What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

All good?

 

Much nicer!

 

Hated the chrome bumper caps so I took them off sanded and sprayed with bedliner. Came out super nice and has a great texture.

 

Looks textured and oem, great job!

 

Finally got my wheel/tire setup complete. Super happy with how it came out and it rides great. I was reluctant to go up to a 285 from stock setup and I'm glad I took a baby step first. I've got a tiny bit of rub on my passenger cab mount, so I'll end up doing a chop on both sides for plenty of clearance and then next time I need tires I can go up to the 285s. Front bumper corners also needed a bit of trimming, but that's easy and already done. I just had to get the picture in front of Target for the lulz #targetsponsored

RRW RRS-7 17x8.5 +0
Falken AT4W 275/70/17

FYI suspension setup is eibach stage 2 with a 1in rear lift block

 

Got the auxbeam installed in engine bay and wires through firewall will work on the interior setup tomorrow or Thursday and do wire management when it’s finished.

 

2inch Redrock spacer lift.


UH60Hwkdrvr

 

^^^^^^

OMG!!!

 

Lol it’s really not as bad as it looks. For whatever reason my thumb bled a lot though. It’s deep but borderline needing a stitch or 5. Definitely didn’t feel great. Why you shouldn’t ever do something when in a hurry

 

Geeze!

The waived shipping charges were $33.26 & $33.06...the boxes they come in are oversized but Dang!

 

I was swapping out the white lenses on my Diode bar to Ambers and and wanted to test it so I pulled out a 9 volt and did it for the shits and giggles and it worked.

 

Great idea.

 

Thanks, had to do some modifications to the C-pillar but well worth it. I just couldn’t drill a hole in the rear doors just to install tweeters, had to find a better location.

 

Moved from Oregon to California so had to get her smogged and went to dmv smiling with smog certificate in hand until the lady told me ok that’ll be 4900.00 dollars
Since I had the truck for less than a year I have to pay sales tax in California even though I bought it in Oregon … Wtf !!!
Wow that was an expensive Smog/Registration if I would of known a head of time I would of been prepared to grab my ankles

 

Did you have to supply your own lube?

 

Lube is a proposition 65 substance . . . . you’ll have to go back across the state line to use it…..

 

Installed a

$57 Uniden PRO505XL 40-Channel CB Radio. Pro-Series, Compact Design. Public Address (PA) Function. Instant Emergency Channel 9, External Speaker Jack, Large Easy to Read Display. - Black

Uniden PRO505XL CB radio and 4’ Firefly (by FireStik) antenna. Used an 18’

$43 PL259 USA Made PL-259 Improved Double Shielded RG-58u for FireStik Antenna K-8A 18-Foot Single CB/Ham Coax Cable

PL259 coaxial cable and Rago Fabrication antenna mount.

The hardest part of the install was snaking the cable through the frame past the fuel tank. I went through the grommet under the driver seat and then unbolted the front of the seat to pass the cable up to the side of the console (another tight space).

I wire brushed and sanded the powder coat off of the mount where the bottom of the antenna stud mount goes for ground. The antenna I received (from Amazon) had a small slit in the sheathing near the top. I just used some electrical tape to rid it of any transmission seepage.

I was able to get an SWR meter reading of 1 for ch1 and ch20 and a reading of 1.3 for ch40. Additionally the antenna I received didn’t have a tip to cover the tuning hardware. I ordered a couple packs (4 total) and of course the I.D. was a little too big and so I wrapped more electrical tape until it was nice and snug.









Oh, also ordered the stubby mic holder from BulletPoint Mounting Solutions to add to the Taco Bar. I also used Velcro to mount the CB until I’m 100% sure where its new forever home will be.

 

I would’ve waited until just after the one year anniversary.