What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Also had interior trim pieces painted and got rid of the tacky TOYOTA tailgate handle and had it painted to match the rest of the handles

 

Got my first shell today!
Snugtop Rebel with carpet camper kit.

 

More king stuff

 

It has the plastic chromed ring on top of the boot and it needs to be affixed to the knob otherwise it will flop around. I think I will be able to remove the retaining collar from the oem knob and fit it to the new.one.

 

Easy fix.

 

Fixed mine day after I bought it. 5 minutes.

 

What size tubing did you use?

 

There’s an old boating truck to tracking down leaks that may help. Dump baby powder all over, the leaks will show up in the powder.

 

What width and offset are those Rockstar IIs?

 

Don’t have a good pic yet, but I just swapped out my stock 6112 coil springs with 700# eibach springs from wheelers. Holy cow does it ride amazing now. It rode better than stock before, but it is so much smoother now. I was expecting a rough ride since I don’t have my sliders,winch and SSO bumper installed yet. No nose diving with braking, body roll is even less, potholes disappear... very happy. If anyone is on the fence about doing this swap, I highly recommend it. Don’t wait to get armor, winch, etc. it won’t affect it in a negative way. At least, not in my opinion...

They’ll settle and soften up eventually, but it still rides so much better.

 

You 7ft tall or something. The angle on this picture is nice. Nice Taco btw! Love that color.

 

So, I ended up putting it back on for now. The compression adjustment definitely makes a difference but there is still a good amount of body roll. It is not the boat my 2010 was with no adjustment but it is noticeable for sure. I really like going fast on dirt roads with trac off and getting a little sideways and I like the tight handling my truck has when cornering, no sway bar definitely changes that feel. I think for people that wheel more than me on very rough slow terrain it would be worth while. When I go somewhere for a serious off-road trip I will probably drop it. But for most of the dirt roads around here the changes in ride quality weren’t noticeable enough for me to keep it off.

 

Where did you get that tailgate handle from? I didn’t know there was an option to replace the Toyota plastic one!

 

Put mine on 3 years ago this month and now finally getting the feeling back in my left thumb.

 

How tough is this? I was thinking about doing it

 

Found it on eBay

 

Where did you get the rear camper kit?

 

6 months later...
Spend so much time in the work truck dont have enough time for the Taco life

 

Hi! I got it from Leisure West: http://www.leisurewest.net/ but it sounds like a company is making them down in southern California.
Here are a couple of videos from a different store near Sacramento that sells them too. I love the kit because it can be set up a couple of different way and be pulled out in about five minutes and you get the whole bed back. Very cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTXOrg2dKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rJfvthM4w8

 

Kinda new to all this Tacoma tweaking but getting the bug. Added Mobtown Offroad Front recovery bar with front receiver hitch (for a cooler rack), Yakima racks for carrying surf rods, Softopper. Ready for the beach! Fixing to plasti-dip logos. Who knows what else!