What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I can tell you "high country" east of Steamboat can be mighty cold camping in May ;_)

Not much sleep that rainy sleety snowy night....

 

Borros or burrows, I can't tell an ass from a hole in the ground.

 

I went with the recommended size from Accutune, but haven't put enough milage on it yet to be sure. Nice thing is they offer custom spacers in case the travel isn't enough.

 

run and run fast from SPC. Their quality has fallen off. They used to be a company that was an easy fix for correcting angles and moving the tire forward bc of lift, but you will regret it. You will be clunky, riding rough, and pissed off wondering why your truck rides like sheeet after a few months after you JUST installed new parts. Take it from me, stay away from SPC.

 

Check out JBA's HD high castor UCA's.

https://jbaoffroad.com/jba-hd-high-...plus-4runner-03-plus-fj-cruisers-07-plus.html

 

didnt know they offered different sizes. i have icon rxt rear shocks with the weird offset lower mount so they kinda need stock height bump stops at compression. want to utilize every single inch of travel available. these seem like a good option. i had plan to order some hammer hangers anyways

 

Installed the TRD skid plate on my ‘23 Sport yesterday. When I was doing the install I found the rear piece of the factory skid plate was missing along with its bolts. Thought that seemed odd but moved on. Then while trying to install the new TRD plate, the rear 12mm bolt on the driver side just would not screw into the bolt hole. Tried a bolt straight into the hole and it would rotate once and stop. The passenger side it fit just fine. I then remembered that after having my oil changed the first time, I had some rattling come from the front of the truck. It turned out to be one of the bolts in the front skid plate that wasn’t secure. It had been mis-threaded so it stopped before it could secure the plate in place. At the time I didn’t think anything of it as I was able to back it out and correct it. But now I’m thinking the dealer probably mid-threaded the rear skid plate and then just said “screw it” and decided to not fix it or re-I stall it.

I ended up getting a tapper and rethreaded the hole. After that the new skid plate installed easy peasy.

 

The Sport model only comes with the front part of the engine skid plate.

 

I think the Sport trim only comes from the factory with only a front skid plate. I believe the OR trim comes with a front and rear plate (2 pieces).

Someone/Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit: MrMobile beat me to it.

 

I only get that kind of mpg when I'm traveling south.

 

The more I read the horror stories about Toyota dealer incompetent service techs the more I think that taking the time to learn to do most of the maintenance myself is the safer and cheaper option.

 

Oh really? Interesting. I swear I’ve only ever seen postings about it being a two piece, but I also haven’t researched the factory skid plate. Thanks for the info

 

I feel fortunate that my local dealer has been fair and competent for us. Once they did a CV boot on our RAV4 and it leaked; they didn't just fix the boot they said it could have damaged the axle and proactively replaced that too at no charge. But there's another one not too far away with much higher prices and I have not liked them.

 

I think fewer Sports than ORs get the skid swapped out so you'd hear less about it. Regardless, the factory plate is IMO just an early warning system and if you are going anywhere rough it's worth the investment to replace with something more robust. I don't intend to skid across mine but from past experience I know I will hit/scrape things. They don't call the Rocky Mountains I live in "rocky" for no reason!

 

Need to pump up those numbers. That’s rookie shit.

 

So much for approach angle

 

Steel wheel Center Caps Falling Off FIX??

My steelie plastic center caps seem to be falling off. At first I thought it was where I got the truck inspected but now I noticed another has fallen off.... I prefer them on. Sure I could bend the tabs but as Tacomaworld is filled with people that have already done that I figured I'd ask... .Many thanks!!

 

I'm on 33s. 5.29 regear and KDMax tune. BAMF hybrid bumper, winch, full RSI skid package, Icon Stage 3 lift and an RSI shell. I avg 13.5-14 mpg.

 

Got rid of my rock chipped grill and plastidipped trim ring, all thanks to a member here who hooked it up with a great condition grill and OEM black trim ring. I actually like these grills a lot, once the chrome trim is eliminated of course!

 

Yeah see that sounds much more accurate. Thanks for the input.