What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Old men make the best BBQ therefore OME grills are the best.

 

Have you ever HAD emu? It's greasy. Would start a fire if you tried to grill it.

 

i just figured emu was a nickname... lol

 

Tinted the car with nano ceramic

5% glare strip, 25% front, 50% back windows to color match front(brought from 20% stock to roughly 15%)

Angle and sun placement makes it look darker than it actually is btw

 

Emu

 

crazy easy. under an hour total.

 

Anyone know of any good sources of info for selecting and setting up a front camera?

If I'm going to put one in front, I would want it to have the warning lines like the rear and I have no idea how one goes about that.

I did notice that the oem camera in the rear has a pretty good downward angle.

 

Yes, you’ll need a front camera... after much debate, I purchased this one from Amazon because of the low price and multiple installation mount options (I’m happy with it so far):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXJ66DW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1

I tried several locations, and found this mounting spot between the valance and bumper to work best for me (on a “limited model” front end), I may change to a higher quality camera later... maybe:





No new holes drilled... just used the existing valance to bumper bolt.



You can see all the way to the ground in front of the bumper, and you see enough of the truck’s front to judge distance without hitting anything (that’s the point, isn’t it). I couldn’t be more satisfied with the product ease of installation... THIS is the solution, unless you really like extra switches (the Limited trim doesn’t have any additional space without adding a switch panel from shapeways or other option).

 

Warm day, so Monday wash day
Then a little Mr Miyagi action (wax on-- wax off)
Love this wax

 

Amazon as a source for cameras, many of which have a option to include/exclude warning lines... and of course TW for various options/vendors to buy anytime/front camera mods (several options to choose from, I recommend car-solutions if you don’t want to install extra switches)... all with install instructions. Check out YouTube for info as well, search “anytime camera install on Tacoma”.

 

Neat! Where/how did you get through the firewall?

 

Looks good brotha, how did you like those ARB instructions?

 

Got the windows tinted today. Also still considering going back to stock wheels.

 

The car solutions module provides 12v to the camera. All you need is a ground near the camera.

 

That my friend, was a huge PITA... I went in through the passenger side firewall grommet as it has two “extra” nipples designed for aftermarket access. Well, once you cut the nipple, there is enough room for two/three 18 AWG wires, but no way is an RCA AV cable head going through those tiny holes. Note that the holes inside the grommet get smaller than the outside nipple appearance, there are two of these separate restrictions you’ll have to pass wires through.

I ended up drilling through the bottom nipple, increasing the drill bit size one by one until I could work the RCA cable through... note, you will need a flexible drill shaft and a small utility/hand size drill due to the limited room to get in and attack. Complete PITA to drill through soft flexing rubber, you’ll need to take your time.

There is probably a better and easier method, but I wanted to do a clean install that could be returned to stock without noticing the mod if necessary. By using the lower access nipple, it’s almost completely unnoticeable unless you know to look for it, and then you still need to put some effort into finding it.

 

The camera that I used has the warning lines. Its resolution is better than the OEM rear camera.

$13 NOAUKA Waterproof IP68 Backup Reverse Camera Car Rear View Night Vision Camera Universal Color CMOS Back up Parking HD Front View Camera 2 Installation Options- Mirror Image/Guidelines Switching

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077GQ5D18/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0whwCbWCHZJPP

 

Okay boss, hella dig it. Now how did you manage the rerouted tube. Got those 35” type problems with a filthy air box

 

Tacoma bros

 

I was hoping that was a shot of NOS that our trucks could definitely benefit from