What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Washed and waxed my truck, getting ready for Overland Expo East next weekend.

 

Thank you. Here it is with my latest mods - Geaux Tigahs

 

Excellent choice

 

That truck color is my favorite and I have yet to see one in the wild down here in South Florida, your truck looks GREAT!

 

Wait, I thought Overland Expo East was in October?

 

sorry i mean in two weekends lol

 

Needs some pinstriping.

 

I really like the silver/gunmetal TRD wheels

 

My brakes (presumably front) on my 2022 TRD 4x4 OR are getting a bit squeaky. Is PowerStop Z36/K137 still a good choice or did their "product quality" drop?

 

oem pads and rotors are about $300. I'd stick with those.

 

PowerStop Z36 all the way. Hated the OE pads even before the lift and bigger rubber. SO much more bite/power and much less brake dust with the Z36 kit. Powerstop all the thing.

 

Just bought a bottle of the spray on turtle wax ceramic coating. Looks incredible!

 

You agreed with PowerStop AND OEM. Any advantage of OEM over PowerStop in your experience of will I be "fine, at least" with either?

 

Yea man, they are nice!

 

Thank you!

 

Well Moog changed boots, and they suck.




So I thought I tore the boot on this Driver side Moog TRE, but ended up finding out my passenger side still has the older, "balloon" type boot and it's holding grease just fine, but this design just collapsed on itself, and the replacement I ordered, seems to still use this boot design.

Both have only been on for 15k miles, and the new boot design sucks because it's hard as a rock, compared to the balloon one, so that's probably why it doesn't hold grease.
I guess I failed to notice the difference when I did the installation.

I guess I need to switch back to OEM tie rods huh? Anyone have any brand suggestions other than Moog? They are only $22 so I guess I can't complain too much.

 

A few have asked about the brushless ARB twin compressor I mounted in my engine bay.
This weekend I was changing out some tires on my CRF1000 and used the pump. Its FAST, almost too fast for motorcycle or bicycle.
I blew past my pressure when I filled a truck tire without a gauge. I have since attached an ARB digital tire inflator which works well. I filmed turning it on in my cab, you hear the staggered start of both compressors (to lessen electrical demand on startup) and quickly it fills the small tank and shuts off. I proceed to fill the tire (ran a tad high because I was seating a bead on a new tire install). You see how fast it fills a 21" front cycle tire. Not a lot of air but it gets up to 44psi in pretty short order.
This video is about 90 megs so IF you wish to see it, simply click ONCE and let it load. The download site is pretty fast if you are on wifi.
.mov video link...
https://photos.imageevent.com/peteh/2023toyotatacomatrdoffroaddclb/IMG_2665.mov
photo of filling cycle tire...

 

What compressor mount is that? That looks like what I'm after for onboard air

 

Looks like a Slee: https://sleeoffroad.com/products/sok0038/

 

Installed new Tail Lights from Amazon with "Dumb Black Lens"...