What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I'm old, I got tired of lifting my ocean kayak onto my Tacoma.

Of course nothing ever is a direct bolt on. I had to modify the rear Thule Evo Aero bar because the Tacoma stock roof rack is just just over two inches narrower across the rear of the roof than the front. Of course the slot in the underside of the Thule 60" rack was about an 1" shorter than I needed to allow the Thule feet to slide in far enough to clamp to the Tacoma roof rack.

Not cheap, but a very clever bit of kit that works well. It has close to 50lb of lift assist, that is more than what my kayak weighs

 

That thing is sweet. You got folding steps too?

 

I'm embarrassed. Slacking.

 

I got my Sony XAV-9500ES in the mail a couple days ago. Just waiting to head down to my brother’s shop in a few days to take care of a few maintenance checks. And install this Bad Boy. Pictures when it’s done. Cheers

 

Did some fab work making a hitch adapter.
My 1up RakAttach bike swingout hits the d ring recovery points on the high clearance bumper. So instead of extending it outwards I took a cheap drop hitch adapter then cut/welded it up so it works backwards.
Now the swingout will be tucked tight under the bumper, my only concern is how bad I am at welding. I did put the swingarm in and jump on it and nothing broke so that is a good at least.
I got it damn near perfectly square but I'd say most of the welds are pretty shit.
I was able to weld the 3/16" tubes together really well, but on the 3/16 to solid 2" shank I kept burning through the 3/16, and then the 1/4" steel plates I welded on top of all were tough too. Still for my third time welding in my life I think I did ok. I will blame it on the equipment because I only have a flux core welder, someday in the future I will get a MIG and take some classes.

Also the spare tire is hanging loose in the picture.

 

In case you were wondering if you needed to trim anything to fit 33s, you don’t.. technically the truck will do it by itself if you let it

 

Were those interior lights a kit you bought?

 

VLED's kit for the Footwell lights, KTJO4x4 for the door handle pocket lights, and mix of Diode Dynamics or VLED 6000k white dome and map lights etc.

But after finding the wife's interior lights on AliExpress, I'd say get everything but the VLED Footwell lights from them, it's cheaper and seems to be the same product. The VLED kit appears to be their own product though.

 

What brand is the red air filter???

 

$16 KAX Engine Air Filter CA11895 Compatible with 2016-2023 Toyota Tacoma V6 3.5L, 2013-2021 Toyota Tundra (Only After 9/13), 2014-2021 Toyota Sequoia V8 5.7L, Replace OE 17801-0P100 17801-0S020

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KP9XWJ3

 

Hello all 3rd gen community, recently bought a used, new to me '23 pro with 31150k, took out the red trd air filter cause I don’t wanna buy the cleaning solution then having to wait for the filter to completely dry before oiling it, besides I've heard these oiled filters can clog up the MAF sensor and get the throttle body dirty as well, so I'm switching to a dry element, what say the community on air filter brands?, just whatever or are there some hardcore guys out here that like a particular brand?

 

Appreciate it, thx

 

Got the kill switch today…installing soon

 

Just ordered it

 

ALMOST had to jumpstart my battery with my

$80 NOCO GB40 : 1000A UltraSafe Jump Starter – 12V Lithium Battery Booster Pack, Portable Jump Box, Power Bank & Jumper Cables - for 6.0L Gas and 3.0L Diesel Engines

NOCO GB40. But it did start, although the information display had reset to "default screen". So I drove it 25 minutes on freeway to get charge back up. Rather explains why my GPS unit battery was dead a couple of days ago ... too much AZ heat, too much short-hop driving, etc. The vehicle system shut down the 12V socket when voltage threshold dropped. Original battery in a 2022 as far as I know, so no real surprise.

Seems Toyota will get a visit from me tomorrow. Unless Toyota OEM is considered too much trash to spend the money and you good people warn me off ...

I know that Wallyworld Neverstarts are recommended but I usually try to avoid Wallyworld on general principle (their 37.5 hour workweeks to avoid health benefits and pay rates).

 

My '19 sienna needs a new battery, it takes the same size as the Tacoma. I've been in analysis paralysis over which way to go.

Costco has a 24F with better numbers for about the same cost.

 

I have done some air filter testing in the past, as well as read about air filter CFM flow bench testing and then Engine Master did a Dyno test on a few air filters at Westech Performance Group and they all have pretty much came to the same conclusion, don't over think it, if it fits correctly-run it, they all flow similar CFM numbers and show very similar results on the dyno...

Advance Auto seems to be carrying a pretty good battery, IIRC Costco caries Interstate batterys...

 

I like Wix or Purolator filters. Anything but a Fram.