What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Sure, I did it myself. Here in Canada it's around 80 CAD (!).
Takes 5 minutes, nice and easy thing to do. Filter itself on Amazon $15 CAD.
Done.

 

I know the screen is cracked. Working on it but not prioritized atm

 

Installed TRD’s version of Bilstein shocks front and rear. Had Fox 2.0’s until they started making the creaking noise and reinstalled the stock shocks with a 1” spacer. Decided to go with the TRD Bilstein version shocks set on the highest clip. Bought new off-road springs, new top hats and bushings, flat washers and nuts. Also added a 1/4” MotoFab spacer on both sides. Swapped the upper control arms to KSP Off-Road. Replaced both lower control arm ball joints to Movotech (ended up cutting the passenger side front camber adjuster off, it rusted solid and would not slide out) which meant I had to purchase a new lower control arm.

Also one of the rear shock bolts rusted solid in the Fox 2.0 bushing (had to cut that out). Already had a 1.5” block in the rear.

Having everything assembled allowed for an easy swap in an afternoon. With the additional cutting to remove it ended up being 2 afternoons.

 

It is almost as if you *already* knew how we would respond ...

 

Not my truck but this past weekend I helped a buddy do his 60k service on his 2019, all went smoothly! And installed some mods, front bumper, winch, roof rack case, traction boards, speakers, light bars, fog lights. He's not terribly mechanically inclined so it was a fun time showing him everything and getting his truck in order.


Yesterday I ended up getting my 303 shock bolts and threw those in, definitely cut out the stupid "clunk" chattering I had on washboards on my 6112s. Definitely a welcomed upgrade, supposedly required for those running Kings since the lower heims will get destroyed from the extra play in the OEM bolts. I forgot to hit both of them with my calipers as I was curious on the tolerances between the two, but I was too excited to get the new ones in and forgot. Next time I pull the coilovers I'll measure. https://www.303shockservices.com/pr...Y1qP1uqy18ArYR0kM4-QZW0gOw7iqZng_awrMfvYsLw4W




And ofc an obligatory rain shot from this morning:

 

Someone’s got the amber bug
Nice truck

 

Belmetric sells the same bolt and flange nut. 303 Shock services customer service stinks. They'll mail bolts with galled threads and expect you to pay to mail them back for inspection to determine if replacements should be sent. They'll probably expect you to pay shipping for the replacement bolts too. Don't give them any business.

https://belmetric.com/hex-flange-bolt-10-9-fine-m14x1-5-18mm-wrench-din-6921/?sku=BFD14X1.5X80YLW

https://belmetric.com/conical-lock-...ck-zinc-19mm-wrench-special/?sku=NTL14X1.5BLZ

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lower-strut-bolt-and-king-shocks-help-resolved.730249/page-3

 

I removed the Rough Country Cold Air Intake, and installed the Momentum GT Cold Air Intake (dry filter, wet filter not in stock), from aFe Power, in my 2023 Tacoma last night. Obviously, better design, I go drive my Tacoma more, and see differences. The filter from Rough Country keeps falling off from housing, so I replaced entire Cold Air Intake.

 

setup looks awesome man, mind sharing wheel and tire specs please?

 

Made handles! Link

 

Coming up on 5 months of owning my second 3rd gen (first one was stolen). Looking a little different from when I bought it and much more to come.

 

Installed the Tackform accessory rail that came on Thursday.
Easy install and looks great.

 

Washed the trailer trash house siding. Also installed full LED's on the wife's Camry interior, and some V6 Triton reverse lights from VLED. The factory LE Camry reverse lights were terrible.

Took Ole Red to the store for stuff. My 1 ton Leaf sprung F350 rides better than the 5100's. Still trying to find a good replacement. The stiff as hell ride for my preference, sucks. The local roads are a minefield and I'm sick of the jarring ride. Shame too because they are great off-road. Stuck between Dobinson IMS, Eibach Pro truck or ball out on Accutune Fox 2.0's.

Tough decision, don't wanna waste anymore money and be disappointed with the ride. It rode better on the factory Bilsteins lol. At least it looks cool.

 

Just finished the rears with Allpro leafs, 8100 bypasses, and a diy u bolt flip with gm bumps. TMR fab parts had the strike plates for $60 cdn, u bolts were cheap, and the gm bumps were $30 bucks shipped! Although I did have to drill the center hole as they only ship it with 1/2" holes instead of the 3/4" needed to clear the bolt and nut.

So far so good. Tackle the front tomorrow with 8112s, spindle gussets and some other goodies. Much excite.

 

Method 701 - 17x9 with -12 offset
BFG KO2 - 35x12.5

Had to do a lot to get those to fit though, ha. CMR, flatten the pinch weld, high clearance fenders/liners, inner fender massaging with a sledge, ha, and a high clearance bumper.

 

If you added the 1/4” MotoFab spacer on both sides, do you still have the "Taco lean"?

 

Finally decided to remove the Air damn and gave it a wash. Checked the coolant this morning for the first time while the engine was cold. Noticed the level was a little below the full line so I added a bit of coolant. Haven't noticed any leaks anywhere, taking it in for the 60k mile service in a couple weeks.

Other than that it's been great so far. I really want to get replacement wheels for it, something in black.

 

Check your crossover pipe?

 

My understanding is that most trucks seem to come filled to be close to the low line when cold.

 

Going to check it out. I did a quick search on here and that seems to be a common issue.