What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

A friend of mine has a Tacoma with same trim as mine and same year. Only difference is the color. He has about 90k miles on his. I have close to 25k on mine.

 

Can't open the diamondback cover with the rack on. But that's the way I wanted it, for security when we have all our gear in there. Also liked being able to store stuff on top of the DB cover when the rack is on.

Plus with the voodoo rack it's only four bolts to take off the rack and the tent with it so I'll run with just the DB cover during the work week.

 

That Turtle Wax Hybrid Ceramic is crazy good! I put two coats of that on letting it cure before I applied the second coat and now I use the Hybrid 3-1 detailer just to maintain it. I figure I'll know when its time to use the ceramic again because I'll see a change in the water beading and gloss, but its been holding up for 2-months now.

 

Thanks... Thought I might be missing something about how that worked.

 

OEM Part, Any dealer or Amazon. Should be about $70

 

Wish MY neighbors had cool toys I could borrow.

 

Dam! More money spent and another mod for the truck.LOL.

 

I saw a thread somewhere on here about setting up chalk bags in this spot for large water bottles and thought I might be able to put some old surplus pouches to use as saddlebags.

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It's not symmetrical on both sides due to the locking tabs being in different spots, but offers a little more space for storage for smaller things. It does leave a slight gap depending on the thickness of the MOLLE straps.

 

Congrats on the new truck...let the spending begin!

 

great post!!!!

 

Created a heat shield and wrapped the pipe near the new 32” spare so I could store it worry free until I can afford a tire carrier bumper.

And I finally got some new 265/75 R16 Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac for Independence Day.

 

Thanks for the info. Glad you're happy with it. I'm assuming that you got your new setup complete with new springs and that the spacer lift was with the stock springs, correct? Mine is still stock and trying to figure what to expect.

 

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Where do you guys get your suspension, lift, wheel and tire know how. I'm trying to pick up as much knowledge as I can but I admit I'm still as befuddled as I ever was.

 

I came up with a fix that has worked for 3 years. I did a side pull with an extra mount to move the exhaust away from the spare towards the passenger side. See post 61775 at https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-3rd-gen-today.399305/page-3089#post-15757239

 

After two years, finally cleaned the tonneau cover. Looks like new.

 

Welp, it's not just you. I've read everything I could find on the subject and it seems to me that no matter how much theory one knows, there's still a lot of cut-and-try. To complicate matters, some things, like ride quality and handling, are subjective. I could copy someone else's setup, which worked well for that person, and find it totally unacceptable not only because of personal tastes, but also because of slight variations in the parts being used or subtle differences between the two trucks.

Ideally, there would be a nearby shop that does A LOT of custom suspension work and they would have a handle on which components would achieve what for your particular vehicle based on having lots of experience with both the parts and vehicles (and they'd be ethical enough to not just sell you the most expensive of everything).

Would you like to hear about the suspension parts I have up for sale? All have low, low miles.

 

Thanks, I had to drill it out from stock as stock was cut for the NMO mount. This is an SO-239 base mount to accept PL-259 based antennas. Antenna is just a China made 5/8th on VHF antenna that was a certain length so as not to hit the garage door going in or out. Got a Btech 25X2 radio for mobile use. Don't really want an HF rig in the truck.

 

Installed the Taco Garage Dashtop Multi-Mount. Easy-peasy, takes about 30 mins, maybe 45 if you're as OCD as me. The fit and finish are impressive.TC's Youtube video suggests a #10 drill bit. I used a 3/16 and it was just microns smaller than the screws - so they fit nice & snug. Your experience may vary. You can see in the install pics, the product matches the dash trim lines perfectly, very clean. Installed, there's no way to tell it's there. The two screw heads you see in the last picture are the positioning screws for the install, placeholders so I don't lose them - they don't need to be there. Nice job Taco Garage.