What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

haha yep. I've been "procrastinating" for a full year on installing the lift. Actually, my honey do list was like a San Francisco phone book. I wanted to get the lift on and alignment before I bought tires. Plus, I am still on the fence about getting some JDM wheels for the truck and going bigger diameter and aggressive offset. Knowing me, I'll throw some OEM tires back on. They are cheap. Then save up for the bro setup.

 

Yeah, inflated in the dark with no glasses on. Ain't care. News ones on in a few.

 

I live my life a quarter mile at a time...

 

in this case, 1 vote for the air dam!

 

*may pops

 

GMRS antenna on roof top. Finally pulled the trigger drilling the roof. Been using the magnetic mount but I can see it’s starting to damage the clear coat a bit due to the stock antenna is rusting. Don’t want any more damage, might as well drill it. It’s done, only waiting for the antenna to arrive to mount it.




Pry with something thin to remove cover.

Pull both tab (red circle) with finger. Pull down light, the other two corner, pull down with a little force & light will come off. Measure 1.5” & use 1/8” drill bit drilling from the headliner up to roof (I did this step last in case I can’t fish the cable thru. Making the hole less visible by pushing the drill bit thru the headliner without running the drill. As soon as it hit the roof, start the drill thru the roof. Exit vehicle & from the rooftop, use a step drill bit, drill 3/8” diameter)

Pull weather strip & run fish cable from here to the dome light. It will take a few try but can be done without help. (After finish fishing the cable, start drilling)

Antenna is center of roof.

 

Heated steeling wheel? Tell me more.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/heated-steering-wheel.823138/

https://cartrimhome.com/Heated-Stee...XlG4r7y7yGJS1z8PFUL4ho3ejj9k5w51QlgTnFbwhJkTW

 

You think it looks better on the truck than without or just for mpg?

 

2017 TRD OR access cab with 155000+ kms
Everything working except the auto-sensing for headlights failed a few years ago. On my 2nd set of winter rated tires, working great getting through 2x major snow storms in SW Ontario.

 

Added some car wash pin striping today. Only part without scratches and swirls is the tailgate. Filed a claim with them.

 

This is the one that I ordered from Amazon. Basically the same one from Car Trim Home (even had that labeling on the box).

$399 HIGH FLYING for Toyota Tacoma 2016-2023 Car Interior Accessories Heated Steering Wheel Replacement Part Perforated Leather Kit (No Alignment Strip)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNJKV6TL?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aref=HYlQYiQ74x&th=1

Replacing the clock spring is a bit sketchy given it's not an OEM part at that point. After running some errands with the passenger seat removed and seeing the SRS airbag errors it produced, I'm less worried about the airbag not working with the new clock spring (not gonna test it either, lol). The steering angle sensor is my only other concern but it's been fine so far and I'll be keeping the OEM parts on the shelf in case something goes south.

 

A lot of addition and subtraction going on with my rig. Added the Magnaflow Overland Exhaust and decided to list the Softopper and Bed Box on the market. Finally committing to a flatbed build!

 

Finally able to get a coat of sealant on it.

 

It came out super nice. Do you mind letting me know what product did you use??

 

where are you located? I’m interested in the soft topper, 5ft bed?

 

Quite a bit north of you. Up in Seattle.

 

Installed color matched end caps today. Found them on ebay for $90 shipped.

 

Love my MF Overland. Just enough growl to let you know it's there without being annoying and droney. I run mine on the medium setting. Adding the Borla Y-Pipe to the setup made it a little deeper and tamer as well.

 

I picked the worst day off to instal mine and was fighting heavy rain. Wanting to spend as little amount of time as possible on the wet pavement, I opted for the most aggressive setting. I was expecting to want to change it to the medium the next time I had some time to get under there but I've been pleasantly surprised by how much I like the tone. I'll have to look into the YPipe setup you've got.