What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I masked them off and hit them with a little spray paint.

 

Hey lads, looking for pics of 3rd Gen stick wheel painted sliver. Seen lots of black which would be easy. Interested to see how they look slivered out..even better on cement grey?!

 

Installed this front skid this afternoon. Got it during their sale.

 

Nice. Now, if you have not installed a Fumoto oil drain valve, you could get oil on the topside of the skid. Next oil change you do, remove the skid so the Fumoto can be installed. Fumoto with a controlled drain flow helps, or Fumoto with a nipple can attach a tube to drain oil directly into a pan.

AND ...

Be careful who works on the engine now, as some can safely remove and reinstall that skid other than yourself. Be especially careful about that from "oil filter access" door which you may want to remove yourself if you let others change oil because of the tint screws.

 

Can you tell me more? I thought the access panel was specifically for oil changes so what could/will someone mess up on it?
I can see that someone not being careful could leave oil on the topside, which probably isn't too big of a deal except it will attract dirt and get messy.
BTW, I have the RCI aluminum skid .

 

Some people know about the oil filter door, some do not and will remove the entire skid and reinstall (and some will lose the bolts holding it on OR cross-thread the bolts OR over-torque the bolts OR ...).

Many start self-maintenance at this point because of the mouth-breathers who are assigned simple tasks like oil changes.

I do not want ANY oil on the topside of my RCI skid.

https://www.fumotousa.com/cars-pickups-toyota-2022-tacoma-3-5l-v6

 

That's my plan is to do my own changes. Mine is a 2.7 so I just have to reach up to get the filter.

 

I dropped my skid to install the Fumoto at my last self-change.

 

@RichochetRabbit

I installed mine last weekend without removing TRD Skid.

It's got the long nipple but still fits tucked under the skid.

 

Hmm. Bed stiffeners..I could prolly build some with angle iron in an afternoon. Complete with tie down holes

Challange accepted

 

Have the same bumper! Looks good!

 

Installed Billie bar style rack with special riser for kayak

 

That's awesome.

I'm not that gifted to manufacture Bed Stiffeners...hence my decision to buy them from Total Chaos.

 

I’ve already considered building my own sliders. Just some round stock welded together. Don’t get me going on the stuff I built for my tractor

 

I had Total Chaos bed stiffeners on my Gen 2 along with a Snugtop fiberglass shell. For me the really useful thing about the stiffeners was the extra tie down points. I just got a new 3rd Gen Tacoma and have added an Alu-Cab Canopy (probably half the weight of the SnugTop). I will still add Total Chaos bed stiffeners to the new truck just to have the tie down points.

 

Smart thinking. Keep up the good work.

 

Anyone taking advantage of this? Or do they jack up the tire prices to comp the difference

 

I did not want to splash on the skid when I changed the oil so just dropped first. Now I can attach the drain hose with little splash risk.

 

Build them from platinum and post a sign saying that. Tweakers will ignore your catalytic converters.

 

Viper cut.