What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Could you have removed the factory horns and just used the newer ones? and use the factory wiring?

 

I totally agree...
Like just about anything in life, when/if you can do it yourself it can/will save you money...

What the dealer charged you is pretty standard pricing at about any non independent automotive shops... But not everybody is mechanically inclined or even care what the cost as long as they don't have to deal with it... I can't tell you just how many customers I have told you could do this yourself before even given them a price and they say to do it even after knowing the price..... I mean look at people paying someone to mow their 1/4 acre yards that are capable of doing it themselves...lol

 

Took it on a trip to the Outer Banks, best mod so far too, paid it off early!

Bodie Island Lighthouse



And the day we picked it up, traded in my Corolla Hatch XSE manual - I sure do miss the smoked paprika, color would pop in the sun.

 

I agree a 1/4 acre you could use a battery operated weed wacker once every week and be fine.

 

I already have the truck, my wife wants the Corolla Hatch...

Congrats on the biggest Mod yet!!!

 

35 bucks to install the cabin filter? Wow... That's crazy.

 

At $175 an hour shop rate, that equates to paying a flat rate mechanic only 0.2 tenths or in layman's terms, 12 minutes to get the paper work, go find the truck, pull truck into their bay, go to the parts counter and get part, walk back to the truck, clean out junk/crap in the glove box, replace filter, fill out any paperwork required, start vehicle and make sure no noise with fan on now (trash could have fallen) pull vehicle back out to parking spot, turn paperwork in...

When you are doing it for a living and break it down, the tech is getting screwed only charging that much... Most pay the tech 0.4 to 0.5 anyway and eat the difference...
Just saying.... If you make $20 an hour at your (anyone in general, not picking on anyone) job, would you enjoy some jobs only paying you $10 an hour?? lol

Not picking a fight, just informing as to why things cost what they do... Most dealers now are close to if not over $200.00 an hour now...

There are 10/10tenths in one hour, each 0.1 (1/10) = 6 minutes, so 0.1 is 6 minutes, .2 is 12 minutes, .3 is 18 minutes and so on...

 

Gave her a wash yesterday. And like clockwork, it rained overnight. Can’t complain, we needed some rain.

 

Just knowing how easy it is to change, 35 bucks for the install by itself is steep. However, I can certainly see your point with the break down

 

Thats Balise toyota in west springfield, massachusetts for you always looking to make extra money for something simple.

 

Aisin... As far as I know, they are the OEM supplier to Toyota for water pumps, radiators etc? Or am I mistaken? I'm not 100% sure so roast away if you must...

 

It the Taco gods telling you to keep the dirt on it!!

 

Yes, it is doable. I recommend keeping the provided relay in the circuit.

 

Yes…no need to bleed the breaks…unless you have a soft petal. But then you got other problems.

 

Picked up a junkyard radio, junkyard trim piece, harness from https://www.autoharnesshouse.com/ and installed a 2020 radio into my 2017 SR5.

Took about 10 minutes and had zero hiccups along the way.



Total cost was somewhere about $600-700 bucks. Hope to get a couple hundred back from selling the original radio and trim piece (PM me if you want them). Could have upgraded, but I like the OEM look, volume knobs are a must, and can't beat the install time.

 

"Clean" is a condition for BMWs and Audis, not Tacomas.

 

Its funny. I find myself leaning more towards this attitude with the truck than I normally would. Like you could eat off of my wife's engine but, I would not recommend it with the Taco.

 

Link / info for horn kit? TIA

 

Loud as hella.

 

Hella Supertones. Only get the red ones. And if you can find REAL German ones, get those. They started farming out manufacturing to India a while ago so it is really tough. The yellows are . I wired (4), in series, on my old STI. They get people's attention for sure.