What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Rodchester · Apr 2, 2023

Spicietaco said: ↑

Toyota factory front brakes r worthless....I finally changed out the rotors and pads up front around 40......the factory pads were not wearing....glazed over crazy pedal feel
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What rotors and pads did you go with?

jrgrieve · Apr 2, 2023

Latest addition.

soundman98 · Apr 2, 2023

canuck guy said: ↑

Keep your drivers license, reg and ins in a separate plastic sleeve in wallet or purse. Take it out and with you to gym or other. Not rocket science. Or just get a ticket from the cop.
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lol. i can barely keep track of my keys!

TwinTaco31719 · Apr 2, 2023

jrgrieve said: ↑

Latest addition.
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Nice! Been wanting a shell for mine since I got it 6 months ago!

jrgrieve · Apr 2, 2023

TwinTaco31719 said: ↑

Nice! Been wanting a shell for mine since I got it 6 months ago!
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I was lucky enough to find a used one two hours away.

TwinTaco31719 · Apr 2, 2023

jrgrieve said: ↑

I was lucky enough to find a used one two hours away.
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That’s what I’ve been searching for! Lunar rock is just not that common.

Irishblessing · Apr 2, 2023

Installed the raptor lights today and went for a drive.

TRDRed · Apr 2, 2023

Hilux1 said: ↑

Did a tire rotation and installed a set of wheel spacers. Picked these up at 4WP. They were out of my typical spidertrax so I went with the G2s. Hopefully they do as well as the spidertrax. Haven’t used these before.

Anyone have any experience with G2s?

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Nice! Curious, what kind of impact, if any, do the spacers have on your alignment? Any before/after experience?

TIA!

west4x4 · Apr 2, 2023

Just got my Mall Crawl permit, super excited to jump off side walks. Also added some 5x HP with a VP racing fuels decal.

TRDRed · Apr 2, 2023

beardedboomer said: ↑

7 Days.

She lasted 7 Days since leaving the dealership before mods begun.

Installed:

TRD Trail Edition Grill
1.25 Seat Blocks
Hondo Garage Vent mount
Trail Grid Pro Dash Cam power dongle

She'll basically be a Trail Edition once I get new Rims and Tires soon, then I'll have to come up with new decals for the bed.
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Nice! Ordered the Trail Edition grille for ours yesterday. Was thinking of going with the Pro grille like so many others - still looks better than the OR grille IMHO - but I really like the bronze lettering on the Trail Edition grille.

Driver's side is electric, but looking at seat blocks for the wife's side too.

Following along... keep us posted!

TwinTaco31719 · Apr 2, 2023

Irishblessing said: ↑

Installed the raptor lights today and went for a drive.
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That’s a unique way to install them! I like it!

TwinTaco31719 · Apr 2, 2023

TRDRed said: ↑

Nice! Ordered the Trail Edition grille for ours yesterday. Was thinking of going with the Pro grille like so many others - still looks better than the OR grille IMHO - but I really like the bronze lettering on the Trail Edition grille.

Driver's side is electric, but looking at seat blocks for the wife's side too.

Following along... keep us posted!
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I have the trail edition grill too and love it!

Irishblessing · Apr 2, 2023

TwinTaco31719 said: ↑

That’s a unique way to install them! I like it!
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Thank you; I like different.

kent50 · Apr 2, 2023

Looks like in the first location, your drive was spinning tires going in a circle! Nice looking truck!

TRDRed · Apr 2, 2023

ClassyTacos said: ↑

So, I also thought the KDmax was amazing, the truck felt quicker, lighter, just better all around. There were times when it would still gear hunt or the pedal was just a tad dead in between press/release and then quickly press scenario. Still way better than stock. I spent a good amount of time on the highest KDmax throttle settling and enjoyed the driving experience over stock. Also put it on the dyno after the KDmax tune. I never made a video or really put the numbers up any where because they were pretty sad. I do have the sheets where I tested the KDmax and the HPS tube and I'm pretty sure I saved the videos on an external SSD. I'll have to look for the videos to be sure.

How I ended up with the OTT. My battery kept dying or getting real close to dying so I picked up a newer AGM bat. AGM bats need a higher output from our alternators, so an update or a new tune was in order. The next day in the AM I saw a post on FB that OTT was going to be somewhat close to me, so I set up an appt that morning. It was way closer than the KDmax tuner.

As for the OTT, the truck feels even lighter, quicker, faster. My RPMs are lower through out all the gears. I can hang in the 80 -90 mphs and it feels like a regular car, even though I do not do this much. I feel like there is more power at a lower RPM and my exhaust even sounds better. I have no gear hunting at all on the highway and the gear shifts are crispy and quick. There is one spot where it hangs just a little between 3rd and 4th. OTT also has dyno sheets to show numbers. I know anything can be faked. I plan to put it back on the dyno to compare when I have time. It just seems to me that the OTT is more robust and better thought out beginning to end.

To make it extremely clear, I am not sponsored by OTT nor did I get a discount for my tune. I already had my computer unlocked so I paid the unlocked full price for the tune.

If you're happy with the KDmax thats all the matters. I'm not here trying to bash anyone. Having been through both tunes, the OTT is a superior tune in my opinion, it's the next evolution for our trucks. I'm on the medium spicy throttle daily with the ability to go full spice once the ECT button is pressed. If you're close to central FL I'll let drive it so you can feel the difference.
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Thanks for the excellent write-up! All the same experiences with the OTT performance tune done on ours as well. Coming from a Tundra I was immediately and really concerned about the throttle lag, gear hunting and seeming under-performance. Didn't expect it to be a V8, but I was like "uh-oh... did I just make a BIG mistake"? After Paul (@PNWTacoma) did his magic, I couldn't be happier. Best money I've spent on it so far.

atc250r · Apr 2, 2023

Did my second oil change at 10,000 miles. Used Redline 5W20 I had left over from my last truck. I'll let you know when it self destructs. LOL!

Irishblessing · Apr 2, 2023

kent50 said: ↑

Looks like in the first location, your drive was spinning tires going in a circle! Nice looking truck!
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Haha not me

venezian · Apr 2, 2023

MalabarMcGyver said: ↑

Thanks to all the great tutorials, I installed my first mod today. I got a Tundra bed light switch on eBay and bed lights from Amazon. I added some strip LEDs because excess is best. Really a one beer job, but I stretched it to two beers for adequate testing!

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tell me more about the tundra switch

Tacogeorge17 said: ↑

Centerforce dual friction clutch and flywheel is in! tomorrow it gets all put back together

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what advantages does this have over OE?

HighIronHooligan · Apr 2, 2023

atc250r said: ↑

Did my second oil change at 10,000 miles. Used Redline 5W20 I had left over from my last truck. I'll let you know when it self destructs. LOL!
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Oh good lordy what have you done!?

Hahaha!

TRDRed · Apr 2, 2023

YoshiMara said: ↑

Installed the OEM remote tailgate lock today. Can’t believe it isn’t a standard option. Wasn’t too bad to install, except the kick panel was a little stubborn going back on. Had to fuss with the plastic clips to get them lined up just right before it would cooperate.
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Added remote tailgate lock to ours last week. All fairly straight forward except for the two dang clips that hold the review camera and lock looms in the tailgate and bed. A real PIA for me... and one is in the trash. Zip tied everything in place and it seems fine, but I'm a little OCD about those things and it bugs me that it's not quite right. No idea where I'd find replacement clips like that so life goes on.

Pulling out the tiny key from the fob every time I wanted to get into the bed was just silly. Happy camper now.

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