What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Too much stuff to the Taco....Switch Pros 9100 (still wiring things up), BD5 replacement, wiring things for future electrical mods.....


Camping again....

 

Did a little something before heading in for work. Finally got time to install these babies. They're not sliders but let's be realistic, this 2WD is not doing any serious off road stuff. More for the kids to get in, out of truck and a little door ding protection. Just wanted to get rid of a little more chrome as well. They are oedro 6 inch side steps, for a little over $200 they are great quality. Though directions should just be thrown in the trash cause they are useless, but not to bad to figure out.

https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/254233266512

 

Nice looking tail lights !I picked the smoked ones on mines..

 

What bed rack did you go with?

 

Wow, dude. Is 21.4 mpg within normal range for you for the '18 TRD OR? Don't think I've bested about 18.0 in the couple of months I've owned her. Even driving pure highway miles.

 

I avg around 20-21. 14 miles to and from work. mix of highway and slow traffic.

I was on a road trip, about 300 miles, by the end of the trip I was sitting at 23.6 mpg

 

I get 12mpg

 

Wow. I get 23 plus on road trips. Can get 18 in town if I baby it but usually 16'ish in town. Picture is from road trip to Atlantic Beach NC last summer.

 

I have seen around 23-24 mpg, but it's never on the highway. It's doing about 50 with no traffic and enjoying the scenery. Highway doing 80 my mpg drops to around your 18. Both cases hilly new england driving.

 

It was made by a guy local to me. I picked it up on OfferUp

 

Looks great! What did you use to cover the cut part of the bumper?

 

Weatherproofed the bed caps & side and front rails for my A.R.E. MX shell. Took the opportunity to install the front track as well. Fingers crossed that this will help to keep the bed & contents dry.

I need to do some touch-up/clean up work, but I'm pretty happy with it.

I used the EternaBond microsealant putty tape:

$50 EternaBond DoubleStick 2" x50' Double-Sided Bonding Tape | 60 mil Adhesive Thickness | EB-6D020-50R | Permanent, Weather Proof, Self Sealing Bond Sticks to Many Surfaces

https://www.amazon.com/EternaBond-D...putty+tape&qid=1564473813&s=automotive&sr=1-1

If I had to do it all over again, I'd buy the 3" wide putty tape--much less work over having to cut additional strips.

I'll add the "after" photos tomorrow; ran out of good light.

 

Jealous... with 4.88s and 34in tires, I get 15.5 city

 

That's some dedicated work, I hope it works to be weatherproof!! Keep us posted.

 

I have debated getting some bigger tires but it's my daily driver and I am not ready to give up the mpg. Though I have heard it rumored that pizza cutters may not cause that much if a drop...

 

While I bow to your mad 'shoop skillz (and I hear that Bimmer execs are taking a serious look at your design), you could have just posted a pic of one of these:



That's right, the Cadillac Escalade EXT (EXtremely Tacky, and big brother to the Ridgeline). I'm not seeing any excessive bodywork gaps there.

 

I'm grooving the ammo can storage idea, I've got several of these laying around, would be interested in knowing how you have them mounted, the way yours looks would interfere with my bed cover, but I like the idea!

 

These are the ones I used:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4S62LC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

My question is how you get in an out of your truck...lol.