What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks to the generosity of this awesome TW member, we met up and I scooped up this start button last night. I'm so stoked. It's one of those items I never thought I'd be able to get for the truck. Thank you so much Troy!

 

Great story! Good karma. Button looks great.

 

By far the easiest and best mounting method IMO. I put the metal on the outside of the case and it holds just fine. Actually, I got whatever the upgraded version is with the stronger magnets, but if I recall I previously owned the normal one and it did okay. But yes, I definitely had to put that metal piece on the outside of even thin cases. I rock an S21 Ultra that's a heavy boi with a simple silicone Spigen case.

Absolutely hated the idea of those other mounts that grab your phone like a claw. I used one temporarily and it's just the most annoying thing to have to slide your phone in perfectly and manipulate it a certain way to remove it. The Scosche mount was the best thing I ever found. I also bought one of those cool "etsy" style mounts that clips in to the dash and is similar to the Scosche mount, but it did not go over as far as I wanted it to closer to the steering wheel. So that was useless for me too. My whole thing was out of the way of the head unit, not obstructing view, and not protruding so far towards you that you hit it just trying to reach for the turn signals. The Scosche mount does all that and all I did was replace the 3M tape with the "extreme" stuff. Never had this thing work in previous vehicles and always ended up using screws, but the taco has the perfect spot for it. Super happy here.

 

Looks great, Andrew!

 

you are very welcome!

 

Just put on the Cali Raised front skid plate. I painted it this silver/grey color and think it turned out good.

 

Looks good man

 

Looks good! I’m waiting to get my shipping notice on the set I ordered from them.
How long did you have to wait?

 

67 Designs phone holder installed. Very happy with component quality, will probably go wheeling this weekend to test how well it holds the phone

 

Yes, as the saying goes, “practice makes perfect”. Creating those neural pathways through repetition can make or break you in any situation.
I can’t speak for the officer in the still, but if memory serves me correctly, rounds are coming his way. It wasn’t a one way event.
My point was simply if it works for you and you’re proficient at it, then fine. Look at shooters like JJ Racaza, Hwansik Kim, Bob Vogel, Steve Anderson, Young Lee, Jessica Hook, Julie Galob etc. All masters at shooting and all doing it a little different, from grip, practice to movement. Different but damn good .

 

Absolutely, we are responsible for achieving greatness, whatever that means to the individual. I suspect the agency he works for does the minimum required qualifications per year.

 

The last mod for 2021.

Got my windows tinted. 5% on the rear windows and 30% drivers/Passengers windows.



2022 will bring Eibach Pro-Truck 2.0, Deaver AAL, new tail lights, customized headlights, Roof LED bar, Grill LED's, Rock Lights and whatever else trips my trigger...

 

I installed my Eibach 2.0 kit with a progressive AAL from the Black Friday sale and I absolutely love it. If you wait until summer, Eibach will be “upgrading” their 2.0 kit to include rear reservoir shocks. Just FYI

 

Snuck this guy in today during a break between the rain in preparation for some electronics upgrades on the horizon.

 

Do you have a link to the tray?

 

Boring day. Pulled my radio bezel an retightened my TacoBar phone mount. also came to the sad realization that as much as I'd love to lift my truck and throw on bigger tires, it's really not necessary and I should put my money toward something else.

 

here you go. https://overlandequipped.com/collections/fuse-block-bracket/products/copy-of-auxiliary-fuse-block-bracket-for-3rd-gen-toyota-tacoma-2016

Be careful mounting, if you have the 3rd GEN TRD PRO or offroad. There could be mounting friction with important brake cables in the engine bay. I think the SR, SR5, sport, and limited are G2G.

 

I have the Cali raised molle racks

 

Why am I so bummed after reading your post? It was like waking up and realizing there’s no Santa Claus. Your post sounded so adult-like. Please don’t do that here anymore. It bums me out.