What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I found a local spot here in WNY that is reputable and does a 2-3 year undercoating to protect against that, i need to get done. Salt is ROUGH here. I was out by you earlier in the summer - DAMN, ADK is Tacoma country lol. They’re everywhere there

 

The girl treated me so well yesterday on her first outing I decided to take her to a spa today and steam clean.
Love this truck


I’m also really happy with this Mickey Thompson and Method combo . So glad I decided at the last minute to go with the methods instead of stock wheels.


Although don’t think I’ll be tire dressing my tires anymore even though that was traditional on all my rigs. I think with this one it might take a bottle a tire lol

 

Thanks. The Amber backlighting on every light on the truck sure makes it look menacing driving around at dusk.

 

285s look rad. Surprised you didn't need to .

 

Finally installed my Airaid Snorkel and TRD Cold Air Intake. The snorkel looks great but is a bit of a pain to install. I think they hired someone from China to write the directions. Pieces aren't mentioned (rubber washers) and other than the parts list, there is no mention that the hose clamps are different lengths. I also painted the "Airaid" logo red to match the TRD since the yellow clashes with everything.

 

Amp Research Power Steps. I installed about 3 years ago.

 

Yeah, they are definitely popular. And starting to see a lot of Tundra's with the new updated styling.
I undercoated mine when it was new. All you can do is try to manage the rust in this part of the country. No totally avoiding it. Sucks

 

Bought some new tires GT Radial Adventuro ATX.... $493.63 down the drain. I'll get them in a couple weeks. I'll put them on before winter.
Hopefully they hold up as good as my current Wildpeaks.

Yesterday my son and I packed our BMX bikes to hit up Berkeley Skatepark. Cool spot, and a good day of riding.

Today:

Loaded it up to hit the trail and get in the water. I've had my truck off the beaten path a lot this summer. My wife and I started kayaking.. we have so many state forrests, wild life preserves, and lakes close by... We've been taking advantage of our position.

 

I got all this new stuff…. $1,800.00 Turkey!
(Actually got it back Friday.)

 

Thanks brother ! Yeah got lucky but I was ready to do it if need be.
Oh and I even have a 285 mounted for a spare tire. I think it was German it’s Good-n-tight

 

Looks good too !

 

Bummer thanks. It does look good

 

I’ve used that wax and it work’s awesome!
Looking good man !!

 

How did you run power to the winch?

 

Added some patches that I’ve collected while I was in service to the footwells.

 

I have the same one. Already paid for itself.

 

Any type of dealer/broker makes money through sales transactions. How often have you heard a car dealer, stock broker, or Realtor say it was a bad time to buy?

They don't worry about a good or bad market, they make the market. They just want to keep the market moving. That's why the pandemic hurt for them; no cars to sell (new or used). If they could get you back to upgrade every year they would. And if you don't upgrade? Then maybe you'll come in for parts or service. They really have most of the bases covered.
Just remember they won't make a deal if it will lose them money.

As long as they are fair and honest, I think they are just good businesspeople. Adding thousands or requiring overpriced stuff they added just because they can (or selling you service you don't need) doesn't fit the fair & honest part for me and I resent that.

 

Or like when the finance guys' first offer is 12.99%. After you say NFW enough times, you walk out with 3.49% on the loan! lol

 

Did a little vinyl work today: door handle covers, glove box keyhole cover, and blacked out the silver on the stock wheels (1 side down; driver side tomorrow). I think it came out nice so I just hope it holds up in the long term.
Vinyl is from TVD Vinyl Decals.

Before any one asks, no, I am not worried about blacking out every shiny bit. Just doing the things I want as I go along.
I wasn't going to worry about the keyhole cover, but it bumped me into free shipping territory and was a 30-second install so why not? For the door handles, I thought about the Meso overlays but they were out of stock and 3x the cost. The wheel vinyl requires a lot of patience; almost an hour per wheel. But it's pretty inexpensive compared to new wheels.

 

Nice!