What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Went with Black mirror caps today.

 

Finally modded my rear diff breather. Ended up putting a filter on it and zip tieing it to the gas filler. It is hidden behind the gas fill trim.


Also swapped out my front diff and transfer case fluids and swapped the diff plugs for the Lexus versions. There was a lot of sludge on the diff magnet and both fluids looked a bit dirty. 36,000 miles on the truck so I assume it's mostly initial break in gunk.

 

yes. surprised you are waiting that long to do the diffs. regular use diff fluid interval is 30k. towing interval is 15k.

 

Installed this tire mount a few weeks ago for my 285/75/17 spare and it is well designed and easy to install. Only negative was I had to remove the camper shell mount bracket to slide the tire mount into the channel and had to make sure I had the right size socket for tbe lug nuts the kit comes with.

 

Black TRD skid plate!

 

Few fun and not so fun ones this week:

start with the not so fun: front body mount bushings were destroyed, truck has 29k miles on it, 99.9% of that has been on road so no reason for these to be decimated already. Replaced with Energy Suspension setup 9.4102G. Riding way smoother and no clunking over small potholes in the front end. If you look close at the OEM metal bushing sleeve, you can see either the frame or the body was grinding a divot out of the sleeve itself, pretty crazy for a measly under 30k miles.






fun! Pulled the trigger on a set of 295/70/17 tires, Milestar Patagonia XTs, they are SO quiet compared to the AT4Ws and have been great in the rain so far, highly recommend. Looks speak for themselves, definitely need a brake pad and rotor upgrade with the extra heft lol.

 

Love the Arizona Green Tea looking thing @K9tacoma