What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

At this moment, 5:10pm in Olney, IL. it is snowing on my freshly washed taco.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/olney/62450/weather-radar/332710

 

I know Right!?! I’m in Chicago! Lame!!

 

I was hoping it was not snowing up there. Was planning on watching the Cubbies game afterwhile.

 

Irony sucks doesn’t it! Good news, silver still looks good clean or even weathered a bit

 

Nothing stuck, just messed up my wash/wax. Actually not snowing anymore.

 

Which awning is this?

 

Demon Brackets installed!

 

Installed OEM Roof Rack this afternoon - looks like the truck has a Mohawk

 

Thats what I did -same size tires( bilstein 5100/one in front and deaver aal in back) I still have the mud guards on and no rubbing at all. Just do it, you'll love it!

 

Traded up to what?

 

Installed a truxedo Pro X15 tonneau cover on my short bed.

 

Got the X-Trek Grille installed. Works and looks great!

I used the 4Runner Letters for the badge area, just peel and stick.

https://cartrimhome.com/Toyota-Emblem-Logo-Nameplate-For-Toyota-4Runner?search=4runner

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...on-back-in-stock.521061/page-42#post-25468578

www.x-trek.com

 

New speakers and a new patch (the TX patch is the new one):


I upgraded from stock to Pioneer TS-A692C 6x9 + tweeters. I've seen a few others mention them around here so I thought I'd share some info in case anyone else is thinking of getting them. The 6x9s were simple plug and play, but the tweeters involved drilling, dremeling and soldering. Crutchfield supplied some mounting discs for the tweeters but they have to be modified to work. They're just plastic discs with holes on the outside for the bolts that mount them to the dash. You have to cut about a 1 5/8" hole to receive the tweeter, and then you have to cut some of the outside of the discs away in order to fit the dash grille back over the newly mounted tweeter.

For connecting the tweeters, I followed the guide posted by @dfkjr here. I didn't have a solder wick which made it difficult to simply unsolder the leads on the crossover capacitor so I just snipped them and removed the capacitor altogether. Pioneer supplied an inline crossover which I connected between the old OEM connector (the part that's mounted to the back of the stock tweeters) and the new tweeters.

The sound is much improved. The lows have more thump, mids are fuller and highs are crisper. It was a lot more work than I expected it to be but it was worth it.

 

Swapped out the TRD bed decals. I like the look of a decal there, but really didn't like the red on the stock decal as it takes away from the white/black "Stromtrooper" look.

 

Cali Raised is having a ditch light bracket sale. Picked up a low profile pair. Todays the last day of the sale i believe.

 

Installed an Eibach Pro-Truck Lift Stage 1 Suspension and new Stilettos for my SheTruck... Methods 305 NV with Falkens WildPeak AT3 275/70/17. Love the results!

 

Can you give some feedback on the ride quality of that Eibach lift? I'm curious about on road manners vs mild off-road use. Truck is super clean btw!

 

Gorgeous.

 

Pillar vinyl delete. Heat gun, keep the right angle, go slow and it pulls most of the adhesive with it. Bug and tar remover and a fingernail did the rest. PITA. Added a coat of Turtle Wax Hybrid Wax/Polish to the area.

 

Installed a Cali Raised molle panel in the truck bed. Designed specifically to be used with the Bakflip MX4 (lowered bed rail). Well made and adds some storage options for those that keep shit in their truck bed.