What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Some lessons were learned and reverse drop hitch number 2 has been built.

I think my issue with the first one was the steel. I bought a prebuilt powder coated hitch, cut it up, and rewelded it together. And despite belt grinding it then wire wheeling it then acetone cleaning it I couldn't get good welds on it. The new one, while not TIG dimes pretty, has solid welds for only my fourth time welding using flux core.

 

Mine has squeaked for years, I just accept it as part of life. I have so many other rattles that a clutch squeak is pretty low priority.

 

That Griots looks to be decently better/longer lasting than the Turtle Wax (I was a big fan of it) and it’s only $22. It’s also 6oz more than the Turtle Wax.

 

Honestly don't know a thing about tinting but have been reading up and it seems like ceramic is the way to go and there's also different quality and the need to do all glass even if just a clear film on the windshield if you want maximum heat reduction, not a miracle but helps quite a bit. If that is in fact true I will probably invest in some for my Tacoma and see if I can gain some benefits. Thanks for your insight.

 

grinding down all the stock mount welds absolutely sucks. i see some guys leave it there but that looks hack imo. i already had a cmc done that cleared my tires but i couldn't stand to watch these rust in a box any longer after i paid so much to get them shipped to canada...

 

theres been multiple tsbs about this issue over the years. mines never squeaked on my 2023 tho

 

your supposed to lie on your back and pump the little thread on soap dispenser nozzle 700 times. each time leaking a little more gear oil down your forearm

 

The real beauty of that product is next time you wash your truck, dry it with the towel and the existing wax resets and it fucking sparkles for like 1/4 the effort of your original application. You can wet it and spray more on lightly and dry it off with a good quality towel, and it’s like it got a full exterior detail. I was just raving about that stuff in an earlier post here.

 

get whatevers cheapest at the time. they are virtually the same product

 

Finally wired up and installed my Redarc 1225D and lithium battery in my Smartcap to power my IceCo JP50. Lucked out and was able to modify some random panels I got in the clearance bin at Rack Attack to mount the whole thing against the sliding window.