What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thanks for the info and advice on the LED interior lights and the install suggestions.

 

If you want to minimize electrical feedback, disconnect the negative battery cable so there is no power to blow a fuse.

As to +/-, that can be a matter of "try one way, then the other if needed".

 

Someone on here did do some crazy damage to their truck while changing overhead console bulbs.
I have had my console in pieces, and all switches up there disconnected with my negative cable still on. Seems fine.

 

This is more of a what have I done to my Tacoma in the past month than today. Went through big stint of upgrades recently. Upgraded from CaliRaised ditch lights to Morimoto 4 and 2 bangers mounted on the A pillars, installed the Saint's Offroad Alpha front bumper with the Baja S8 30" lightbar and a Smittybuilt 12k winch w/ the factor55 ultrahook and DV8 flip down license plate bracket to keep it all NJ legal. With all this new stuff, felt like I was in a dire need of a better wiring solution so I went with the Overland Equipped fuse bracket to install a Blue Sea fuse block & breaker, made a little panel to mount my relays atop the OEM fuse box cover, and wired up a 500amp solenoid so I have interior switch power to the new winch. On the battery I used KnuKonceptz Battery Terminals to give more mounting flexibility. Went with CaliRaised's switch panel replacement since it's injection molded plastic and not printed. Super happy with how it all came out, did my best to keep everything as clean looking as possible.

Shortly after all the modding, took a road trip vacation up north with the wife. Camped in the Catskills in NY for a couple days before driving over to Acadia National Park for the rest of the week. Gotta say Acadia is a pretty magical place. Little photo dump below:

 

Day late on that sale. The 6 plugs were $85.62 before tax and shipping. No prob', they shipped out of Carson Ca and arrive Friday.

 

Added a net to the inside roof of my Snugtop HiLiner as a place to put books, wallet, flashlight and other nightstand-type items when calling it a night. Works pretty well.

 

This is why we cannot be trusted with nice things.

 

Just watched a video on removing the map lights with some duct tape. I’ll try that first, plus I got skinny fingers, lol. I avoid screwing with interior plastic as much as possible.

 

Got rid of the Diamondback cover. Installed an RSI Smartcap. Really loving it.

I’ve just installed Baja S2 Chase lights on the Smartcap.

 

I love the truck. Do you have a build thread? I switched from a bakflip cover to an ARE shell a few years ago and it was absolutely a game changer for long trips.

 

BAE is an acronym - it stands for
Before
Anyone
Else
So... Yeah, in this case it would be "I'D pick this supplier before anyone else."

 

Rad

 

Sorry! I do not have a build thread. A cap is definitely a game changer. I’ve taken naps in the bed of the truck after long rides. It felt nice and cool with the cap. I’m
Also able to leave things in the bed without worrying so much.

 

That’s awesome! Talk about using every inch of space.

 

I learned something new today in my 3rd gen.

 

I gotta sack up and do mine. Just chillin on the side yard.

 

Woah, that's a serious swing-away set-up! Who fab'd that awesome-looking, monumental rearward shift in center of gravity?

 

After my incident with the rear diff I Finally decided, and I let Toyota finish changing the oil in the front diff and transfer case. OUCH!!! Then after stewing about spending that money, One of the things that I use as a getaway is washing the truck.

 

Removed 2 former mods out of the 33 I originally installed which makes 5 in the last 3 days. There are 5 more to go and then I can sell my truck. I have spent the last 6 months in Florida trying to find a truck that I wanted with no success. All I wanted was a new TRD Sport Hybrid with only the upgrade package and no Southeast Toyota port adds. Finally, I went out of the SET area and found several in Virginia. I worked a deal with $5200 off of the MSRP and hope to get up there in the next 2 weeks. I have to take tomorrow off because my old body can't take much more of this hot Florida sun without giving me a case of heatstroke. The following picture is where I was removing my OEM Audio Plus system which was one of my 3 favorite mods.

 

Well that red velvet goodness is new to me. Hmmm.