What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Ceramic coated a few days ago.

 

Yes. We have a large camper we are dowsizing from but will still require a brake controller.

 

Won't work with the MX4 in the open position unless you move the box away and or down from the back of the cab. The lid would hit the cover

$$$$

 

Mind if I ask what dealers price was for the parts?
Hate the chrome bumper on my Off Road and don't have the coin for a real (Fab4) bumper right now.

 

Be careful where you put it. There are airbags in the A pillar.

 

It was in a PM, but here you go:

The interior panels are only held in with clips:

-- Pull off the head unit trim piece with the two vent outlets.
-- Pull off the right side of the panel under the steering column. You need this one partially out since the HVAC controls have a little return on the left side that captures it.
-- Pull out the HVAC controls. There is a tab at the top that interferes with the head unit. I was able to wiggle it out and back in without loosening the radio, but that is only four 10mm (I think) bolts that only have to be loosened a bit. I disconnected all the harnesses to give me more space to work.
-- From there, you can reach around to the back side of the power port. The harness just pulls off towards the front of the truck.
-- Looking inside the power port on the metal part, you can see a black square on the bottom. There is a similar one on the upper side. With a small screwdriver, gently push on that black tab while pushing the metal part toward you (toward the back of the truck). Do the same with the upper tab. The metal part will come out toward you.
-- Once the metal part is out, you can remove the black plastic piece by pulling it toward you also.

From there, you can pull the harness though the open hole and release the plastic connector, if you need to.

To do that:
-- Open the two small snap covers on the front side.
-- With a small, flat screwdriver, release the tabs under the connectors on the back side of the connector.
-- The metal connectors will then slide out. They are two different widths, so there is no worry about which is which.

I had to trim off a small amount of the sleeving to expose the crimped joint.

Soldering on to the power port connectors is a great place for switched power. The amperage listed on the power port cover (that you can't see until you remove it) is pretty high.

The third pic in this post shows all the pieces:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-3rd-gen-today.399305/page-3702#post-16846660

 

Anyone else having condensation issues with the 2in1 DRL/Fogs ? Pretty sure it’s from the CAI in passenger side wheel well but they’re supposed to be sealed units. Dealers going to replace but trying to get them to switch it to the Rigid fogs.

 

DONT DO REAR BLOCKS!!! go for an add a leaf. rear block if you had to do it should never get more than 1.25" otherwise they get unstable.

 

I found a couple pics

 

Yep tha man once again hand in my pockets

 

got my ECG grille installed the other day! looks great and already got a bunch of complements from other taco owners on the street. also got a W for our mens upper Softball tourney. lastly im gonna sell my 3rd gen grille with color matched surrounding (no chips or scratches on the color matched part the black grille will need to be touched up.)..

 

what about a 1" block? Or better to just get 2 more bilsteins for the back?

 

Hey I really like this little Mountains decal, where did you bought it?

 

1" ok but get a good one like TOYTEC.

 

Here’s a mod’s I did to my Tacoma OR.
Completed a project this week on the ‘17 Tacoma. Installed Rigid Industries Tacoma grille with their SR-Series Pro 20” Spot/Flood...lumens 34,585 ⚡️

I’ve had the Rigid Industries 30” SR spot/flood light on the truck since last February - lumens 13,500

Added a new Optima yellow top battery.

Plus added the 3 switch plate and the appropriate switches for the current RI lighting. I’ll add the 6 pack of RI Rock lights at a later date in the springtime.

 

Keeping the TRD stickers? I kept mine for a few months after debadging, but finally decided to pull them off as well. Totally clean now.

 

Way better with those large stickers gone, IMO.

 

Would be the first to go for sure.

 

I agree!

 

Probably gonna end up ditching them too.