What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Meanwhile I’m tapping on the steering wheel of the rav4 loaner, reading your posts. The horror. The horror. lol.

 

Noice. Did the same on mine- much prefer this over the black and red.

 

I’d love to have a little RAV4 to daily. Right now I daily a 2012 Civic that we had bought our oldest kiddo when she turned 16, and she bought a newer Civic after wrecking this one (instead of waiting for the body shop to finish repairs…kids amiright?). Despite the reliability of a Honda, it’s about the only vehicle on the road that’s more uninspiring to drive than Toyota.

 

The AWD Camry is pretty sharp. And the latest Honda Indy cars are not exactly a hand me down. lol. But the base models are definitely uninspirational

 

Jabba the Hut mileage ...

 

Changed my plugs at 81k. Couple came out too easy, others were a little on the tight side. Took almost 3 hours, glad it's done and truck runs great.

 

Took me five hours to do the RAM I once had. 16 of them bad boys. That’s right boys , two plugs per cylinder, HEMI will always get my ultimate respect.

 

What sensor bracket??? Looks like you would just drill a 5/16 hole in the grill and install the sensor above the TCC...

Am I missing something??

 

Shovel time. This is where traction boards would be amazing.

 

What mount are you using for your Mini??

 

GREAT looking garage

 

Finally got around to putting a winch in this bumper. Had to get a little persuasive with the hood latch support and clock the clutch forward but fits nice and snug. Working great and spent the afternoon hauling oak firewood up.

 

Did the front shocks yesterday. I didn't take pictures during the install - I just wanted to get it done. They're adjusted to the lowest height setting. I didn't install the Bilstein UCAs. Not sure if I should or send them back. Not a big fan of polyurethane bushings, but they definitely look better than OE. Not planning on lifting, but who knows what I'll do in the future.

 

You don't see too many on here that are willing to use their Tacoma as a tool, props. I assume you do understand that has the potential to take years off the lifespan?

 

Probly fine

 

One time I hauled 2 bags of mulch and a 4'x4' piece of plywood.

 

Plywood? That's what the minivan is for.

 

Unimaginable! Lol

 

Nothing super cool. Just building some wiring harnesses/runs. Redoing a lot of wiring I’ve done over the years. As you get older you learn more skills, get new tools, new tricks, find WAY better materials and components.

It’s nice to refresh everything and make it look good. And even more importantly, everything matches, it’s labeled and I can’t forget anymore where the wires are running. Lol.

 

Nice! Something I’ve been wanting to do myself. As the truck changes, so do accessories.