What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Made a little deadening and speaker install progress in 102 degree heat. Continuing tomorrow. The SecondSkin Pro 2mm is very nice quality and easy to work with and the Focal RCX-165's sound amazing for the $105 price point.

 

I just installed the RAV4 side mirror glass since I’m a peasant without BSM.. I didn’t take pictures bc it got dark pretty quick. It was super easy other than the heating wires were a bit stubborn to remove. Still took less than 10 minutes to do both.

 

how hard was it to take the door apart?

 

Amazing how small high power amps are these days. This is my old school system in my other truck. Each amp is bigger than both of those. Lol

 

Not hard at all, 2 screws and push pin. The door handle just pushes out, but be mindful of the cables. Putting it back together is another thing. The clips on the top left of the panel like to fall back into the door cavity and the white circle clips need to be pulled with pliers and attached to the door panel before clipping the panel back on to the door itself. The door panel just hangs on metal below the window and clips in with a bunch of plastic clips.

Extra clips can be bought from Amazon.

$8 Rexka 25pcs Door Garnish Moulding Retainer Clip Compatible with Toyota Lexus 67771-58010 Tundra Tacoma Sequoia RAV4 Land Cruiser Highlander C-HR Yaris Scion xD

https://www.amazon.com/Rexka-Mouldi...ander+c-hr+yaris+scion+xd,aps,102&sr=8-1&th=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zGxEbiarPc

 

Doesn’t the deaver have 3 different options though? 100-200,4-600lbs, 700+

 

That looks fun to install getting behind the door handle

 

Ajt.

 

Which alpharex are those?

 

you can do it the hard way or the easy way.

I got a small spray bottle with water and a couple drops of soap. Spray the cup and the guard, apply, line it eye perfect and press from the middle and work your way out. Then keep coming back to apply a little pressure from the middle to get any bubbles and water out.

 

I’ve only replaced the speakers thus far and am headed down the same path.

 

Actually you could just use some rubbing compound and apply it with your finger tip let it setup for five minutes then use a microfiber cloth to polish; no more fingernail scratches.

 

easy. one screw in door pocket/handle, one behind handle. sharply pull bottom to release clips.
important to remember to full seat your handle actuation cable. fully. if you dont you will be unable to open your door and have to snake tiny pliers in there.

 

AJT Designs makes them. Easy mod, just pop the old ones off and these snap right on. They light up like the factory knobs, too.

 

Alpharex Pro Series in jet black. Got them during all the black friday sales. They also have a "smoked" version, the LED tubes in those are red, if you prefer that look.

 

Yep. The factory knobs are too flush. You can't get an easy handle on them.

 

lol I knew something looked off a Englewood Groove Toyota license plate frame with Colorado temp tags with palm trees in the background. That's where I got my Taco in June 2020 back when sanity ruled the marketplace...

 

What are your thoughts on quality of these lights. Any issues with hyper flash?

 

Deavers have 4 options: Stage 1(100-200lbs), Stage 2 (400-700), Stage 3 (700+) and the 4th is CUSTOM leaf pack. You do the math on what your added weight will be, submit it to them and they will build a leaf pack to your specs. I run their Stage 2 and Highly recommend them over the add a leaf selections. No squeaks, no sag, no problems. I tow and offroad and have added 400 pounds armor to rig and in daily drive setup the ride is NOT harsh.

 

I haven't had any issues at all. The build quality it great, especially considering they were under $300 for the pair. I really don't think you can beat these at this price point. Plus I really like how they look and the install was super easy. Two bolts and plugging in the wiring is all it takes.
They do reuse the stock reverse bulbs, so I ordered LED replacements from Diode Dynamics.