What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I swear.....
You miss 24 hours on this thread and come back to a Michael Creighton novel worth of mods and maintenance to read. Good Job All!

 

If you're still looking they should be standard M6 aka pretty much any 10mm you can find.

IMO black mirror caps and door handles are an upgrade if they were chrome, but a downgrade if they were paint matched. Rest of the black works though.

 

Is eBay the only place to get these?? $33.99 not a bad price but $45.00 shipping.... I'm trying to stay away from China stuff...

 

Dual Battery install and Big 3 cable upgrade

 

They were previously paint-matched, I'm trying to emulate the 4th Gen TRD Pro style with the two tone black and white scheme. I think the black will tie in better when I get the roof wrapped.

 

Dual battery is on my short list. Nice job!

Quick question…is that a shelf system built into a shell or an add-on compartment on a bed rack? Can’t quite tell from the photo

 

What's the purpose of a dual battery setup, in your situation? Serious question.

 

I got this one years ago and its been great. Made in USA and free shipping too!

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Finished installing the rear leaf packs and raising the truck. Also pressure washed the engine while I was prepping the yards for the hot weather we got coming soon. Time for alignment and cab mount relocation. I'd forgotten how disappointing lift kits can be. You imagine the truck all sky high and then its not. Did the same with an 01' Dodge Ram we had. Put on a 6" Fabtech Kit and the wife was like...meh. So I added another 3" and then she liked it. It was her truck so there was no arguing it being silly. Gotta be prepared for those elementary school parking lots...

 

Installed my Scheel-Mann/Tolerance Stack setup the other day.

 

Looking good! We hope you are loving your Softopper!

 

Added baja designs ditch lights with cali raised bracket and factory style switch. Also Katzkin leather all around.

 

Looks great!

How much clearance do you have with the windshield when you prop the hood?

 

I really do love it so far! The canvas feels very high quality. I am very glad I purchased black, I almost bought Grey. It is very light but feels solid. The install was simple, very good instructions and I like the color coding/stickers with info. But I've had a couple issues. A couple of the snaps on the rail can't be tightened at all, possibly stripped inside, so the snap always seems loose. And a couple of the frame bars were practically oval, I had to tweak them a bit.

I have a beach camping trip planned the next couple weeks and I am very excited!

 

I just installed a MillerCat shield on my Tacoma. I bot it directly through their website which was way cheaper than the Toyota dealership.

All went well until the last step to bolt up the rear shield to the two threaded holes on the passenger side rail. The Shield's pre-drilled holes didn't line up with the two holes on the frame rail, not even close.

I'm just gonna leave it as is because it will just serve as a deterrent to any potential thieves.

Glad my brother helped me out cause it is definitely not a one man job.

 

Took my roof top tent off. Going to take the Yakima bed rack off soon. Getting ready for a new set up.

 

I didn't measure but probably 1/2 inch at least. I have struts on my hood also..

 

actually.. theres two options. magnetic charging and regular. i got regular and just use cable

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