What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

They screw into factory mounting points and are pliable enough to bend to the curvature of the fender. Yet, thick enough to be comparable to Rally Armor Products. FWIW, my Rally Armor flaps were used on (3) different STI's over 11 years and hundreds of thousands of miles.

 

Dayum.

 

Yes, my bro-law and I did the install.. 20k for the portals kit.. cmr, hi fender clearance, and a some tubbing, and fixed cam tabs, etc.. All done in the garage.
Got a quote from a local 4x4 shop install alone is $5k+. Include the other labor cmr, lca, fender clearance, etc.. new wheels and tires.. it would probably be another $5k+ Saved a lot from labor.

 

Got tired of sounding like an old spring mattress all the time so I finally took time to hunt down and fix my squeaks. For my rear (no pictures) it was the factory Fox shocks. Took them out, cleaned, and lubed the shafts (giggidy) and fixed the rear squeak. (They were so bad they wouldn't even rebound without assistance. After lubing and forcing them through full range of compression a few times, they worked great and no more squeak). For the front end I narrowed it down to the radiator support bushings, replaced them with new energy suspension bushings. No more front end squeak! Took it for a drive down a bumpy dirt road by my house and only heard stuff moving around in my bed! Only took a picture of the old worn out bushings, not as bad as some have posted but enough to cause noise.

 

As soon as the snow melts…

 

The best mod of them alll….

 

Oh heck yes. I’m very happy for you.

 

Hells yeah! Congrats!

 

Time to trade it in for a Gen 4.

 

Looking forward to this day! The Tacoma is the only truck I’ve bought on a loan that I’ve loved! The first one, a 2000 Tacoma 5spd 4wd I had to get rid of due to leaving the military and not being able to find a good enough paying job to keep it and still pay all the other bills, poor planning of a 22 year old! So my 2020 I absolutely love and can’t see myself getting rid of! I’m jealous of your accomplishment!

 

Man, I’ve been really good at ignoring the rear end squeeak. But the front comes and goes.

 

I kept putting it off and putting it off, bought the replacement bushings for the front almost a year ago. Always thought I didn't have enough time and I'd need a few hours to knock it out. Finally went for it. Rear end took maybe 20 minutes each side (I kept the wheels on, lift the truck to take weight off of the shocks, unbolted, and slide the shocks out). The front took maybe an hour total, and most of that was figuring out the best place to lift the body so I could fit the new bushing in. The driver side took about twice as long as the passenger just to get it lined up. Completely worth it and I wish I hadn't delayed it so long!

 

Brought home the 2016 today! Quite a difference from my 2001.

 

Welcome to the club, sick trucks

 

Michigan has legal dope too and you are spot on with this, it's also why I started using radar cruise control on the highway here. Everybody is going 80+ MPH and then all of a sudden there's a subaru with hippy stickers on the back window going 50. Driver peeking over the steering wheel all owl eyed. Dangerous as hell.



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I taught motorcycling for a number of years with a good friend, a retired CHP motor officer. He always said he would rather live nextdoor to a pot head than an alcoholic. He said he never had to wrestle a pot head to the ground to handcuff him. Alcoholics, on the other hand, always thought they were better drivers, better fighters and better lovers....

 

Just because alcoholics exist doesn't mean potheads aren't annoying.

 

CONGRATS @notbryon!

I'm looking forward to paying off my 2021...can't believe it's been 4 years this May.

 

Threw some 265/75/16s KO3s on. No rubbing issues.

hopefully no issues on the beach with all the bouncing around that happens from time to time.

 

Made a aluminum copy of the squeaky glove box divider, quick and nasty..no more gun bounce.