What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Got bracketeer, back-up lights and glove box organizer for Christmas.


These are the original bulbs. Keeping them as back-up back-up bulbs. The new ones are very bright. Like 3 or 4x and really help a lot.

 

Really nice looking truck. Love that blue and silver

 

Got a BPF skid plate from a fellow TW member & got it installed!
What’s a good tow hook that’s not to expensive that I can hook a shackle to?
Thanks for meeting up with me! @nanorris88

 

This is the one I ordered...Not sure what too expensive is...
https://www.bpfabricating.com/collections/accessories/products/tacoma-recovery-tow-hook

Says 4-6 week lead time. Have yet to receive it, so no pics.

 

Did you powder those sport wheels?

 

That’s the one I was looking at since it’s the same brand as the skid, but wasn’t sure if there was better quality for cheaper or anything. I’m new to the tow hook/shackle crowd

 

No, they’re vinyl from @PikestacoSister

 

Look good. link?

 

I had a really nice set of wheels with street tires. Bought the 4runner wheels and sold the other set. Now wishing I would have tried the BFG tires on my last set of wheels with the added Bilsteins. No regrets because I like the Toyota wheels but the last set of Mamba wheels had more negative offset. And they stayed clean forever. Just looked crappy with the blackwall street tires.

 

Console and Glovebox inserts

Taking her on the trail tomorrow so I need my trash can. Always picking up after people.....







More dets in my build thread

 

Today I did TRD CAI & TRD EXHAUST. I'm doing my redline hood struts next weekend. Has anyone used the rivet gun adapter for cordless drill to install the struts?

 

I used a crappy mechanical rivet gun that was fine on the fenders but a royal pain working upside down on the hood. Anything will be better than what I used. Got-r-dun though. Over 2 years now and one of the best mods ever.

 

Installed the

$310 ARB CKMA12 On-Board Air Compressor High Performance 12 Volt for Air Locker Differentials and Tire Inflation

ARB CKMA12 compressor today (have wired it up yet, too cold out and daylight went fast). Those compressors are small but are they ever heavy. Would have gotten the twin version but this one was too good of a price to pass up. Got the Slee Offroad passenger side mounting bracket and its awesome imo. It does hold single and twin compressors so if someday I double up it's an easy upgrade. Everything bolted down nice and solid and fits perfect. If you notice the bolts are backwards on the right side of the mounting arm that's all me. Fingers were to cold to hold anything and I wanted to make sure everything fit today. I'll go back and turn them around tomorrow. Also wrapped the hood scoop in carbon fiber. Next is the grill replacement and the behind the grill 30 inch light bar.

 

Wired up my S8 backlights to my DRL’s love the way it turned out. I was going to have them come on with the low beams, but I’d rather have them on with my DRL’s.

 

I got the same back up lights. Huge improvement over stock ones

 

Got my truck back for the body shop yesterday so naturally I hacked it up and installed my SOS Streamline bumper and winch I was going to do two weeks ago before the crunch


Now just have to finish wiring, and attach the line and get some D ring shackles

 

Got the Wheeler’s 3-leaf AAL kit and the passenger side of the ADS bump stop kit installed. Air hammer is a life saver against those rivets.

I’ll finish the driver side tomorrow, my back hurts too much

 

I really like those bumpers. They make it so you only have to trim a little bit so why cant the make it so you don't have to trim at all. I would've bought one a long time ago.

 

5100s, OME 884, 1-1/2" AAL, Level 8 MK6, 17x8, ET-0, Falken Wildpeak 265-70/17.

Check out my build link (signature line) for all kinds of info.

 

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