What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Is that piece of wood there just to obscure your license plate? lol first for everything a simple edit on your phone could have done that. Never understood why people do that online any given day license plates are seen hundreds of times.

To each their own, I guess...

EDIT never mind looks like a cardboard box of some sort haha still funny...

 

Finished my sound deadening project for now. Realized there's nothing but bare metal under the rear cargo tray area so threw my last 2 sheets of Second Skin under that this weekend. I thought I had 3 sheets but since I don't know where the third went I had to put some Noico over the center section in order to get complete coverage (the Noico is amazing value, but the Second Skin is lighter and outperforms it without weighing panels down). Glad the cargo box covers everything because that inconsistency would otherwise drive me nuts lol. It did not nearly require as much disassembly as expected which made the install pretty quick and painless. Truck does sound a little quieter.



While I had everything apart I noticed that the plastic lids for the cover have no form of rattle-protection either so I applied foam tape to the underside of the tops to help quiet things down even further. So far it seems like that has also helped remedy a random rattle I had back there.



Overall, the truck is a much nicer place to be after deadening the cabin, but the parts I noticed the biggest difference from were the rear wall and rear floor / under cargo area. The doors being done are nice, especially since the Damplifier Pro didn't weigh them down, but the back area is the biggest reduction so far in road noise.

 

You’re not alone, I went sideways into a pole not too long ago

 

Awesome! This is basically the setup I'm going for, in terms of hauling bikes and a popup. What are you using to secure the bikes like that?

 

Will they really stop door dings??

 

Billiebars and Yakima. I had to modify the front clamping system a bit to work with the bars and I secured the rear of the bike rack with a hexagon bolt as a theft deterrent but I also use a cable lock to wrap around the bikes and the bars.
https://billiebars.com/

$229 Yakima Rooftop Bike Rack Mount, Heavy-Duty Car & SUV Roof Carrier, FrontLoader, Black - Bicycle Storage Equipment and Accessories for Vehicles

https://www.amazon.com/Yakima-Front...frontloader+rooftop+bike+rack+,aps,164&sr=8-3

 

Not 100% but they come out enough that it will prevent it from a parked car and not necessarily something higher like another truck or SUV. The real use is offroad but that is less than 5% of the time these days.

 

Cleaned out the garage so I can park my truck that’s coming this week in it. Very very excited.

 

I guess it’s all about where and how you park. I always try to have one side to the curb which only exposes one side.

 

I either park as far away as possible or between the nicest newest cars I can find.

 

I'm with you. I also like to park further out where there are less cars. But when my son drives it to school, he is limited to where he can park it and I don't trust the other kids. We have already had things moved on the truck like the ditch lights and someone removed the tie downs (but left them in the bed). Harmless but annoying.

 

We do the license plate block thing because pics of our trucks on here have been used for scams and Craigslist fraud, robberies, etc.

 

I think fender flares might have saved the day in my case.

 

Got this installed

 

This is the move of a professional.

 

Thissssssssssssssssss.

 

Installed my new 2020 led headlights, dd ss3 fogs, and lomax tonneau cover today

 

Cut up the bumper today, I’ve joined the viper cut squad. It was pretty easy, i taped off the line i wanted and used a milwaukee rotary tool to make the cut. After i put on some black auto edge trim to make it look factory.

 

Know it all too well. Grew up in Charleston and lived off hwy 61 a few miles south of Bees Ferry Rd. Father was a member of the West Ashley Outboard Motor Club. We used their private landing some but usually put in at Limehouse or even Wappoo Cut. Used to ski, fish and shrimp from Limehouse as well as Wappoo depending on tides and where we wanted to go. Spent a lot of time on the sand bar at low tide. Used to be much more difficult to load and launch back in the day before they had docks at those landings. The tide can be a bitch. Did most of our shrimping at Crab Bank and would put in at Shem Creek. Lived there all my life until 2014. Still have family and friends there and frequently visit. Spending time on the water there is what I miss the most. That and pluff mud...lol. Good to see someone else in the area.

 

Could we get a straight-on shot of the new Viper cut?