What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

more practice needed on parking in the garage

 

good luck with that white

 

alot of places to off road there

 

It installed BORA .75, wheel spacers for my 2023 TRD OffRoad. The OEM studs stick out slightly, they are notches on my stock rims to clear them. They did not have black finish, but had silver.

 

The studs don’t protrude past the spacer? It’s hard to tell by the picture but it looks close.

 

Looks great!

Where in Georgia?

I'm outside of Valdosta

 

Actually, as posted, it was taken off by a car wash rag wheel. I don’t park in a garage.

 

White trucks are COOLER (literally)

 

I dun did that a few years ago reversing too fast into the garage not paying attention lol

 

It the first thing I checked. The OEM studs stick out slightly, but there are notches on my stock rims to clear them. Somebody mentioned about BORA .75 wheel spacers in another post.

 

ditched the factory B-pillar overlays, and every other sticky little thing I could remove

 

How did you remove them?

 

Because I'm a gluten for punishment I finished this little project on one of the warmest nastiest days in Phoenix..

Finished adding a battery monitor for a power run to the bed (see https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...3rd-gen-today.399305/page-13841#post-29632947). Settled on a Victron

$99 Victron Energy SmartShunt IP65 Battery Monitor (Bluetooth) - Victron Smart Shunt - 6.5V-70V, 500 amp

Smart Shunt due to the IP65 rating. Looked heavily at RedArc battery monitor (BSEN500) and

$86 Renogy 500A Battery Monitor with Shunt, High and Low Voltage Programmable Alarm, Range 10V-120V up to 500A, 20ft Shielded Cable, Compatible 12V Lithium Sealed, Gel, Flooded Batteries,Black

Renogy 500 amp shunt. Very happy with the selection of Victron, the bluetooth interface has functionality and parameters that exceed either of the other two. Not a whole heck of a lot to see, I ran the heavy two gauge wire under the air box, crimped and soldered all connections and extended the accessory line from the Victron unit to monitor the main starter battery too. For my purpose of monitoring consumption and reserve power for a CPAP and future fridge, this one is all done.

 

It’s ice cap, not super white. Not sure I’ve seen any issues with ice cap yet, but time will tell.

 

You got a sweet ride there too! Grew up outside of Savannah. Moved to DFW couple years ago, but moving to PHX in the spring. Family still lives in GA though. Got some family in Sav, Waycross, and near Cordele. GA will always be home, and I love my GA teams, hence the GA flag. However, I want to adventure in the vast west.

 

Popped the 6112s in.

Before:


After:



Old ones:




I got a small increase in the front, but still pretty high in the back:

 

A hair dryer and credit card works

 

This is the future of your windows in PHX ... 50% overall on windshield, 5% as the top strip. Bought mine used from Toyota and sides/back is darker (30% maybe) but I am not sure.

And forget "daylight savings time" ... no change because there is enough sunlight without the extension.

 

park in sun for 20 minutes. Open a door, pry it up with fingernail to get going, then pull straight down. Came off squeaky clean, perfect paint underneath.

 

Rust from the inside is evil. I'm not an expert, but I hit mine on an older 4Runner with POR 15. It helped a lot, except I didn't find it all so it started bubbling on the edges of my "repair". A local bodyshop did a better job but they still wouldn't guarantee anything related to rust. That lasted fine until my son put the 4Runner into a bridge abutment. I think if you keep on top of it you'll be fine. Best of luck.