What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I'll def get back to you tomorrow. The install was cut short today. Now I'm worried!!!

 

Hey neighbor!

Yeah, they tried to sell me a 2021 Off-Road for slightly more than it was to buy new. Absolutely not! I'd rather wait and buy new and know exactly how it was driven and maintained than pay the same or more for one that's already got miles on it.

 

They're definitely pretty steep on prices, especially since everything has gone up. I just lucked out with my truck. I got the story from the sales lady, because obviously, I want to know why one of the most sought-after tacoma trims and transmissions is sitting on the lot with 13k miles on it, but the backstory on it was that the guy who owned it previously already had 2 kids, and had another on the way, so he traded in his lease early and upsized to a tundra, hence why the truck was available, and then even more randomly, I was talking to one of my girlfriends neighbors who has a fully built out 2nd gen, and he asked some questions about my tacoma, and turns out his best friend used to own it, and he used it as his daily driver around town, and then had his built out 2nd gen as a designated overlander!

but long story short, I definitely agree. ressler charges a premium and a half for everything, especially tacomas and 4runners. my girlfriend just recently upgraded from her outback to a 22 4runner TRD OR(non premium), and ressler was asking $51,000, so I found her one in Wyoming, her ideal spec, TRD OR premium for $44,000 out the door.

 

The dealer I just traded my 2020 Cement OR with 45k miles on it sold it in 2 days for $41.5k, they gave me $39k trade, but I keep my Tacos mint.

 

Nice, yeah their sales guy really didn't explain the whole Toyota allocation system when I first started my seeking a new truck back in Feb. I attest 3 months of wasted waiting around due to that which ultimately became 8 months till I took delivery.
I ended up getting my limited from Helena.

 

the only reason why i ended up working with ressler is because i knew EXACTLY what i wanted, and one friday morning, they happened to have EXACTLY what i wanted sitting on the lot, and i didnt have to worry about, or deal with the allocation system, or anything. i just showed up, dest drove it down the street, looked around it, and said "sold" and that was that for it.

 

LMAO, nicely done sir.

 

I don’t see how it is possible to have a no cut option. That dash structure is just simply in the way. When I ordered it there was no option about no cut that I can remember. Maybe my memory is faded lol but I don’t remember anything about that…maybe you had to talk to them? I just used the web page and ordered it.

 

https://guildoutfitters.com/products/no-cut-base-switch-panel-for-3-short-switches

 

It’s not insurmountable, just a little McGyver’n to get it in. There is a bolt below it where you have to make the cuts. If this happens to you, just minimize the cut to preserve that bolts function.

 

Will do! Thanks for the tip and photo!

 

Threw some general grabber a/tx on today. Ride pretty smooth and look killer compared to the junk Goodyears it came with from the factory. Which btw are forsale $300 for the set lol.

 

I’m getting close to ordering some of those. The cabin is 390 miles from my driveway and she starts to complain about 100 miles into the trip. We go about 8-9 times a year so she needs comfy. I can deal with but after almost reading nothing but good reviews I think it’s time

 

Yeah OK, that was why. In order to get the Auxbeam compatible one, there is not a no-cut for what I needed. Which makes sense because the no-cut ones avoid the right side with a button. I needed the one that gave me the Auxbeam, the cargo light switch, 3 buttons and a button to the right of the Auxbeam.

 

No problem. Hope ya got a Dremel

 

Yeah I didn’t look that hard into it, I counted switches and bought. Then saw that was an option

 

Ionic Factory Style Running Boards (truck came with nothing). I'm sure many of you will hate these but they are exactly what I wanted. Lightweight aluminum, cheap ($239), wide for my dog to use, and a basic SR5 look rather than off-road. Its exactly what I wanted and easy install. Another of my must-have mods checked off.

 

I've also considered the Amazon ones.

 

these are AllPro sliders.