What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks! I'm loving it so far.

 

Looks good, looks brand new.

 

Mine came in very handy for a cross country trip last year. The give it had in the fabric would have not been there with a fiberglass one, with all the packing and unpacking from place to place.

 

The guy I bought it from only had it on his truck for 6 months. I picked it up for $450.

 

No worries. It is on sale with a lower launch price, plus an additional 10% OFF currently.

 

I drilled another hole in the relay bracket so I could still mount it on the side:

 

Same bracket as mine but just moved closer to the front? I like this. Thanks.

 

Exactly. Just make sure you have clearance for the relays and it will fit nicely. I also sprayed mine with some rustoleum after drilling the hole for rust protection.

 

Wow, that’s quite the rig! Thanks for the info.

I’m near the Youngstown Air Reserve Station and they do night-vision and low-level terrain following training for the C-130s. Fun stuff when those fly over the house. I’m going over there tomorrow to help our EAA chapter do Young Eagles flights for the kids.

 

Thank you, I couldn’t afford it new and needed a trailer due to a bad back. It just worked out well. Very nice! I miss the old E model 130 sound! That was one of the highlights of my life working on those dirty birds

 

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?