What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I'll post on my thread:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/trd-sport-5-14-2021-loving-my-3rd-gen-tacoma.738836/page-18

 

Just keep in mind, these vents are for equalizing pressure, enough to reduce injury to persons, for slamming doors and deploying Air-bags!! I think it's important NOT to restrict them.

 

Taco Lean. Look at that. Question, can front coil overs be rotated left to right and vice versa, to reduce the lean? I know it won't be eliminated, anyone ever try this?

 

Yep that was my thought process on what they did.
I just have the sound deadening in front of it but not touching it, kinda like the factory fabric they have behind the cubbies already, and it is still open on the sides where the molle panel ends.

 

18 months is about as long as you'll get out of them before the adhesive gets bad and they become a nightmare to get off.

 

AlphaRex dual color fogs added, 16x8 Method 315's added, love the setup now.

Anytime Locker works good.

 

They can be swapped side to side, but it gains you nothing. The problem is you have the battery and gas tank on the driver's side and nothing to balance the weight out on the passenger side. The best you can do, without going with new shocks/springs is a 1/4" spacer. I have an extra laying around here I'll send you for cost of postage it you'd like. I'll warn you, I'll be out of town from early tomorrow until at least late the following Fri.

 

Interesting, no gain, did you try it before? That's a fine offer, thank you. Believe it or not I got a 1/4" spacer already installed, and I got an extra, but I don't think another will fit in there not enough threads to make it happen.

 

Aftermarket shocks will come set up with the driver's side pre-loaded a bit more than the passenger to level the truck off. I have Dobinsons that I assembled myself. The instructions tell you how to set them. After my springs did their initial settling, I did have to go in and add a little more preload because I also have an AGM battery in the bed...on the driver's side.

Edit: You're right, if you already have a spacer in, you won't have room for a second...the studs in the tophat aren't long enough.

 

+3.75 bonus points

 

man that looks nice. Glad I got a cement color too

 

Gave my truck a much needed wash and wax today, going to do a nice cleaning of the inside tomorrow and steam clean the carpets.

 

So it is 10pm and dark outside, with my truck inside the garage and all the lights off except for the trucks exterior lights... I took pictures with and without the glare blockers installed.. I only taped them on temporarily, but same effect...

Then I took pics (with the garage lights on) of the back of the truck with and without the glare blockers, big difference...

No Glare Blockers...Garage lights off...


With Glare Blockers...Garage lights off...


No Glare Blockers...Garage lights on...


With Glare Blockers...Garage lights on...


Now I do have the Vtails, so the reverse lights are crazy bright when using the back up camera...

I will have to try this again one day once I finally install the anytime camera, I wonder if it will make much if any change without the reverse lights being crazy bright...

 

It happened to mine. It needs lube or oil to keep the hinges working correctly or it will bend again. I found a thread on this and you can stick a screwdriver in the hinge to lightly pry it back in alignment. @MNGTaco
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/have-to-have-my-fuel-door-replaced.533274/page-3#post-23145342
works great.

 

Found the perfect spot for a phone mount. Required drilling a hole through the center of the little bracket behind it but no visible screw at least.

 

Not today but yesterday/last night. Installed DD SS3 Sport fogs

 

Yay! Science!!
Hell of a job my man! I appreciate your efforts and pics, especially of the exterior of the truck. The tag lights definitely throw light up the tailgate and into the camera, but the effects are clearly negligible. Prior to swapping bumpers, I could have sworn blockers had a much more pronounced effect on reducing the grainy backup image in the dark with headlights on, but it was apparently just placebo.
Apologies to @dand for my faulty memory and for my past shitty responses to your comments

 

OEM Toyota coils are side specific, fyi

 

OEM Toyota coil springs are side-specific

 

Love that color. There's just something about getting into a clean truck. Just feels like they drive better.