What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

RCV axle shafts P/N CVJIFS-TOY2 came in 5 months after ordering. RCV axles don't include the outer dust seals and axle nuts that normally come with aftermarket CV axles. Outer dust seals are Toyota P/N 90304-A0001. Re-use your axle nuts or get Toyota P/N 90178-28002.



While the LH axle is out, replaced the front diff needle bearing with ECGS bushing P/N T8CS-BUSHING and a new seal Toyota P/N 90311-47027:



Everything installed. The high-angle CV boots avoid the need for the boot slide mod:

 

Drained the front diff and refilled with Castrol synthetic 75W-90. Installed Lexus drain plug with 14mm external hex P/N 90341-24016:

 

So in other words you have to tilt the kilt to hose off the junk? Seems like a hassle. I'm running a K&N drop in, but thinking about going back the to an OEM paper filter.

 

My third brake light arrived from @tacomalifestyle today. Just need to find some time to swap the original. Not sure if it's worth having the recall done for the trim gasket or if this light will suffice as waterproof? Excited to check out the flash feature nonetheless.

 

OEM tailgate lock is a pretty straight forward easy install. The only difficult part was installing the metal zip ties near the muffler.

 

Finally got my roof rack put back on!

 

Wow that looks fancy. I may look into that over the switch pro

 

Why does it say extra long for a short bed?

 

Made my first cuts….nothing big, but was tired of the tire rubbing when I turned and went over a dip.

 

I was looking at it also! I like this style over the meso one personally

 

Alpharex alpha black?

 

I actually bought another OEM one last year with the updated gasket design and had the intention of just doing the swap myself, but never got around to it. Then I saw this one and it was out of stock. When it became available I ordered it.

 

Use the app to unlock

 

Installed the Clear MESO tailights

 

The lights look awesome! Curious about what the amber turn signal look like in person.

 

I'd invite you over, but it looks like you're about 3,000 miles away.

 

Today I went to discount tire to get BF goodrich 265s and vision rims. It was one of the best days of my life. I just can't get over how awesome it feels to have turned an all stock SR5 4 banger into an aggressive prerunner build.

 

Nice boots! But the problematic boot is the inner boot.

 

ha,ha…. No, it’s a stainless steel oil cap with a TRD decal that you apply yourself. Chose this one over the “genuine Toyota TRD” because all of those have the TRD logo crooked when you screw the cap down. The OCD would eat at me!

 

agree. total 45 mins job. and true plug and play. love that!