What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

They're chrome colored plastic. The entire stock bumper is basically plastic with a thin metal like skeleton inside to snap everything together.

 

its this rack with the optional tonneau brackets:
https://www.max-modular.com/shop-max-modular/max-modular-10-high-toyota-tacoma-bed-rack

 

Wow, that's a great deal. Nice find!

 

the chrome bumper ends are plastic with electro-less copper then chrome on top. just like the emblems and grille/surround.

 

Pace yourself!

 

Lol, no where to go really. I work from home 6 days a week so doesn't get driven often. When I want to cruise around I typically take the car for short jaunts

 

nice tails!, smoked or red lenses?

 

I completely understand. I worked from home for the first 3 months immediately after buying the Tacoma so mine didn't get driven at all. I was all too happy to take it out to a local lake to go kayaking or SUP!

 

Yeah, I try to alternate between car and truck to at least get the oil warmed up and moving. I suspect once I start seeing patients in person again I will be driving a lot more. Tele Health for the win

 

I've got a 2015 tho with a chrome steel bumper so I worry about moisture collecting behind the cover.

 

sorry, assumed you were talking about a 3rd gen because of the thread title.

 

Thank you for the response. I'm looking for something in 8" width to fit the tires better. If the OEM options were 8", I would stick with the 4Runner Pro option

 

Picked up a Prinsu rack yesterday on FB Marketplace. Love it!

 

Nope just lurkin

 

Had no work today so I dug out an old 12 volt air pump from my camping gear and thought about how to install it in my truck along with a tire-plug repair kit for punctures. Found a box the right size but it wasn't going to fit under the hood, so I came up with an ingenious (self-proclaimed genius here) mounting clip made out of a piece of stainless steel I had lying around. (I have a lot of stuff lying around) The clip holds the box securely in the bed, and allows me to easily snap it out when needed. It feels great when I finally make use of some of the stuff I've been collecting all my life!













I guess an added benefit is that unlike an air pump mounted in the engine bay, this one can easily be carried to another vehicle to refill aired-down tires or fix a flat, etc...

 

Bet you could get it wrapped for close to the same price.

 

Red. I thought about smokes but the red really stands out.

 

So like some others on here, I bought the KTJO driver side grab handle. I know she was banned from TW because of questionable selling/business practices. After a month almost waiting, it came in early Feb. Yesterday and today I finally wad able to get the damned thing installed (between work and weather, haven't had a lot of downtime in February).

As someone with some hip issues, this helps getting in and out of the truck. However, it takes an act of Congress to get the damned thing on.

Finally get the top bolt to line up today (after successfully using several sentence enhancing words). The bottom bolt didn't give me any issues actually.

But now, the damned covers won't stay in place. If it wasn't so damned frustrating, it'd be funny. But its in.

Guess I can't win for trying.

 

Mine did that. You just have to make sure all the little plastic tabs go into their place. Take that cover off and put it on again with the plastic bent back correctly and make sure they go where they are supposed to. It stayed on after that.

 

@Brabyn Ranch

Installed the N2N remote start.

Truck’s first mod, son’s first mod. I read the instructions and my 13 year old did the work. Took a little under an hour, including walking out to the truck and grabbing the tools.

The printed instructions were pretty good, but pics were blurry. Here are some pics to better clarify the harnesses to unplug under the steering wheel column (red) and the left harness under the trim (yellow).