What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed Total Chaos Fabrication Tacoma Bed Stiffeners Part#48676 in my 2021 DCSB. Decided to do this after getting the

$534 Rola 59799 Haul-Your-Might Rack for Nissan Titan, Toyota Tundra and Tacoma Pickup Trucks

Rola 59799 bed racks, on which I will carry lumber, etc. Nothing incredibly heavy, but given the structural flex in the Rola racks, and potential bed flex/cracking I'd read about here on TW, I figured what the heck. Install went very smoothly with one minor hitch: about 1/16" of space between the vertical side of the stiffeners and the bed frame. See pictures. Figuring cranking down on the bolts with the space there would pull/distort the bed frame at the bolts, I put washers in between the stiffener and the bed frame to fill the space. A little tricky to get them in there, but after tightening everything down, looks pretty good. I'd still give them 5/5 stars, nice heavy duty, good thick powdercoat, and good instructions.

 

ESI ROK BLOCK Tailgate Gap Cover 4.25" width (I used to lose pens, pocketknives, etc., down the gap plus lots of dirt, soil, sand, mud, leaves, ...)

$36 ESI ROK BLOCK Tailgate Gap Cover 4.25" width

https://www.amazon.com/ROK-BLOCK-Tailgate-Gap-Cover/dp/B00BPE4AP6

 

A N2 designs remote starter and cell phone module. Loving the tracker on it.

 

Looks better than new! What happens during the full paint correction? Isn't there a clearcoat on these paint jobs?

 

Not the OP, but that's the 2009 to present divider from Toyota (PT767-35162). One of the first things I bought for the truck. Look for someone near you selling it on the Buy/Sell/Trade thread here, on whatever local website you follow (Offerup, Facebook Marketplace, etc.), or wait for Toyota to have a % off sale and free shipping.


My current one. Lights are solar.


I also replaced the yellow warning tag. And looking at it close up, Toyota could have done better on those welds.

 

cut the front and rear frame off my truck to fit 33’s.

 

That’s a beautiful combo! Heard good things on those tires.

 

Nice looking truck and a great video!

 

Sweet! 33's will fit great!

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Video: 1990 Ford Bronco front suspension

 

Your truck looks perfect. What lift are you running?

 

I installed some bed stiffeners on my Taco recently too. The video showed and the guy said to install them as you have configured. Do you know if there is anything wrong with flipping the orientation so that the side that sticks out is closer to the tailgate? That's how I have mine oriented and don't really see how it would impact functionality.

 

Ordered a hinge from 4xinnovations to get my own tire carrier built. Any one have recommendations for this upcoming project?

 

What light bar is in your grill, does it throw good light?

 

Drilling required?

 

I didn’t know a bed divider like that existed. That is awesome but I can’t believe it’s over $300 new

 

Thanks! Bilstein 6112's at 6/5 clip settings and 5125's in the rear with 2in block (hoping to do leaf pack soon to replace blocks)

 

Heretic 30in amber with combo beam pattern. It is fantastic. and the build quality is unreal

 

They only go on one way (these particular ones at least) - the top holes are offset so they can’t be swapped left to right.

 

Are you going Bronco Twin Traction Beam up front?