What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yup, you have the prewire in the OR trim of your year. If you get the OEM bed lights it's a 20 minute job. Probably 7 minutes the second time you do it or if you know more than I did .

 

Picked up 2 cans of crc brake clean, 1 can of VHT engine primer and 1 can VHT satin black to service/repaint the drums. My drums have been squealing like a pig lately.

 

I just went through that last week. Adding to what others have said:

1. Wrap the bulb in tape to pull it out. Takes seconds instead of swear-laden minutes.
2. If it's just the dome and not the maps, switch the polarity
3. If it's both dome and map, you blew the 7.5 fuse under the steering wheel. And no, none of the spares are 7.5. Go shopping for fuses and pick up some other tools/parts while your at it

 

YES!

The Map Lights are the ones where there is the thin metal. The rest of the lights were so much easier to remove/replace.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXN2Tojqhts

 

@Rocket23

I think you know me...lol!

 

What made me go with 17”s and not any larger is the fact you get a little more rubber if you’re going to be airing down at all. I like the poke on his truck too and wanted to get a larger offset to achieve a poke but ultimately the wheels I liked didn’t have that offset and I stayed away from spacers.

 

@TacoGeeloor

Good to know!!!

 

Why do you guys insist on doing the map lights from the wrong side? Just pull the console down and do it from the back side, how it was designed to be done.

 

But like anything, it’s your truck. What I’ve done isn’t what everyone is going to like. Whatever makes you happy and how you’re going to use the truck. My first gen 4runner has 16” wheels with 33s and 1.5” spacers. I have 6” lift on it so the tires look pretty small but when off-road the wheels tuck really good into the fenders, a lot of flex. My Tacoma is mainly just a pavement pounder with fire roads thrown in for camping and hunting.

the truck you were asking about looks absolutely amazing…you got that right for sure!

 

Thank you… I was going to say the same thing. It’s such a cake walk this way. Just pull the panel like you mean it and disconnect the wires connected to it. Then the bulbs just twist out. Takes like two minutes

 

Few interior mods. Meso Custom start button and center console trim, and some Tufskinz door trim.

 

My son got out here yesterday for Christmas and helped me with the Greenlane Sliders (my Xmas present) install today. Only -25 C outside but the garage was a balmy -10 C. No more chrome anywhere!! Better pictures in the future after the cold snap when I can wash the truck. Ski hills lifts aren't even open due to the cold!!! Brrrrrrr.....

 

I made a new 9-Switch mount for the space behind my shift lever:

 

Now map it to a midi controller so you can DJ while you drive....

 

Good to know for next time (if the bulbs ever burn out); wondered why I couldn't get my fingers in there. In any case the tape was darn quick too; just had to go back in the house to get it.

 

Oh I must have misread it. You meant it was hard taping around the bolts to paint them. I thought you was saying the paint wasn’t adhering.

 

Nice! Where did you get that TRD cover? That's the best looking one I've seen.

 

Those connection points are finicky, give the bulb a turn to ensure contact. Just an observation I made when I switched to LED.