What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Today I jammed a pool noodle in the space between the cab and bed. Saw this trick in a few threads here. May seem small, but it sure feels like it has made a big difference in road noise. After a trip on the highway I realized I hadn't needed to jack up the volume to be able to hear my podcast/music, in fact I hadn't thought about the cabin noise at all. it was something that annoyed me a bit before and I found pretty noticeable at speed. It didn't make the cabin Bentley-quiet or anything, but for a $3 piece of foam and 2 minutes spent under the truck I think it was totally worth it. Disclaimer, I didn't do a real scientific test, no actual measurement, so could be placebo.

See Meclizine's post at https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...eduction-solution-by-15db-or-so.740602/page-6 for an example pic as I don't feel like crawling back under the truck right now.

 

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I appreciate you posting this as I just got two noodles in different sizes in preparation for this. The skinnier of the two looks like it’ll be the one.
Did you leave it just at the opening as depicted in the pic you linked, or push it up six inches as described by the post just below it?

 

Added an extinguisher to the back. Amarex B402T, came with a vehicle mount. I wouldn't exactly call it heavy-duty, but it does hold it securely.

 

do you have virginia plates? i saw a lr trd pro on cary a couple months ago with out-of-state plates. first one i've seen other than mine!

 

ASSHOLE PARKING

 

I jammed it in just a bit further than that pic. I can't say I "installed" it in a very scientific manner, just shoved it in past the slightly protruding lower lip on the bed side until it felt secure. I figure as long as it's between the road and the vents it'll work. The pool noodle I used felt smaller than the standard size I remember as a kid so skinnier sounds right to me. I got lucky as I mentioned the idea to my wife, she called me when she found a noodle in the store and the sizing just happened to be right.

 

Re-welded the cracked portion of my spindle gussets, added more reinforcement to them, bolt checked the whole rig, and finished up trimming my grille/finished up the lightbar behind the grille. Ready for 4 days of dune bashing/wheeling!

 

Picked it up last Saturday. Lots of work done during the week. Diamond Back tonneau, tires, wheels, Icon stage 3, Full ceramic tint, seat covers, finished out the week with the KDMax Pro+ XT tune this morning. My work here is done.

 

Are you sure about that?

 

Thx

 

I know right? I ask my wife last night "why can't I just buy a vehicle and leave it alone?"

 

Real original, see above comments

 

I like that, they look great. I've still got a quite a bit of 2 part 4:1:1 4V6 left over from painting some LP tanks (shouldn't require any heat though) and my center steering wheel emblem cover.

Ive got some MR312s w/some 285/75/17s Im waiting to install after my warranty runs out, might have to look into doing that.

 

Moist out today!

 

Dont let your dingle dangle dingle in the sand
Pickup your dingle dangle and put it in your hand

 

Here are a couple of close up pics of the protective decal…..

 

Ordered an oem power tailgate lock and bought a fresh agm battery and some extra's for the audio build. Hopefully the agm is as good as the True Start.