What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

13 years on my 2nd gen. When I sold it I had nowhere near the rust you've got already. We get 100 inches of snow annually. I wonder why they don't adopt the same road treatment on the east coast? Ours only works to 20 degrees, but I don't believe it's salt based. Keeps the roads bare and dry.

 

I thought about doing this. How do you like them? My dads truck has these

 

Pfft! Inferno heat and humidity in the summer (A/C is a must), desert dry and frigid in the winter, stark trees for half the year, mosquito hell. . . Nope!

I do miss the twisty, nearly traffic free roads and the two days in the fall when the leaves have turned and it isn't dumping down rain yet. Otherwise, gimme the west all day long.

 

Sometimes Amazon is the Devil. Price has gone up since I ordered. They are also charging for shipping.

$7 Carmats Fixation Clips 2 pcs Set Floor Mat Fasteners Holders Universal Unit for All car Makes and Model Fitting Clips Fasteners

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XS3TFL1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So now it will run you $15 bucks. But searched around and found them here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-Anti-...at-Carpet-Clips-Floor-Holder-US-/263374590530

And these will set you back nearly $7 bucks but these might actually hold longer. Mine are good, but I have to question a plastic screw through the carpet vs this seriously hooked in method.

EDIT - if you don't like ebay, here there are on Amazon

Cloulds_Zone 2 Pack Car Mat Carpet Clips Fixing Grips Anti Slip Buckle

https://www.amazon.com/Cloulds_Zone...D=31DPhA6I3SL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

 

That urea-based stuff does work well, if the DoT was proactive enough to apply it at the right times. Sucks on the motorcycle though, unless you have a sidecar. Then, wee!

 

Perfect thanks!

 

May or may not have got my new fridge set aside for me today.. Now I just need to find some time to go down there and pick it up..

 

My favorite time of year is the fall with all the leaves. Mass is absolutely beautiful in the fall. September to November. However, the clean air from the PNW is definitely the best way to go. I love living an hour or less from almost everything: Coast, Mountains, etc. I can have a little everything right where I am located.

 

I love them, they really weren’t hard to install.

I much prefer the look of no side steps but I also need side steps having my truck lifted. These are much more useful and functional than other side steps. These come down nice and low and make entry more natural. So it gave me the best of both. Nice wide full length steps and they just fold away.

I’m very happy with them and so is my wife.

 

That and eastern OR, ID, and SW WA are killer for two wheels or four. I'd love to get out of western WA and live somewhere there down the road.

 

This one is specific to the tail light location. I think page 8 is where the 3rd Gen starts.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rear-diff-vent-behind-the-tail-light-mod.286097/


You can piece your "kit" together or go this route for convenience:

https://www.yotashop.com/toyota-of-road-vehicle-differential-breather-extension-kit-1012/

Just add some hose clamps and you are good to go.

Totally agree with you. Didn't like the cubby and gas filler area. Plus it's quick and doesn't require any drilling.

 

That do that here, too. ...AND the salt. Depends on how cold it gets and how much snow is expected.

 

Twenty degrees F is getting up near shorts weather.

 

Picked up the cup holders from Amazon

$9 Camco Adjustable Drink Holder | Can Hold Mugs, Large Drinks and Almost Any Size Bottle or Can | Make Great Extra Cupholders for Cars, Trucks, RVs, Vans, Boats and Much More | Black (44044)

https://www.amazon.com/Camco-44044-...coding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_yo_pop_d_pd_t2

Then I grabbed some one inch x 1/4 bolts and nuts along with some one inch x 1/4 fender washers and some 1/4 lock washers. The magnets are just the cheap set of ten you can get from Home Depot and I glued them on.

I drilled out the pre-made holes to fit the bolts through then fitted the washers and nuts until the nut was just barely threaded on. I had to take off that plastic cap and the bolt in the rail to get the nut and washers to slide past. So once the path was clear I fed the bolts into the rail using the washers to hold it in the rail. Then once it was in place I tightened everything down. Here’s a couple pics that show it a little better. I know they make t-nuts that could take the place of the fender washer and nuts but I am impatient and live beside a Home Depot so I just used what was close.

EDIT: Here is a link to another thread with similar ideas if that helps
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bed-rail-accessory-cup-holders.384499/

 

...and thanks to you also, sir.

 

I didn't like the cubby or filler area either. Just don't try doing this:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-3rd-gen-today.399305/page-4239#post-17612317

Gawd!

 

Bilstein 5100 with ome 887 springs. 1.5 inch aal in the rear and jba uca.

 

I put on a Prinsu!

 

I have had them on my 2017 since week 2 of ownership. Love them. Wife loves them, she finds it easier to get in the truck than it was with my 1st gen with tube steps.

Install was not difficult, took a little time and a trip to get a good drill bit as mine was an ancient POS.

 

PETA would likely protest on behalf of the bugs.