What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

All together $500 is less expensive vs bleeding out on a trail. I didn’t think about how vulnerable the oil pan was until it was too late.

 

Can you take side by side pics of them? before and after?

 

lol fair enough

 

Those look good. How are they compared to the Tacoma rubber ones

 

Got into a small accident today.
Girl pulled out in front of me from a parking lot and "didn't see me". At least she has insurance.
Tried to avoid her but no such luck.
Some cosmetic damage and the alignment is now f'd. Hopefully no suspension damage. Can't see anything obvious.

 

New Toyo OC AT3 275 70r17
Method Wheels.
Leveling with Bilsteins and Eibach coils.. love it.

 

Been there, but just barely didn't do that. I read a few posts and saw a few YT vids about those clips being a PIA... and easy to break. I was able to reach them from the inside of the fender and "help" them collapse enough to pop them out without damaging them. I'd like to have a word with the brilliant engineer that thought placing one headlight mounting bolt behind the bumper was a good idea.

 

I installed a set of those on a first gen Tundra I had. They were a different brand, but they were pretty good. They didn't fit perfectly, (in fact had to leave one of the clips out since it was going to fall out anyway), but the OEM splash guards didn't fit that great either. They were about the same thickness so I don't think there was a big improvement in that sense, however one was missing and the other three were hard as rocks and cracking all over. Basically they're meant to keep water, mud and such out of the engine compartment. Anything more serious would probably take the new ones out too. If yours are good I'd leave them be until they actually need replacing and spend the money on something else. But that's just me.

 

Pop the fender trim back in, pocket the insurance money in case you want to fix it and do a viper cut to the bumper. If you don't like the viper cut, you still have the insurance money to fix it. Accidents always suck, sorry.

 

Went thru my new motor a bit. Probably pull the blown one out of my truck tomorrow

 

That was definitely a pain in the ass. I was afraid of breaking something when trying to pull the bumper away. I adjusted them last night and I maxed out the adjustment screw and was still slightly off. I couldn't believe how "out of adjustment" they were. The passenger side is still low but I was able to get the drivers side pretty much on point. Did you have any issues?

 

no, no issues with the alignment. I was able to set the height using the adjustment screw.
I have found that so far all additions and upgrades have gone pretty smooth. Toyota has made it very easy to make additions and adjustments. Except for that crazy hidden 10mm bolt for the headlight.

 

Thanks man! They are actually the TRD replica wheels. 17x8 +5 offset. I love the stance.

 

I can't comment on those guards but I did install some ARK splash guards a couple weeks ago. Definitely thicker than OEM. I like the 1 piece better than the two. Looks like better overall coverage too. I didn't even know I was missing one of my drivers side covers either. These took all of 10 minutes to put in and that includes the removal of the OEM ones. The ARK clips are easier to install and remove too.

 

This is probably a stupid question, but do you think there’s any effect of heat dissipation/engine cooling with the larger guards? I like these, thoughts?

 

I have some bigger fender liners, as well as a few things in front of the radiator, hidden winch and light bars. Once I thought something was really burning up but it turned out to be a ton of mud and gravel caked in between the skid and front diff.

 

OH!! Truck bed lights arrived !! This will be a easy 5 min install

 

Maybe a blessing in disguise.
Looks great !! I Just ordered a OEM TRD skid plate last night

 

Let there be light

 

Nice, been thinking about this mod. My DCLB came with the plastic blanks.

How easy of an install is it actually, does it plug and play into some harness that already exists in the truck?