What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Could only ship one car and one motorcycle for free (Thanks Army), so opted to take my wife's Subie and sell the truck before leaving instead of selling the Subie here, then selling the Taco there, then buying another vehicle there. Time is money, and so is effort/aggravation.

 

Will it still fit in the garage?

A little late, but I've been very happy with Walmart's Everstart 24F AGM ($150, 3 year free replacement warranty) and an off grid engineering strap. No problem running aftermarket lights, amps, ect. Noco Genius 10 float charger is great if you don't want to mess with getting a tune to charge AGM's too.

 

Changed the engine, diff, and transmission fluids with AMSOIL. Filled the tires to 30 PSI and checked the spare. Touchless wash after the maintenance. Nothing special, but this is the stuff that keeps the truck going and makes life easier.

Clazzio's in all black PVC with heated seats coming on Monday--that's this coming weekends project if I can sort out the electrical before hand. Also waiting on a forty2skates keystone mount to relocate the mic connection from the switch panel to the passenger side of the center console in order to make room for the heated seat switches. Goose Gear 60% and 40% also on order. Lead time is 12-14 weeks, so I guess that is my Christmas gift.

 

Pics of Taco?

 

Since I was curious what that was and I figured others might be: https://www.shapeways.com/product/4LN869W6N/keystone-holder?optionId=62757217&li=shops

 

Yup, this is it. It fits a CAT5 or CAT6 RJ-45 keystone that goes into a patch panel and makes for a really clean HAM install. Pic of the switch-mounted keystone mount below.

Pics of HAM install? Bonus pic of Diode Dynamics Fogs to make up for lack of body pics.

 

the battery is leaking acid

 

Installed OEM fogs and light stalk

 

its a battery.....2 or 3 companies make all the batteries and stores put their name on them

 

quality has changed since then

 

Tinted windows recently.

 

Looks sweet. What size rim/ tire combo are you running

 

@Hockey71

 

Thank you. This is 285/70/r17.

 

New rack. Gotta test at highway speed for noise.

 

Sorry about the windshield bro. You're giving me motivation to remove my door protectors with all that mold crap growing on mine I know why you hate it.

 

Right on. They say it's the heat around here. I don't know.

Fresh battery:

 

Problem solved?

 

Yea really got tired of looking at it. I understand it's to protect things but the fact that mold and mildew builds up under it was unacceptable to me. I did the mirrors first and it looked so much better that I did behind the door handles and door edges. I held off on the hood because I knew it was going to be a huge pain in the ass because of its size. Couldn't stand it any longer so bit the bullet. My fingers are still sore from all of the pulling. I think I got most of the sticky residue off yesterday before dark so today its gonna get a good waxing. Spent over 3 hours on the protector removal and getting rid of the sticky residue. I have the protector on my scoop but I have that wrapped with black vinyl so that can wait. I haven't decided about the small piece in from of the rear wheels yet. It doesn't look as bad so may hold off for a bit. I'm sure if you take yours off you'll be happy. The truck just looks so much cleaner now. The hood really looks white now vs the dingy white it was. Good luck

 

Supposedly. The heat causes your battery to heat up and lose some of the water out the top. Those batteries are vented to allow for that. That’s probably why all that staining is around the battery area.