What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed my new hood gas strut kit. Thanks to all of you that recommended

$27 Sokietech Shock Spring Strut Rod Prop Lift Support Gas Hood Damper Kit for 2016~2023 Toyota Tacoma N300 Pickup Truck

this.

 

Is that a cellphone signal booster? What model? Does it work well?
I assume that bracket lets you fold the antenna down?

 

Piece of cake. Install for 4 wheels took about 30 minutes including unboxing and cleanup. Most of that was turning the wheel different directions to access the screws.

Bought them on Amazon for the quick shipping. Spent about $100.

 

Which headlights are those?

 

Looks like a WeBoost antenna. I’ve been looking at getting the same one.

$450 weBoost Drive 4G-X OTR (470210) Truck Cell Phone Signal Booster | U.S. Company | All Networks & Carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint & More | FCC Approved

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GDZLUJ0/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_fOcNFbATFKA7V?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

Not quite today but got my Mobtown sliders mounted. Man these things are beef supreme! Hopefully I'll have some action shots before too long but for now these will have to do.

 

Well that answered my question.

 

is the antenna a call phone booster? If so, how well does it work?

 

9000 pages! I've found a lot of great ideas in this thread. Thank you!

 

We have the cheaper weboost Sleek model which seems to boost the signal by one bar


I did a bit of a write up on it at: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/taking-a-tacoma-around-the-world-need-advice.585792/page-45

 

Im currently running the “ drive reach model “ it’s pretty nice, it works with all phone service and multiple phones at once. Only bad part you have to be like 1ft-2ft away from the internal antenna to get a boost.

I recently upgraded to this antenna. The brackets came with new antenna, But I ran it the opposite way how it should run hahaha!!

 

I just recently installed it. I didn’t like the shark fin. I’m heading out tonight where I know I won’t be getting signal

 

Im pretty sure you can cut it after assembly, but I cut mine before. I’m waiting for the red paint to dry on my panic button before assembly. I’m also in the process of cold bluing the key itself.



I’m using super blue because I couldn’t find Birchwood Casey’s aluminum black locally. I’m too impatient to wait for an order, but I believe that would work much better.

This is the first coat before steel wool. I’ll post pictures when I’m finished with it.

 

I love mine!

 

Initial thoughts? How do you like them? I'm about to pull the trigger too.

 

I think they will work just fine. The only thing I did not like is the hood bracket is held in place by one hood bolt on the bottom of the bracket and 3m adhesive on the top of the bracket. I would have thought designing it to utilize both hood bolts would have been a better idea, but regardless it does feel solid. You can see what I’m talking about if you look at the drivers side hood strut where it meets the hood.

 

Cool, thanks for your opinion! I think I'll give them a shot too.

 

Removing both hood bolts gets sketchy for people installing the struts by themselves, or even with help, because of the weight of the hood.

 

New tires. Stock size(245-75r-16) because I can't change size and pass Spanish inspection's. Old ones were terrible on wet roundabouts.

 

If it were me, I'd keep a set of cheap stock wheels with stock tires and throw them on for inspections. Thats BS.