What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yeah, safelite and another windshield shop locally said they wouldn’t align my sensors due to the lift and canopy on my truck that I would have to take it to the dealership so they could override the system. I agree with you, they’re making money off of these things cracking so fast so no push to change anything!

 

They’re full of shit.

Page 27 of the Owner’s Warranty & Information

“GENERAL INFORMATION
You are responsible for ensuring that your Toyota is operated and main- tained according to the instructions in the Owner’s Manual and the Scheduled Maintenance Guide.

You should keep detailed records of vehicle maintenance, since under some circumstances they may be required for warranty coverage. These records should include date of service, mileage at time of service and a description of service performed and/or parts installed. For your conve- nience, a maintenance log is included in the Scheduled Maintenance Guide. If you sell your vehicle, you should give your maintenance records to the new owner.

Toyota will not deny a warranty claim solely because you do not have records to show that you maintained your vehicle. However, damage or failures caused by lack of proper maintenance are not covered under warranty.”

 

Since the only way to fit a fully inflated one is to cut your exhaust to do an axle dump, cut off the exhaust hangers, do the hoist relocate and hammer the tire guides back, deflating is a pretty simple solution (if you have an inflator with you or OBA).

I did all the above to get my 34s to fit and kind of wish I'd have just delfated it.......

 

I keep the cap from the OEM filter box and have receipts of when I purchased filters and oil (Mobil 1 ow-20 full synthetic), I'm sticking to an oil change every six months (100% overkill). I got tired of waiting a year or 10k on my corolla, I now have a garage so I'd rather waste a Saturday at my house rather than the dealer. I do not enjoy the service department in slightest...

 

I just laughed under my breath, I keep records and buy OEM filters. I have a spreadsheet with mileage and descriptions of when/what was done, I also keep a three-ring binder with all paper receipts. Not rocket science, snug everything to spec, the horror stories of over tightened filter housing do not sound like good time to me.

 

I was eyeing a 22' 1794 Edition TRD Off Road Tundra in Army Green with 22k miles on the lot while getting my recall fixed . The thought of taxes, fuel, insurance, and monthly payment talked me out of it. Now the caramel/peanut butter interior with heated/cooled seats, with a sunroof, those kept me interested. Lady was pretty snooty when I asked if they had sold it, pretentious response of "I sold that myself, we're a one price dealership and we price accordingly." Glad I didn't have to play ball with them, they also ghosted us after I asked if they could find a manual Tacoma when we were shopping for ours. Ended up driving two hours to another dealership to find ours that same week. Whatever

 

Tires only have 20k on them. Though, some 33's would be very nice. Getting wheels first. Then tires.

 

Played with my bumper. Added RC Black Series bars to the BA Side Wings. Got very lucky in that I had some perfectly sized plastic spacers that allowed me to center them spot on. Added in some Ti hardware again. Its funny, people bag on Rough Country but, they actuallhave metric hardware. Getting parts for a Tacoma with SAE hardware bugs me. Really looking forward to getting the bumper on the truck. Gotta' finish the bathroom first.

 

I too have a RC light bar in my BA4x4 bumper. I think RC makes decent stuff, it's not top dollar quality stuff, but it functions and works. They also have awesome customer support, my buddy was installing a RC lift in his Jeep but there wasn't a lift specific to his models options and RC worked with him to figure out how to make it work.

 

Installed some bumper caps from R4T. Had a dude ran a red light and hit me in January, insurance stated they couldn't get me into a body shop until July. Just took the money instead, took the bumper off, rerouted the fog lights, sprayed the crash bar. Waiting on a bumper, lift and bigger tires. Drivers in Denver Suck

 

After stopping to help someone out of a burning car, got myself an Amerex halotron extinguisher, same ones we use in our training aircraft
Going to mount it later this week on a DDI MMP

 

I'm not sure I would go with their lifts but, their lighting is Cree. I've used Cree in my buildings for years and they make a good product. I also don't need a million dollars in off road lighting to flex in the mall parking lot where I will do most of my wheeling.

 

I did all the above and still had to deflate it! Any yes I have onboard air if the time comes to need it.

 

Wi-Fi connect per their letter.

 

I ordered Mickey Thompson at and Method 703 wheels through DiscountTire with black tpms stems. They could not sync them. So the young shop guys put shiny ones on... aahhhhhh damnit Bobby. Wanted all black on my white taco.

 

I installed a set of JL C1-690s today.

Very happy with the performance. I compared the installed drivers side set against the passenger side original and there is a big difference in clarity. No more booming bass, much more punchy. It makes listening at higher volumes more pleasant. A great upgrade for those that want to just use the stock non-JBL head unit. I enjoyed trying them out so much I ran my battery down just listening to them after the install.

Not much to show, but the originals are very lightweight.

 

Set up an appointment with discount tire to install new goodyear ultraterrain 265/70-17's.

 

Cleaned up stock skid plates and tried to do something different on the main plate with some TRD color - should have just done straight sections of red, orange, and yellow instead of trying to follow contour of the plate in the middle. Oh well..maybe repaint it again in a year.

 

Awesome nonetheless!

 

I did new speakers all around a while back as well. Amazing how cheap those stock ones are and the magnets on them are mindblowingly small. That said, for as low rent as they are, they don't sound that bad. Not good, for sure. But just going by crap quality to sound reproduction, just saying, they sound better than they look. Adding the new head unit (Alpine Halo 11) is what really blew me out of the water.

This weekend, I yanked all the trim and seats out of the rear of the cab to start putting in Kilmat. I ran out and have to order more. But, it blew me out of the water how much the trim plastic and seats muffled the road sound. I decided to leave everything out until the rest of the Kilmat gets here tomorrow instead of putting it back in. 5 times on the way to work today I had to turn and look around because it sounded like there was an actual open gaping hole in the back. The road noise was nuts. Wasn't loud really, just sounded like I had a window open or something.