What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Technically the roof rack is attached to the shell, but the yakima foot mounts loosened up over the summer. Managed to find the key and tighten them down.

 

Not really about being lazy.... I work from home, my friends are in the neighborhood, I really have no reason to leave my house outside of going fishing in the summer and ice fishing in the winter.

 

OBA install finalized! Still not up and running yet, waiting on electrical components. Going big with a factory looking AUX fuse box. I have tested it hard wired though, it fills a 33 from 18psi to 32psi in 45sec!


the only thing you can even notice, and that’s if you’re looking really close, is the one missing latch


Some of the electrical parts are in but I’m waiting on others still

 

I feel you. I have zero reason to leave besides grocery shopping. BUT I know I need to drive it

 

In the summer its fine as I take my lunch breaks at the pond down the street to fish for a hour, but right now we are in that weird in-between stage where the ice is too thin to walk on, but too thick to kayak on... Really fishing is the only reason I get to drive around much.

 

Before meso dual colored lightsAfter..

 

you really need to drive the vehicle for an adequate charge. Idling the truck won’t charge the battery much.

 

I drove it with the KDMax Pro ECU tune update!!!
Thx to @dave82at for updating my Taco to the Pro last night.
Went for a 3hr round trip today mostly on the 401 today. Acceleration while entering the highway is smooth and throttle control is very linear. I drove East with cruise control on most of the time to see how the update behaved. There is an improvement how cruise treats inclines even better than before. I could hardly tell when the transmission downshifted in order to maintain speed.
On the return trip my spouse drove. She also noticed an improved acceleration. So much so I had to keep reminding her to keep it close to the speed limit and we were driving into a 50 km/h head wind.
Hoping to see the improved fuel economy everyone is talking about next week while driving 45 minutes to work.

 

I'm thinking of getting this done. I was under the impression that it didn't work with cruise control but that's just the fancy one that we don't have.

 

Setting Cruise really shows how the ECU tune has improved the performance overall.
I have not a had a chance to use the ECT button yet after the tune on Friday. I like to engage it just before going onto the on ramp to the 402 and then really push the rpms to get up to the speed of traffic since the 402 is 110 km/h (recommended).

 

Man, I'm sure they are exhausted. I'm a surgical nurse myself, I can't even imagine what the local hospitals are going through right now. Sending healing vibes from the Pacific Northwest.

 

I installed a BedSlide this afternoon in my short bed. (1) of the bed bolts wouldn’t come loose using my wireless impact wrench, or using 150psi on my air ratchet. To get the bolt out I ended up using my ratchet, WD-40, leverage, two hands, and pulled like I was rowing a boat. For the last few hours I’ve been telling my wife how damn strong I am

BedSlide 1000CL for short bed 3rd gen Tacoma 10-5839-CLS
https://www.bedslide.com/series-2-bedslide-1000-classic.html

Couple things of note on the BedSlide. They have a no-drill kit that’s mislabeled on their website but worked fine on a 2021 short bed. I had to manually find it under accessories. It’s damn expensive for what amount to a small amount of steel but I have no intention of drilling holes in the truck bed so it was an easy decision.
https://www.bedslide.com/i-30497714...5-bed-no-drill-factory-mount-install-kit.html

The install required a few different size Allen wrenches, Torx T55 bit, ratchet, or pliers that you’ll need to source, but otherwise the rest of the hardware was there in the box. It’s a tight fit when shutting the slide I need to give it a push to make sure it locks. All that said, I’m happy with it so far and will update if there are any problems you all should be aware of.

 

Sounds like you have a dream and a goal and wish you luck.

 

Got it dirty.

 

This install required modification.
Lower clip was garbage, after several failed engagement attempts I installed a nut-cert. After that, bolt went in first try.
The alignment on the lower hole was about 1/2 inch too low. I used a step bit to bore out the hole and ditched the insert .
after all that finagling…
Issue with both caps not having positive engagement. Emailed ktjo 12/11/21 with explanation, pictures, and receipt.
Also note the caps are a lighter color.

* I did read everyone’s nightmare experience and against better judgement still purchased the handle. I was hoping the handle would help with my bad back.

 

my 2020 SR5 DCSB V6 has 15k miles...I decided to change the differential fluid and was surprised there was decent amount of metal debris on the drain plug.

 

Good.

 

Looks clean. Now you can sell the bed mat that no longer has a home.

 

Installed some CaliRaised ambers for next time I hit the dirt and debadged the "Tacoma" and "SR5" badges.

 

Did the same thing just a few days ago. Black on black on a midnight black truck. Looks fairly sharp, I think.