What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hers is held on with 3m tape on her Bronco Sport she completely wanted it for the looks but seems to do its job. No paint concerns that I know of thank goodness.

 

Wowee! They should be gold plated!

 

Or OFFEST for OFFSET.

 

It's in the owners manual. I have a jack point in the middle front right past the skid plate.

For the rear I use the rear axle as a point.

These were both called out in my owners manual....I looked it up after Toyota busted a drain plug on my frame due to using that area as a jack point.

Never again with the Toyota service department. Every time I go there it's like asking to get kicked in the face. "Toyota care"...my ass


For the factory bottle jack follow this



For a proper hydraulic jack this will do.

 

look on back of wheel

 

This....it's free...and it works every time

 

i find a new chip every time i wash my car, cheap quality

i dont think a wind deflector will stop rock chips on the w/shield

 

what research? isnt stant the only one that makes a locking?

 

It doesn't have the OEM part number. I'm pretty sure they are aftermarket. I just want to find the correct match.

 

gravity works great

 

This is exactly what I do!

 

LOL ....if its oem it should have "TOYOTA" on it

 

dude! I literally had the same hot wheels Tacoma get delivered today, could not believe I found one that matched my truck (white and blue wheels)

 

I bet you also so lazy you let gravity open the tailgate for you.

 

It’s not lazy, it’s smart.
Edit: Actually the tailgate is dampened, so yeah I let gravity do its thing. You’re a good man @RichochetRabbit don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise!

 

Was grabbing a bite with the wife and came out to find my truck had cloned itself.

 

It cannot be "mitosis". There would have been 4 trucks.

 

My opinion/experience (not scientific) from using a deflector on my past 2 SUVs:

• If a rock hits the deflector, it will absorb a lot of energy and probably bounce away from the windshield or not hit it very hard
• If a rock hits the front edge of the hood, it will absorb some energy and probably bounce away from the windshield or not hit it quite as hard
• If the rock goes above the deflector or the hood, it will hit my windshield

My conclusion: The deflector helps for rocks coming at me in a 3" band where the deflector is. The deflector also keeps the paint on the front edge of the hood nice, but I can't see it.

My experience on those 2 SUVs: A windshield will last between 2 weeks and 3 years, depending on where the rocks hit and how fast the cracks spread.

My experience with my Taco: The PPF keeps the edge of my hood nice and I can see the paint. My windshield lasted 600 miles and about a month before taking a rock hit up high. All the cracks are on the pax side so I'm ignoring them for another winter.

As long as you don't get a blue or yellow flat deflector like this you'll look cool enough:

 

Nice find on the hot wheels. Where did you find one? I look every now and then at the local stores but never find one.