What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Painted OEM Recovery Point

 

Way to go Bert!

 

Woah awesome! That tank? Would love some more details on that?!?

never mind read a few more comments saw your reply. Very cool.

 

Need to have it revalved. Took me twice to almost get back the stock ride (but enhanced) with my ADS 2.5's. Wanted the plushness but without all the vagueness. No reason for the lifts on these trucks to be valved excessively stiff. Can't believe so many are okay with it. I have no experience with Dobinsons, but here's a link to what my revalve needed: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/drizzohs-21-off-road-build.748190/page-6#post-27516427

Seen a few that feel the same way as you. Personally I don't get it, I thought it rode amazing, just a little vague in some respects. Did you add a bunch of weight to need the heavy pack? The OR suspension is great for stock weight, but I could see how you could want more if you added significant accessories/bumpers, etc.

 

havent done anything to mine really other than minor stuff since I got it new a couple of years ago.
I just decided however that I'm going to buy out my lease and commit to making something I want to keep for hundreds of thousands of miles, so I have suspension/wheels/tires ordered and on the way. This was an expensive decision as I price out steel bumpers/full skid plates/sliders/ets

 

Welcome to the group. We have a 12 step program. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.

 

ha! I've always had this problem...cars/bikes/guns/knives/etc - the tacoma was the one item I didnt get balls deep into dumping money into because it was a lease - I planned on doing it next gen...have a bad feeling 4th gen will be a 4cyl turbo and a ton of tech and whatnot. This will be the last "good" gen to keep "forever"...so many thousands later, I'm committed. Incoming lies to wife on costs of each item.

 

We cover this in group, too.

 

Matt or gloss black, hard to tell.
Do you like the build? How was the install, do you need two people?

 

I feel this! I was totally happy with it stock for three years, and I would've been happy to lease another one. Since nobody seemed to be able to get anything to sell me to replace it, I bought it out. Now I'm pulling money out of places I didn't know I had it for mods. It was exactly what I wanted when I got it but if I'm going to stick myself with it for the next 18 years like I did my 4Runner, might as well have fun with it and make it mine.

 

love it. I have some MR702s, ridge grapplers, and a 2" lift on the way (5100s, 2887s, headstrong 3leaf, etc) - what you thinking?

 

Nice, that's going to look great! No lift in the plans for me for the immediate future, I like being able to get into my garage. After a head and fog light upgrade the next big purchase will probably be a cap and then I'll worry about the wheels when I need tires. I have a friend at Goodyear that can usually get me a pretty good discount so possibly Ultraterrains. They seem well-liked from what I read.

 

Finally put on the diff skid after a coat of high zinc spray and red to match the other skids!

 

Oh it's better than Christmas.

Rock Lobster's "nothing but the wurst half-assed Amazon trash truck" is about to get a little thump in it's trunk.



It's only going to be 101 on Saturday, cooler than normal. Perfect install weather.

 

Did you grab any of these, just in case?

$9 Rexka 30pcs Door Garnish Moulding Retainer Clip Compatible with Toyota Lexus 67771-58010 Tundra Tacoma Sequoia RAV4 Land Cruiser Highlander C-HR Yaris Scion xD

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Nice haul!!

 

... Well now I have.

 

It’s a Rustoleum oil based that I used a roller to apply, somewhat gloss and left a somewhat textured finish.

I like the build, I would add fog light hoops which is an option on the Avid Off-road website. I bought this from a TW member. The front has brackets for a 30” light bar.


So I had my wife help me install. I laid on my back and shimmied under the truck with the bumper on my stomach and lifted it into place. Once on the bumper crash bar bolts my wife thread the bolts a couple turns to hold it so I could slide out and tighten it down. You probably could do it alone, but it would be tough to hold the bumper lined up and thread the bolts. It’s a steel and I didn’t want to risk it coming down on my chest or crotch.

I’m doing the rear today or this weekend, I plan on trying that alone will report back.

 

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