What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Left it at the dealer today, got $329 less in trade than I paid for it in 2019

Going in...



Going out...


Now off for tint and tires, best wishes everyone.

 

I think I might look in to it this weekend.

 

The off road wheels look so much better all black. Nice job

 

Received my new toy in the mail today. I had a Dometic CFX3 75DZ, but I couldn't find or design a slide setup that would keep everything short enough to fit under my Diamondback cover. So I sold the Dometic and picked up this ARB Elements 63 quart. It's an inch and a half shorter than the Dometic, so I have about 2 full inches of clearance to work with. That allows for the use of many aftermarket slides, but I am designing my own that will be 48" deep, so I can pull the entire fridge out and keep things behind it, too.

This one is not dual zone like the Dometic, so I may end up with a really small (10 or 12 quart) secondary unit that I will keep in freezer mode. My wife really likes ice in her drinks at camp, and it's nice to keep popsicles or ice cream sandwiches for the kiddos. But I'm really pleased with the build quality and features of this unit. Shout out to @EvergreenOffroad ! If anyone is in the need of a fridge (Dometic OR ARB), hit him up for sure!

 

Finished my R&D (Rip off and Duplicate) transmission skid plate today. Couldn’t stomach the prices on line for this part, so took it on as a project.

 

Any info on this ?

 

Was great working with you! Love the build and can’t wait to see what the future holds for it

 

I’ve had it three years. I use it almost every day except the past year because of the pandemic I don’t drive anywhere. It is pretty decent, check out my build thread for a guide on rewiring the switch.

I have a diamond NMO dual band (2M/440) which has a lower wind profile than a firestik. I assume your running a cb so the pl-259 mount on the firestik might be a bit tight and the coax tough for 28 MHz to flex well, definitely need a low profile 90deg mount. ( I use a 19 inch mag mount for cb and it is almost as good as my FSB4 firestik was.) That I mounted bed rail off center to give decent reflection left and forward.

I think I’d go old school with the firestik. They are tough as nails, put it on a spring mount and just ignore the garage dragging sounds, or mount it lower as a cb may get a few miles but nothing like hams 50 no matter where the rf plane is. (Yes, I’m about to get flamed for saying it)

 

Glad to see my taxes going to good use.

 

Thank you...I am retired. Thank You for the automatic tailgate lock and sequential mirror turn signals too that came this week. Everybody needs to get back to work..... ... Shhhhh wife doesn't know yet

 

I’m still waiting on my overpaid taxes from last yr! Going on 13 months now and still won’t release… what a great yr, 2020, to pull that shit

 

Got my Rough Country soft cover put on. Luckily, got mine put on before bad weather moved in earlier today.

 

I finally found time to install the OEM power tailgate lock. It was a moderately easy installation but still took me almost 3 hours due to taking my time and making sure that everything was neatly in place, nice and tight. Photo of my 2018 Tacoma Sport below.

 

Excellent video and channel. Subscribed, and thank you.

 

Is that the regular or short version? Thanks!

 

I'm working on that last one!

 

I really appreciate it, thank you. FOB is Longwood, I'm in the neighborhood.

 

What strobe controller did you get?

 

Oh, are you sure that's the one I meant?