What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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.

$25 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

 

Good looking setup

 

What mileage did you replace plugs? what was the cost?

 

I like the look. Are the black skid plate letters replacements or just vinyl overlays? Where’d ya get if you don’t mind me asking.

 

I decided to test my brakes. All good.

50 mph road. Mercedes passing a truck. Plenty of room only because the truck pulled onto the shoulder and I came to a complete stop. They were completely on my side of the road before the truck and I took action.

 

Colorado. I think whacky weed was involved…...

 

are those lca about each 250?
do other brands come with a replaceable bj?

 

$257.21 each at Larry H Miller Toyota in Lemon Grove, CA with Toyota's 15% off sale. That dealer and Norm Reeves Toyota in San Diego, CA are the only ones I order online parts from. (best pricing) I think yesterday was the last day of the sale.

Dirt King makes some really nice lca's with ball joints. I was planning on ordering those, but $1800 vs. $250.
https://hotshotoffroad.com/collecti...trol-arms-05-23-tacoma?variant=46002961154267

Camburg and Total Chaos are both uniball. Lot's of long travel kits to choose from with uniballs too.

Since the truck will be torn apart for lca's this should motivate me to get uca's and the finally install the fox elite 2.5's.

 

I just bolted that bracket to the fuse box cover. Left some excess wire so it is removable. Its not perfect but it is a ton better than what I had previously.

 

You're going to see that now and then. Good reflex.

 

clean looking truck! Are you running 265 17’s? I’m going to be installing a lift very soon and I’m debating between 285’s or 265’s

 

"Tufskinz Skid Plate Inserts For Tacoma (2016-2023)" im sure a few taco websites will carry them, they come in all sorts of colors. theyre adhesive.