What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

More parts for the pile

 

The signals look great!

 

Your image died....... they just raise the seat?

 

There is more info here: https://desertdoesit.com/collection...Mek4jXngOVc2BPuMXCAScZzfaUPQfoU4aAhywEALw_wcB

They make them for the front and the back of the seat and also make panels that you can mount stuff on that attach to them.

 

Also, for anyone looking to see the Scott Drake adapter for stock shift knobs.

 

I went with the FJ TRD Pro knob. It reminds me a bit of the old Camaro baseball shifter, but feels more truck like.
It also matches the cement grey that I color matches all the gunmetal grey to.

 

Replicated the year on the OD Today.

 

I'm curious to know if you have liked your Rockford Fosgate speakers so far. My dad is looking at a set for his SR5 and I've seen plenty of reviews on Kickers but not the Fosgates. Thanks!

 

Nice work! That’s awesome!

 

Be sure to let us know what you think of the shifter. The idea has been rattling around in my head for a while.

 

OVTune with @PapaRee Kruiser 4.0 tune.

 

They don’t have a manual one yet...

 

Will do. Truck gets here at the end of the month. I’ve seen in the core thread that it’s noisy (gear whine) but I’ve never minded mechanical or road noise. The intake whistle and all the other little Tacoma noises have never bothered me. I usually drive in silence because that’s my thinking time so there’s no media to get drowned out.

I hope it’s worth all the hype functionally, that’s what I got it for! And I like the factory look so I got the adapter for the TRD knob

 

Installed "Trailgate" Aluminum New Tailgate Insert. Got it from AL Offroad at https://aloffroadusa.com/ Took me no longer than about 10 minutes.

You can get one with two cupholders embedded in it but I got the flat one. It took about 10 days to get to me after I ordered it. One of the less expensive inserts out there.
I was concerned that since it is only 1/8" thick aluminum that it would be susceptible to denting. No worries though--it would take an elephant to dent this. High quality. I definitely recommend.




The new aluminum insert weighs about the same as the OEM one. I was surprised how heavy the stock tailgate insert was.

 

Hey everyone, hope you all are doing well and stay safe. I haven't been on much these days..

Got black door handles:

 

Thanks for the heads up.... Been waiting on them. Just ordered...

 

I don’t like the feel of the factory knob. I just haven’t had the free cash to buy a new one. To busy buying other stuff. Lol
As far as the noise goes I doubt it would be too much louder than factory. At least my truck has the whine that I associate to a manual. No big deal.
I just want a smoother shifting action.

 

No issue with the existing port -- I just want to add a second "OEM" port since all the aftermarket options look very distinctly aftermarket.

I started yesterday on a project to mount the adapter in a switch-sized hole instead of the default stumpier hole reserved for the actual OEM port. I will post an actual build thread once it's complete but here are some in-progress shots:



She looks a little rough, but down on the dash in the shadows any shoddy craftsmanship should hopefully be hard to spot. Using acetone to melt the plastic together is the real MVP here --it leaves joints super well bonded without any messy glue to worry about cleaning up as it dries.

 

You have a part number on those?

Was looking into a chrome delete, but going OEM seems the best route for parts like this vs. any kind of snap on shell.

 

Why not make it a USB-C if you are going through all of that customization?