What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I grew up in the mountains of Western Virginia, winter days sometimes never got out of low teens, it was cold but not terrible. But, we didn't have any wind, so no wind chill. As you said the wind is the game changer. Out temps haven't been bad, just the average 15-25 mph N/NE/NW winds. Also, I'm older now and have lived here 40 years, I just don't like cold weather. I'm a short sleeve/flip flops guy!!

 

Very detailed report, haven't seen anyone track their exact weight and distribution before, but very interesting. Excellent write up describing your mods so far, very informative.

 

If you're changing it, use a coupler and pull it past the fuel tank.

 

Congratulations on the new truck, looks great! And welcome to TW!

 

It’s not even a trailer queen, it’s a Total garage queen. It’s winter it might get cold out there.

 

Idk if that grommet photo is the finished product or not, but you might want to drill a hole in the center of the grommet and run it through that way. It might chaff or leak on the edge like that.

 

Bought the Course Motorsports phone holder. Looked like a great design, mounts securely behind the driver side upper radio mount.

Loved it…….until I drove the truck. The metal bracket or plate seems to be spring steel. The highway seams and bumps make the phone oscillate. It’s the most annoying mount I’ve ever tried.

Contacted Course for a return. Will see if they stand by their claims.

So, reinstalled the TrackForm mount in the HCAC vent left of the radio……super solid mount.

 

Bought some black replacement letters for the grill and wanted to give it that old school flavor by adding white vinyl overlays. These have a nice gloss to them, nice quality.

 

Good job! I'm in Brandon FL and can lend the special tools for ECGS bushing replacement, if you ever decide on that task.

 

Put some Caliraised step edition rock sliders w / kickout. Install was pretty simple and took about an hour per side.

 

Already ordered one. Thanks!

 

It’s pretty tight. I spliced it. Gonna seal it when everything is done. Thanks.

 

My favorite mounts are ram mounts. Yes they aren’t one handed mounts but they work really well on and off-road

 

Where did you get your replacement letters from? I’ve got a rock chip on one of mine that has been bugging me.

 

Just installed the Redarc Tow Pro Elite on my 2020 OR. Install was fairly simple with only one hiccup, I dropped the ground wire bolt into the small cavity in the fender where the sunroof drain runs. It was a huge PITA to get out. I poked around blindly with my grabber for about 10min till I was able to snag it. Other than that it only took about 20min total.
I love the fact I don’t have the unit hanging down for my knees to bang into. The adjustment dial looks right at home in the acc. button blank. Couldn’t be happier with it.

 

Thanks for choosing us for your sliders! They look clean

 

Thanks for choosing us for your cat protectors! We are glad your cats are protected

 

It was a beautiful day yesterday so I finally got the truck washed and cleaned up again.
Does anyone know the part # for this little clip holding the floormat down? Vacuumed it up accidentally

 

Not recent, but I thought I'd share the first mod on the 2023 TRD OR:

 

Been a while since I did anything to the truck since the build is pretty much finished now. But it was time for an oil change again at 8500 miles so I got to throw on the metal filter housing assembly and

$34 Fumoto F-133 : STANDARD VALVE WITH 12MM-1.25 THREADS WITH LEVER CLIP Gold

Fumoto F-133 that I've had in the garage for a year or so along with some fresh Mobil1 0w20 and a TRD filter. Hoping the Fumoto makes the future changes less messy with the TRD skid.

The P/N for the metal housing is

$35 15620-31060 15643-31050

15620-31060 and was pnp and did not require making any changes.