What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

holy crap great looking truck! With the colors in the background that cement color almost looks blue. Looks awesome and great work!

 

I Need some imput on a lift setup for my new 2017 TRD off road. I want to put
icon coillvers and total chaos Uca with icons leaf pack in back. Two questions,
1st. Can I leave my stock shocks on for now in the back till funds resupply to get the icon shock in back. 2nd I'm a finish carpenter by trade and am very handy with the tools just haven't done much mechanic work. Would this be a straight forward install or should I pay a professional? I'd like to get to know my truck and learn, best way is always to just dive right in. Thanks for the input

 

Makes sense. Thanks

 

I will check it out when I get in my truck next.

 

installed the front bed rail and got some krown rust proof spray done.

 

Not sure what you are debating here. Even if you only drive 1k a year, Toyota recommends changing the oil at 12 months.

 

This will have to do lol it's what's left. Didn't take a picture before digging in.

 

I have read a lot about this . Every oil manufacturer says to change it after 1 year. Long story short , I have a 2000 Honda Sabre motorcycle that I had not changed the oil on for 8 years . During this time , I put 2000 miles on the bike . When I drained it , I sent a sample to Blackstone for analysis and I only described it as over 1 year old and 2000 miles. I wanted to find out if the 1 year life span was true. They sent back the results and said it had plenty of life left in it. Run it for another 3000 miles and send in another sample.
I no longer worry about 1 year life span ! Just run it long enough once in a while to heat it up good , a 20 trip or more.

 

Lame sauce! still looked pretty good though!

 

Called it some nasty names!!

 

Thanks!!!! I had a black 16 trd sport and the up keep on a black truck sucks...this grey is so much easier

 

Yea black sucks to upkeep but looks great when it is clean.

 

It's got a pound of bacon and 2.5 pounds of cheese, damn right it was good!

 

details? stock suspension?

 

which topper is that? leer or are?

 

Good looking truck! Curious, what size are your tires?

 

Where does one find a TW decal/window sticker?!

 

Wanted to jump in on this. I am amazed at how easy my blazing blue pearl is to keep clean. I do use paste wax but that thing shines for weeks even with rain and road dirt. I had magnetic gray before and it was easy care too. I just thought I would wash the blue every week. More like every 4 to 6 weeks. Maybe the paint and clearcoat are just processed better than in the past. Before I bought blue I thought white and silver stayed the cleanest longer. Very happy with blue. Had 2 black vehicles. Best looking color for 1 or 2 days after detailing. Way too much upkeep.

 

Finally received my OEM Audio + Reference 450Q and thought I'd share my experience.

Great thread with a lot of great info. I will try not to repeat.

First...Daniel from OEM is a rare find. His customer service is off the chart and I wish other vendors would give half of his effort.

Cost.. Black Friday Sale $1346.78 with the understanding it would not ship until 1/2017 (just received it yesterday).


I also wanted to give a shout out to Jason at RAAMaudio http://www.raamaudio.com/ with an excellent package containing mat and ensolite. This was my first time ever doing this on any of my vehicles and it was very easy to work with. Simple scissors cut the mat and ensolite in workable pieces. No fumes. I purchased the "Package 1" and I still have some left over. I did all 4 doors but not the back of the cab as I was running out of gas. Very pleased with the "thud" of the doors now.






Sound Deadening $185.96 (I now see it listed for 159.96...). Use promo code raampack1 (worked for me for a slight discount).

My goal was to keep the factory head (I have the Tech package) but to get the same sound as was in my 2016 435xi with the HK package. I can tell you the sound blows away the stock unit. Is better than the JBL (wife has 2014 T4R limited with JBL...very similar setup as in the Tacoma JBL). But not quite as good as the 435. I think I would have to sound deaden the entire cab to get close to that setup plus I believe that has more power and speakers.

That being said, I'm very pleased with the results of the sound. It's not the boom boom window shaking sound you may expect with this price tag, but it's very clear...very full...and very satisfying.

The kit is literally plug-n-play. Definitely looks like a factory option. Some notes..

- The speakers alone are a huge upgrade. Stock speakers are very weak. Here are some pics comparing stock and oem. My buddy asked me what one weighed so I also have a pic of the weight of stock vs OEM.












- Kit has top notch packing. Nothing was damaged. Everything was labeled and very well packed.

- The sub woofer has two connections. It does not matter what connector you use. They are interchangeable. I sent an email to Daniel about this as the pdf and video do not show what connector goes into what receptacle. BTW.. He responded to my email within 10 minutes.



- Expect a full day for install. I did sound deadening so it took me 1.5 days. It's not hard work, but time consuming. Watch the video a few times before doing the install and you will be fine. Take your laptop out to garage for references. "Hard" is relative to experience. I consider myself pretty mechanically inclined but not an audio install expert.

- The grey and white connectors to the DSP... in the video the unit is reversed with the connections facing the drivers door. In the PDF the connections are now facing the passenger door. The pdf has the correct plug placement.

- The mounting bracket for the DSP will need some bending to hook up. Not a lot, but some to make it hit the slip on bolts. No big deal, but don't expect to have it line up perfectly.

- Make sure on every panel you remove (and there are a lot) you make SURE the white or red clips all came off. If they are still in the door or pillar remove them with needle nose and place them back on the plastic you removed. When re-installing they have to be on the plastic part or they won't work.

- The interior door handles have clips that remove easily. I didn't remove the cables (left the handles attached). When re-assembling the door panel the inside door pull clips right back into place. Either option works, but after I removed the cables on the first door, I just removed the door pull assembly on the other 3 doors. A little easier to put back together.




- Get a blanket to place over door sill. Your back will thank you because fishing the cables up under dash is a joy...

- Get a panel pull kit from Amazon. Well worth it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNMLQAG/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1




Would I do this mod again knowing what I know (and hearing) now? Yes. Money is relative to who you are speaking with. For me I believe the results justified the cost. Plus I love moding my vehicles... just like everyone else on this forum.

Avid Off road slider steps - LED interior - HID Diode Dynamic LB - LED HB - LED Fogs - Bedrug Matt - TRD Pro Grill - Pop N Lock - Don't steal my TG mod -50% Tint fronts - AC Drain mod - vinyl Tacoma TG - Debaged - Homelink GNTX Mirror - TRD Pro Shift - Husky Liners - OEM Audio Plus