What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Not done just today obviously but over that last couple months so far. Def. more to come.

 

Took the truck into local Toyota Dealership Service Department for a Spark plug replacement and power steering service. Everything looks good. Auto Technicians there seem pretty competent... Don't know if its because of the service or if it's just a placebo, but the truck seems to run and drive a bit better.
I fricken love this truck!!!

 

Haha. I felt like new plugs felt much better, on the first start after replacement. I don't know..then got back to normal real quick.

 

Washed car yesterday, garaged all night, then stopped in Tampa for a photoshoot.

 

I discover that my truck idles very smoothly at around 650 rpms which is a bit lower than before the new spark plug replacement.

 

Ordered a few parts to throw at it, because I'm too cheap to buy a new vehicle. Gotta keep this old turd running.

48068-04060 right lca
48069-04060 left lca

17801-0P100 air filter

81570-04051 3rd brake light
52057-04020 rear bumper step pad

 

Using a 3m scrubbie, I gave the knob some polishing. It’s so reflective otherwise.

 

Installed phone holder chingadera

 

Why the OEM lower control arms??

 

lower ball joint boots are torn

 

I'm pretty sure 4x4 Engineering makes center caps for their most recent Bradley version, they might fit older versions. I think SCS or somone else made center caps for the F-5 those might work. Personally I like no caps on that style wheel.

 

I got my hood wrap done. Fighting the glare off that high gloss silver was annoying. The silver paint is like a mirror. You can see what I mean regarding the mirror effect in the last photo. I know some will chime in, "sunglasses".To each their own.

I laid out the wrap to just cover the glare spots. The area directly in front of the windshield was clearly the worst glare area. I laid it out so it would not look out of place, the flat black matches the truck trim and I kept it small enough to somewhat complement the hood shape and not dominate it.

 

The mount for the box under the hood, is that a custom made plate? I was looking for a solution for my auxbeam setup and that one looks clean

 

Wow. They look like SCS F5 wheels.
Interesting on the -5mm offset. 6.5" wide seems narrow?

They should fit without any issues, but it's probably worth just slapping one on to make sure it doesn't interfere with the caliper and that the hub fits. If they are indeed 6.5" wide with -5mm offset I doubt you'll have any rubbing concerns on anything stock.

They look pretty good to me, I would wash em and throw a quick coat of wax and buy a cool looking set of ET lugnuts to dress up the silver (great color).

Wheels like this generally are favored for their minimalism and don't utilize center caps, although I believe @SCSPerformance makes a centercap for the gen 5 which is similar to the F5. I guess it will all depend on the centerbore size.

You shouldn't have any issues swapping over your TPMS.

Post pics when you can.

 

finally added one of my final and favorite upgrades to my taco. an aries pro grille guard with an option for an LED light bar (which i also got but havent installed yet) and a TRD skid plate and added the black letters to it, just thought adding the skid plate would give me a lil bit of protection beneath and also looked cool.

 

Went mtn biking and got a few decent shots of the truck

 

That is a plate I got off the 'zon. Bent it a little to make it work.

$21 CNDJRHG Auxiliary Power Fuse Block Bracket Compatible with Toyota Tundra 2007-2021 Aluminum

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG8MXBXM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

Good to know! Just got mine. Will install tonight.

 

Finally installed Stage 4 kit up front. Lots of titanium hardware used to replace factory and Icon stuff. Pretty stoked. And man the PS UCA was a PITA! Full fender liners will now be necessary after the Dremel action!
Will try figure out how to adjust the coilovers and then do the rear Sunday. Though, my girl wants a hike at Mt. Tam so...maybe hike...

 

Thank you! I’ll check it out I currently have the switch temp bonded on the fuse box cover which I don’t like. I built a bracket on my own but it goes over the fuse box and I have to remove that to access the fuse box. So this would be a perfect option