What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Agreed

 

Oh not too much, just basically gutted the stock suspension, save the knuckles and LCA's.



Bilstien 5100's up front
887 springs from OME
JBA high caster UCA's
Green lane 0.25" strut spacers, diff drop, sway bar relocate
ECGS diff bushing upgrade

Bilstien 5100's rear
Dobinsons medium load lifted leafs
Archive Garage U-bolt flip kit and bumps
2.5* pinion shim
3/8" carrier bearing drop.

Was a real treat working on a vehicle that has only been on the road for 2 years and under 45k km's. Not a difficult bolt to be found.

So far so good for vibes, clunks, whines, etc


No front end shot as I still have the OK Expedition skids off till I get an alignment and re-torque and mark everything.

 

Upgraded dashcam.

 

Boot slide

 

Went from this,



to this.


Both sides

 

Confirmed it was Forward Patch Control that made the Spooky Patch. However They're no longer being made as it's no longer on their website.

 

I would wrap the exhaust pipe in that region near the tire with some heat reflecting tape.

 

Finished my "homemade" molle panel

 

A local-to-Phoenix outfitter shop (SDHQ) sells a wrap-around gold-reflective sheet, I think they said $60.

 

I wish they had this with BSM.

I did the wide angle mirror on the passenger side. It’s nice.

 

They do have it with BSM: https://spottermirror.com/p/toyota/2016-2022-tacoma-with-bsm/

 

Awesome thanks for finding it!

 

what did you use to clean the engine bay?

 

i slapped on a piece of double sided tape on mine to make it extra secure and no movement from bouncing around or accidental over tightening of the screws.

 

Bummer I missed this sale. Do they run this discount frequently?

 

Super clean install...nice job on the wiring!

 

It's a little hole in the wall joint on a corner in what seemed like a somewhat sketchy, mostly residential area. My friend told me it's right on the border between the Italian and African American neighborhoods, but the, ah, Italians have things "well under control." I'll tell you what, it was jam packed when we went. The streets were barely passable due to the traffic. I'm also a big fan of Del Frisco's in Center City, near City Hall. Fantastic steaks!

Strangely, despite my age and general condition, I have zero heart/blood pressure issues. I don't even have high cholesterol, despite my PCP wanting to put me on a statin two years ago because "you're at the high end of the normal range." I told him we'd hold off on his preferred course of action, then did a bunch of research, went my own way and in six months had reduced my overall cholestrol ~30% and improving the LDL/HDL ratio. He, naturally, claimed credit (despite not following his plan of treatment and him not contributing other than observing, "diet and exercise will not work." lol). He retired last year, though. Haven't seen the replacement doc yet, though I hear she's pretty good.

 

You have to wonder some times if this PCP was bad at their job in terms of their recommendations.. or so good at it that they told you exactly what you needed to hear to motivate a plan of diet and exercise? Not the first time I have seen that.

 

How do you like the 270 LTE, size, strength and build quality? I have been looking at this compact 270 awning. Does it swing all the way around to the back a full 270 or does it stop a bit short from being parallel with the tailgate?