What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

...phew!! I'll try this instead of the shoe polish then. My door panels have more scratches than a DJ.

 

I bought a 3 pack of the ninja pads at the local detail boutique shop and have been in love with them ever since. its like a sponge made from the stiff side of velcro.

 

Installed front and rear dash cam.

 

I use 303 as well. It doesn't last. It's not that important to me to purchase any other products.

 

Whatever I had laying around. It was quick and easy.

 

I doubt it will. The area where I had gouges and scratches don't really touch clothes. Maybe where my knee rests on the door. It's a dye, so it really doesn't rub off... Time will tell.

 

Day trip to test the new setup.

 

I bet it does. Test it on a pair of binoculars.

 

Hey Ross, @BBogey

This is the TRD Lift I ordered from Dover Toyota (I.G. Burton) but they were not able to do install...so I called Newark Toyota and they hooked me up!

Here are the details and before/after pics.

I used my work bonus to pay for labor and paid cash for parts.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=prkmzHx4Bmc

 

I would highly advise not using the heat gun method. I've tried this before on exterior plastics on my 1st gen taco and it ended up looking worse over time. Initially it worked awesome and was raving about it. Extremely faded plastics looked brand new. But over time (which didnt take long here in the az heat, like one summer) they faded again and looked even worse with wavy lines all over in the pattern of the heat gun application. It may work better with interior plastics that are still in fairly good shape and retain alot of its internal structure material (plasticizers? iirc) and would last longer being on the interior, but you're basically expediting the process at which itll degrade. Let's say for example, in 10 years (being an interior piece less exposed to uv elements) at which that plastic would fade (even the slightest) itll do it in lets say, half that time, if you apply heat. And look like trash. Then you'll be kicking yourself bc you'll be looking into replacements...

DO NOT USE A HEAT GUN!!!

 

Swapped out the bashed bumper cap on my truck today. Easy enough job but I wasn’t loving the 105 F feels like temp. Go team winter!!!

 

Do you have it wired with the Viofo hardwire kit for parking mode?

 

Thank you!!!

 

I decided the OEM roof rack needs to go. I am now in search of something for my new kayak.

OEM was fine for 5 years - carried lots of loads.

 

Oh no, not for me, not a chance. I know shit from shinola. @2k2 you jogged my memory. I've shined a LOT of shoes, seen a lot of scuffs, and scuffed a LOT of floors. Initially, yes, will look great, but in service after a few weeks you might want to have a look at your long shirt elbows...

I worked summers at a popular upscale private Country Club and I shined golf shoes all weekends. 4 pair of shoes tee'd off every 12 minutes from 7:30 to 12:00 noon on the front 9, and simultaneously same on the back 9, that might be about 5 * 4(shoe pairs) * 4.5 * 2 = 180(shoe pairs) every weekend day. Okay, not all 180 got shinola all the time, and I think there was another guy working the daubers and buffers along side me. But those members shoes got cleaned/shined, if they requested. Yeah there were white, brown, black, and mahogany shoe colors from what I remember, the mahogany's were really nice and always well cared for I think their owners thought they were special too. So, I noticed that shoe polish really wasn't permanent.

Initially it might look great, and I do think yours looks awesome, it looks new. Let us know if it rubs off. You also reminded me of a 'report' that got under my skin, JD Powers 'initial customer statisfaction'. Of course initially, most cars are awesome in the first 90 days, but what matters to me is the 5 - 10 year, possibly longer, satisfaction. Hehe, I always laughed and thought to myself 'who cares about IQS?'. Oh, I thought the report was 'studied' within the first 90 days, my bad.

• J.D. Power Initial Quality Study (IQS): This study is a significant measure of new-vehicle quality after the first 90 days of ownership. It uses "problems per 100 vehicles (PP100)" as a metric based on owner-reported problems. The 2024 IQS also incorporates repair visit data to enhance its insights. In 2024, Chevrolet ranked second among mass-market brands in this study.

Anyway, I'm just bored, obviously.

 

No I used the mirror plug. I didn’t think about parking mode. Now I might change it.

 

Nice hood graphic. I think the topo is #1

 

Thanks! Yeah it came factory but I love it.

 

I’ve got a Cross Bin 13. I’m not sure it can be slid into that position, under the center section. The Cross Bin is way deeper than the shelf shown in the OP’s post. And even if it can, DB recommends keeping it against the cab so in an emergency stop it doesn’t slam forward.