What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Broke a mirror on the trail. Oem was $300+, Chinese eBay was $50. Fit and finish is actually really good.

 

I’ll have to read up on this stalk mode

 

I just watched some youtube videos and winged it! Haha probably not the "safest" route, and I had my doubts along the way. Especially when lining up the new fender -- you gotta make sure the door opens and has an even gap...and the same with the hood, gotta make sure it has equal spacing to the other side. Luckily I could tell were the bolts were secured from the original fender and that got me close. After that, I just massaged it into place.

Here's the youtube videos I watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs-TPt5Nj8M&t=113s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP8XB4rUE50&t=59s

 

Did you take out the front seats to install the covers?

 

Looks cool, and, adds 5 extra hp.

 

They look cool, and, give you 5 extra hp.

 

Just got done installing Meso’s steering wheel trim blackout kit and volume fix button

 

Yep, I need to finish mine (under truck lighting), planned to have it dim slowly off with the cabin light.
When you get older, heck even if you are young, it's not difficult to roll your ankle on uneven ground. I saw a person do this playing frisbee. Once it happens, it happens much easier a second time. Looks aweful and must be painful.
Yeah, also if you've ever slipped on ice going to your car, or getting out.
It can help you locate the truck in a parking lot.

All things that are helpful, specially when you get older.

 

Warn bumper and winch. I was gonna sell the bumper before even installing, didn't seem like a clean enough fitment for me....got drunk and just slapped it on. Ended up liking it. Install was stupid easy, especially since you install the winch after you install the bumper. Needed light trimming of the factory bumper but I made a cut to make it look cleaner. Waiting on my flatlink shackle now to remove the Warn hook.

 

Silly question. It is step 1, of a 2 step process, that fools people into thinking you own a more expensive Ford Raptor. Naturally step 2 is the Raptor grille mod. Why else would you add Ford style lights to a Toyota. It certainly isn't a "follow the leader" mod. Or is it. I guess when Mr Cool glues a bucket to his roof then thousands of followers will do it because Mr Cool did it so it must be cool.

 

I used to hate cruise control and never used it. Decided to try it out on a 6 hour trip down 40 and I’m a big fan now.

 

Love the adaptive cruise control. Cuts down on so much freeway stress. Won't buy another vehicle (daily driver anyway) without it!

 

For me, it becomes annoying if traffic volume grows. The truck can slow down gradually until it is going 15 MPH slower just because of the vehicle in front that you think you do not have to worry about.

Also I cannot count the number of times a jokewit basically parked 10 ft behind mine and never seems to notice that they need to change lanes and go around because they are texting and relying on the adaptive CC to do the work they need to do.

Too many "we will do it better for you ... you can stop paying attention now" gadgets sometimes.

I also do not use lane departure because if things are that bad I need to stop driving at least until I get some rest.

 

The moment I get into traffic I just turn it off and take over. But on the long empty highway with 3+ hours to go, it’s been a leg saver.

 

Agreed on lane departure. It just gets annoying.

I toggled the adaptive CC down to the second setting. Allows enough space ahead but not too much. Plenty of half-wits out there no matter what. If traffic's bad there's no need for it and the accelerator and brakes work fine when CC is on so for long-ish trips it's great, for us anyway.

I stopped worrying about whatever's behind me years ago. Haven't been rear-ended in more than 20 years. FWIW I've found that, weather permitting, having the rear window open seems to make folks behave a little better back there. Might be my imagination though.

 

Throw rocks through the open back window?

 

Yea that’s the rub for me. That constant pedaling or even holding the pedal down gets into my plantar fasciitis and sciatica. The accelerator/brake pedal back and forth can really wear my back out. I’ll say this. My recent tune brought all the work up to the top of the pedal and I use maybe 20% of the pedal now. That in itself is a huge deal to me.

 

I always had an issue with my right ankle - the position you have you foot on accelerator or in a stirrup when horseback riding makes it go stiff after about an hour. On a horse I have to drop a stirrup and stretch it, in my truck I just set it on cruise. Breaks every 2 hours to walk around also make long distance driving more enjoyable.

 

The problem with adaptive CC is when you drive a car without it and set your CC, you end up getting to close to the car ahead..

 

Yeah i know what you mean. Same for me lol