What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

It does not. I have seen adapters for that but it is wired.

 

I bolted it down for several reasons, actually. I'm not saying they were all 100% thought out though. But I'm going to run with it for a while.
1) When I go to move something, say furniture size stuff, I don't want it to roll up too much as we first get the item in the bed.
2) I don't want it growing legs.
3) the drain holes are covered whether it's bolted or not. I looked at that right off and was disappointed. Almost cut the corners, but decided to wait.
4) I don't plan hauling a lot of dirt that isn't contained in a bag. Period unbolt/clean under/re-bolt. Wasn't all that worried, since there doesn't seem to be any metal under there anyways.

 

You should probably check under your truck to make sure the bolts are fully engaged with the nuts that are welded to the frame.
It would be pretty ironic if in the attempt to keep your mat from "growing legs" you lose your whole truck bed going over a speed bump lol.

 

At this point I don’t think you can justify it. If it had some metal grommets you might be able to get away with it.

 

These were a nightmare on my 2004! Took a couple hours, an air hammer and several Diablo hacksaw blades to remove. Not fun

 

Well, not a new addition to my 2020 Tacoma, I replaced it with a 2023 SR 4X4 new truck. Now to start the fun of adding new upgrades to the new truck. My old truck was Silver. This one is MGM. Well, this is what I did to my 3rd gen today. I love that new truck smell!!!!!

 

I was surprised how much rust was on that one sleeve. I can only imagine how it would have been if they were all rusted and seized.

 

Got a replacement topo letters from Coop's Custom 1221 for my replacement tailgate-- was surprised to a new 3D version of them for the 3rd Gen which I am digging' a lot! Love the quality of the product along with the awesome customer service.

 

I don't see the 3d version listed. These the ones?

https://1221laser.com/tailgate-badge-3rd-gen-tacoma/

 

What did you tap for the power or did you run power from the battery to a fuse block?

 

Thanks! The cover has not seen any rain or snow yet so I'm not sure about weather proofing. I have heard the Retrax is just OK for keeping out water. I needed something that is relatively secure and that I could add the low bed bars above, those two things were higher on the list than completely keeping out the elements.

I picked up the cover at Cap World in Salem, NH. I got the bar set up off of EBAY.

 

lol, i ordered 2 reels of 100' of 12ga for my install... you've got me thinking i've over-ordered... though it seems you're only doing 6 speaker locations, while i'll be doing 6-8 locations...

 

Yea, I ordered these because this is what I had on my first tailgate but received these new 3D ones. Corey said they switched over because they were better quality which I agree!

 

Yeah, he just emailed me back and said they're all 3D printed now.

 

nice he's like 30 mins from me

 

‘That’s all I do as well, pretty simple.. Of it ever becomes a hassle, I’ll spray paint half the lens black and call it good, upper half…LOL

 

Swapped back to the Sierra’s and G003’s

 

what happens when you need to clean the bed or unclog the drain holes?

 

I've always debated about getting a tune since I got the truck in May, 2022.
Just got Overland Torque Tune (OTT) this morning by Quoc in Orange County, CA.

I was a little bit skeptical about all this tune thing, but WOW was I missing out...
The driving experience is COMPLETLY different now and very satisfied. I just need to get used to this now. Drove about 40-50 miles today and also had to haul supplies for my business (roughly 400-500 lbs) in the bed today. It feels like a different truck now.

Best money/mod I spent so far.