fob silicone membrane to fit a meso custom trd red v2 fob. Will get the key cut tomorrow. total cost so far $80.

 

Get you this adapter from Amazon, it's been working perfectly all week, much better than that Motorola one, and it's tiny.

$57 MSXTTLY 2in1 Wireless Carplay Adapter & Android Auto Wireless Adapter, 2 in 1 Auto Car Play Wireless Dongle for OEM Wired Carplay/Android Auto Car with iPhone iOS 12+ / Android 11+

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKSH9ZD1

 

If they do it's not enough for me to notice. I don't think so, I have the seat jackers installed up front so I may not be the best for deciding.

 

Had some black paint peeling on the snorkel so I removed it, and holly shit its beautiful. Still have some cleaning to do in the photos.

 

What have you heard about alpharex? I’m pretty satisfied with my Nova series headlights

 

Need a pic of the whole truck, that actually does look pretty sick

 

Installed a

$205 Wolfbox G900 Rear View Mirror Camera, Mirror Dash Cam 4K Front and 2.5K Rear, Smart Full 12’’ Touch Screen, Backup Camera for Car, GPS, WDR, Night Vision, Included 64GB Card

Wolfbox G900 Pro. Tapped into my rear view mirror harness to run the hardwire kit, made for a clean install. I bought the Wolfbox OEM bracket kit so I removed my mirror and tucked away the cables all nice under the headliner.

I also had to replace my third brake light on my GFC Topper (housing faded and cracked at the screws) so I did that and made a notch in the wire access hole using a dremel to fit the rear camera cable. It’s clean but I’m going to add some butyl tape to push out the light a little bit for the camera cable and seal it up good. Waiting on a Shittco camera mount for the GFC to make it even better.

 

nice work - that tapping into the existing wiring like that looks very easy - i have this thing on my bench and have been putting off since it will take a while to wire etc (and i do like wiring, just takes me a while with 1. OCD and 2. I am newer so i take a lot of time to try to get it right and over kill).

So curious of any issues pop up.... or if working fine nothing to consider?

For me, not going back to the old mirror once the wolfbox is in.

nice work! appreciate any insights!

 

There is a thread but you can also use a dongar mirror cable, has a usb adapter. No tapping needed.

 

Thanks! No issues so far, but it’s been installed less than 24 hours. It runs flawlessly and goes into parking mode as intended once I turn off my truck. The mirror is bigger than I thought so I’m glad I removed my stock mirror because my driver side visor does hit the mirror if at a particular angle.

I am also OCD about my wiring. I took the opportunity to clean up some wires in my topper, soldered and shrink wrapped all connections for my replacement light, and added wire loom to make it look neat.

The biggest consumption of my time was running the wire from the back under my truck and back into the cab. I have done this several times for other accessories so I already knew where the wire would go but it still took a while. I also ordered a 10-foot camera extension cable, so glad I did because the cable would have been too short otherwise.

 

Yes but this is for the hardwire parking mode cable. I also have a Dongar and removed it for this kit. The Dongar is great if you only want the camera to run when your vehicle is on.

 

Nice job, looks good.. If I may give some unsolicited advise, add something to keep the wires from vibrating/rubbing on the metal edges of that brace, it will cut into the wire(s) and cause issues down the road... You can even use rubber fuel line hose slit down the center to go over the (sharp) metal edges and either glue or zip tie or whatever the rubber hose in place... Same thing as having a rubber gromet for wires going through the firewall or wherever to keep from damaging the wires down the road...