What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Checked tire pressure via TPMS. Spot on. Did a walk around and all lug nuts in place. Good to go.

 

Log out of TW forever. close the account.

 

Forever - that’s longer than a few days. Ouch…..

 

At least it's in the best color..

 

We can be such a bad influence though. VLED taillights, RCI skid plates, TC bed stiffeners, RC seat covers, Donegar cable ... and that is just what this Rogue's Gallery convinced ME to buy. Nadjr is clearly more deeply insa ... er ... "influenced" than I am.

 

Man Vleds got me good. Let’s think.
I have the footwell lights, front and rear with an additional single above the cup holders
The bed lights, with an additional 6, 6” bars facing down from my bed rack.
A 6” red brake light on the rack
Then
I have some side lights 2 pods and 4 3” bars going on soon here.
And two rear Drl red 3” bars.
Just need some 1/4” loom to fulfill my ocd.

Also have to mention the puddle lights are actually Vleds, and the meso tail lights too. And I have those as well.

 

interesting - I've never heard of this issue until now.

 

Just cause you have lug nuts on all lugs doesn't mean they're torqued correctly. You have to loosen then tighten to proper torque with a torque wrench to be sure. Lots if laborers with air guns over torque them and even cross thread. If you need to remove one and use your spare, good luck getting lugs off with normal hand tools.

 

I have special vision. I can tell just by looking that all lug nuts are properly torqued.

 

Between yesterday and today, I did a hand wash, ran a clay bar over the paint, paint correction, hi-gloss buff, and a coat of ceramic wax. The truck hasn't looked this good since I brought her home 114k miles/7 years ago! No pics, didn't even think of it...maybe tomorrow.

 

You might be ok, it seems to happen more in the 16-18 range. Still worth some research for peace of mind. Google 3rd gen tacoma smoking, or smoking on an incline.

 

I got a 'phishing' alert when I tried the RM Engineering website. There maybe a simple explanation, but I always heed malware warnings. YMMV. Peace and Love.

 

Interesting. There is a large corporation called RM engineering, try RM engineering off road.

https://rmengineeringoffroad.com/

 

Nope. Same alert.

 

Welp. Another mod I don’t like.
First those retared Oedro wannabe sliders, now my Carven exhaust is coming off and OEM back on. It’s too loud. Obnoxious is a good word for it. Going through tunnels I can hear it sounds good and all but everyday driving it isn’t practical. From the inside of the truck every time I get on it sounds like someone made off with my catalytic converters lol. I’m going to miss the slight bump in power and mpg’s but it’s just too loud. And of course I gotta work Saturday. Again. So my one day off I’ll be under my truck swapping it back to OEM. I looked into a resonator and all that jazz but I’m not feeling it. Might look into it. Might not. Who knows.
So…until I find a less noisy exhaust, the OEM is going back on.
AND…speaking of spending money, I’m meeting with a dude on marketplace this afternoon to look at some nerf bars that may or may not be the right “look” on my truck.
One day the spending will stop. Maybe

 

Mounted a custom winch cradle with integrated towing arms.



'Extra' frame supports are in the works (that span from the end horn back to the frame rail) needed for strong/heavy winch pulls.

 

I had a similar experience with the R4T high clearance exhaust. I’m happy with the Magnaflow exhaust: https://www.magnaflow.com/products/...nd-series-cat-back-performance-exhaust-system

 

Your description of the 'wannabe sliders' might be a tad politically incorrect, but is pretty accurate. I had to laugh because I got burned by the same product. Sorry about the exhaust. Keep your head up, maybe the worm is about to turn.

 

Damn, I was considering the r4t, but really don’t want an obnoxious level of freeway drone. Does the Magnaflow still drone, or is it just less noticeable in comparison?

Also looking for intake recommendations. I bought an injen from a user on here, but the box is huge and gets in the way of my ARB compressor. Looking at the HPS or Mishimoto silicone intake hose with OEM box.

 

I also love my MF Overland catback. Sounds even better paired with the Borla Y-pipe (less drone & more throat with the y).

See above. MF has options to tailor the exhaust for drone. Mine is on the medium setting and is just loud enough to know it's there but not annoying in any way.

OEM airbox with an upgraded filter + an upgraded intake tube + the trd accelerator is all these trucks need. I went with the

$201 K&N 57-9039 K&N Cold Air Intake System: High-Flow Air Filter, Increase Performance & Towing: Compatible with 2016-2023 TOYOTA Tacoma, 57-9039

K&N 57-9039 back when it was $150 and don't regret it. They've gone up in price a bit too much lately though. Link to my install here.