What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Some new parts arrived today

Center console organizer and tray
Matt gecko hood and bed led package
Pop lock tailgate lock
Bed rail for front of the bed

Just need it to not be 15 deg outside and blowing snow sideways

 

Swapped out the OR grill for SR5 grill

 

Where did you get it and what did you pay if you don't mind me asking, I'm seeking this kit as well. Debating getting the total chaos UCA as opposed to the ICON tubular. Please PM if you don't wanna spill the beans on here

 

My 2015 one was cheap too, surprised when my Ford book was nicer than the Toyota one

 

4" raptor bars installed tonight. BAMF soon!

 

So I have a stock '17 Tacoma DCLB TRD Sport 4x4. I'm just curious if anybody knows whether or not this set would lift my truck and by how much?
Bilstein 6112 Strut & Spring Assembled + 5160 Res Set 05-15 Tacoma 0.5-2.75" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BUJLNN2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_RaPTybABF0P7P

 

Yes, just cut it off and there were only two wires. Hardest part was finding good location for the lights. I'll try to get pictures when it stops raining. Used an add-a-circuit for the hot wire (on the fuse for the cig-lighter), and a ring terminal on the nut that mounts the fuse box for the ground. There was just enough room between the floor and console to push through 2 of the light bars.

Before I did any cutting I played with finding the best location and to make sure there was enough wire length for what I wanted. I wanted to lighting on either side as equal as possible.

 

Michelin Defenders , and no lift.

 

The bamf grille is awesome. Highly recommended it

 

I just ordered those for mine, so thank you for the tutorial. Sounds easy.

 

Yes, it's like night and day. I love mine.

 

That's why then .

 

*Grille update*
3-4 coats later, this is how it turned out
At first I dipped the emblem black, but personally, I thought it looked tacky, so I went with the chrome-black-chrome combo. Looks like an SR grille

 

If you look at the two round pieces you have to clip together, there is an oval in the middle and a round section in the middle and then the overall diameter of the clip. If you size your hole with the round section in the middle and not the oval it should snap together with no problems. I made the mistake of cutting out just the oval and had to cut just a little bit more to make it clip together. The screws pretty much self tap after you get the mat aligned and just lift the mat up to screw them in. I did one screw at a time after I clipped both rings together.
@DontTouchMyTaco

 

Didn't mod the truck, but did buy some good trail reference guides. Planning on hitting as many green and blue trails this summer as possible!

 

can you post a pic of how bright they are at night please!

 

I installed the same, here's a evening/night shot:

 

Welcome, I'm also from socal....buyer beware, joining this forum will cause a drainage in your bank account...

 

I have both those from taking my 2 month old truck up there last year. I didnt know anything about the areas and they helped me find some nice easy trails to have some fun learning about my truck on.

 

Couple recent bigger 3rd gen builds we wrapped up.



https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sdhq-built-trd-ultimate-pro.478022/



https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sdhq-project-sandstorm.478023/