What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Can you tell me which wires you tapped to have them on all the time? I have halos that I spliced into the side markers, so they're only on when the lights are on, but I want to run them along with the DRLs

 

I went into fuse box under the hood. Tapped (ad a fuse or fuse tap ) to the IGN. It’s a 10amp fuse. Plug and play. I’m not one for cutting into wires. The DTRL in pic were just on. Not related to the raptor lights at all. Raptors go on when truck is running/started. hope that helps

 

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But then again you have boudin and we don't. Guess that's a fair trade.

 

did my first oil change myself, Fumoto valve and metal oil filter housing installed. Worked out good

 

Yikes! @Inked Tacoma, it's a one of a kind custom made shift knob and a guy from 2nd gen forums (@Ulysiss) who sold it to me more than 2yrs ago. His friend made it, and he doesn't do such work anymore. I asked. When I bought it, it's clear coat had been peeling, and it had some cuts and chips from rolling about in his tool chest.
I took it to a few local auto body paint shops, most turned me down, until one shop sent me to a custom hand paint job guy (Rob Miller customs) who does extremely complex paint jobs for hot rods and murals and pinstripes and so on, and warned me it's going to be very expensive $$$ to restore. He sanded it down, and repaired the damage delicately, and refinished it and clear coated it again for me. But even he said the letters on it, could have been stenciled in or made with epoxy and is really hard to do. He didn't had to re-do my letters much, but had to do some minor touch ups. The original guy who made it must have been one really skilled artist, as it is certainly not easy to do for anyone or even repair by multiple people i checked with. But if I were to guess, what they could've done is buy an 8 ball, drill a hole in the bottom, sand it down, paint it black, and then stencil in the TRD letters, chip in stenciled letters, fill with red epoxy, sand and refinish, and then applied a clear coat. According to the custom paint guy, the TRD letters seems some kind-of epoxy resin cement. I hope i answered your question.

 

Merry Christmas ehb. Tell the misses the same. Hope she is recovering well.

 

Will do. Got to admit though. Anything over that stock horn will be an improvement. Pretty sure my 1985 Toyota had the same horn.

 

Finally got a bed mat. Wifey got it for me for Christmas. No more sliding objects.

 

Added my new Prinsu crossbar I ordered , and finally spaced the bars out so I can open the sunroof.

Still waiting I’m on my Maxtrax boards and Pelican case and awning brackets though.

 

Let's see, in the past few weeks I've done the Subaru tweeter mod, Installed some Redline hood struts, finally replaced my stock OR coils with some OME 887s, and decorated my BAMF bed bars for the holiday.

 

Took the truck (and family) up to Estes Park to celebrate Christmas and New Year's

 

Project for today

 

Not very exciting Christmas day events, but I did the portion of the 60K service that I am willing to do. Front and rear diff fluid, transfer case fluid, fuel filter, and air filters. Truck goes in the shop tomorrow for trans and cooling system flush and fill and a oil change, tire rotation. I can't believe how fast I am racking up the miles on my 17. My 04 had 160k when I traded it for this 17. Have to say, no matter how much bitching I hear on this site, I love my Tacoma and its clearly the best of the 3 I have owned.

 

Yep. As soon as my free oil changes expired, I installed my TRD skid plate, fumoto valve & aluminum oil filter housing. Also ordered the right tools. Oil changes should be easier now.

 

Everything Meso, clazzios, husky mats, Sprint booster, shift sense pro, and many others my wife shook her head at

 

Do you need some bail money bro ? Wholly Crap.....I would have lost it Im afraid. Sorry man, geeze

 

When i just got my truck I made a mistake and bought my tires 1st never thinking that 16" aftermarket rims were gonna be an issue WRONG....But anyway , Ive never liked the stance with my stock rims so I put some Spidertrax 1.25's on my truck today. What an awesome difference. It looks pretty dang good. In 50,000 miles (or less) Im gonna go to 17" rims and get the stance I want with the proper backspacing of the wheel but this is great for now. Merry Christmas everyone !

 

Thats a perfect stance on that thing! I have 18s 275/60/18 Im looking to go 285/65/18 if I can fit them without a lift. Eventually I want to do front leveling spacers but I heard it voids some of the warranty and Im not ready for all that...

 

Installed a Westin Pro Traxx 4" Step Bar

 

Remember that box?...well, they are in. These things are sexy as all get out.