What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

3 weeks old & haven't washed my truck yet Maybe I should have bought the black one, this color doesn't show the dirt

 

I do think black would pop a little more. But it was acquired from another member for shipping costs only and I like the design of the grille.
Do they make a black version of that? If so one has not recently come up from on market place or here.

 

Nope, that's why I was saying IF it existed it would be fire.mpeg. I only put the Pro grille because it was black and looks better than the SR option. But if that grille existed in an OEM black option I would have bought it 100%.

 

Got it. I just didn't want a pro grille.

 

Shopping for a portable air compressor. Used would be nice.

 

I used bed liner instead of just paint. The little research I did everyone suggests it will hold up better and longer than paint. I'm not sure if it's true or how much longer, just wanted to throw that out there.

 

That is a lot of salt my guy… Like 1,200mg or half what you’re supposed to intake in a day.
Maybe try filling up the empty with water and only downing 2 or 3 of them?
I don’t know your diet or activity level. Not trying to be preachy or tell you what to do, but 4-5 bottles of gator juice is a lot even for athletes. Sodium is sneaky, especially when you’re drinking it. Just lookin’ out

 

Then there's me looking into swapping my OR grill to a SR5 grill

 

c_mento_taco_808 on Instagram makes them.

 

I have the same on mine. I just masked it off and sprayed around it with a textured spray paint.

 

Well there's one in York Pennsylvania just sitting there now. I have a black and chrome trim ring for it.

 

that looks good but not sure the paint will stay on. I prefer to have tint on mine which lasts longer.

thanks for showing me your light paint job.

 

Excellent advice. Give your kidneys a breather.

 

Emblem is from tacovinyl. I cut from access from the sheet and pretty much eyeballed it. I think I got lucky. I took care with the edges and used a very fine plastic tool to tuck. I did all the vinyl on my truck and youtube was a great help. Lots of great videos and ideas. I think I got a vinyl install kit on Amazon for $15 that included several different blades of varying thickness. A good vinyl cutting blade is essential.

P.S. the emblem with the script as opposed to the more block letters is more forgiving if it's off a bit due to the curves and lines of the script. TEQ symbols require more precision.

 

I'll run it by him, but I'm pretty sure he's not too interested in making them. I would like to find a manufacturer that will talk with us about producing these though, and if that fails, we may just make the 3d print file available to anyone that wants it.

 

Check out shapeways - they handle the sales, printing, and shipping and you (or your friend) get a cut for each sale. I've purchased a couple of things from there that a member designed.
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace

 

Awesome- thanks for that info- Will check them out.

 

Ya you got the nice one.

That's pretty sweet. Looks heavy?

Picked up a 5th wheel for my spare.
$163 local off a salvage.

 

Changed front & rear differential fluid today. Key things I found on this forum were helpful and made it go smooth as could be:

-Used the flex-fill quart bags (Valvoline full synthetic 75w90)
-Tap each drain and fill plug lightly with a ball-peen hammer prior to breaking them free

Gonna get this and Fumoto valve at time of next oil change:

Front Skid Plate Fit for 2016-2023 Tacoma Off Road TRD PRO Sport SR5

https://www.amazon.com/LOSTAR-2016-...356-4ca9-9b96-bb8b2f798a82&pd_rd_i=B091PRVVBG

 

Looks like I know my next tire set