What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yeah, you'll definitely want to go dual-battery once (or before) you get a fridge. I was hoping my NorthStar G31 would handle my ARB 50q, but by the morning the fridge would be in safe-mode (in warm weather, at least). You'll be good with just your lights and compressor. It goes without saying, keep the truck running if the compressor is on.

 

Thanks! It's actually a McDonald's around Agua Dulce. We took the 14 to Pearlblossom Hwy. ..but, the Barstow one is also a great stop that we've frequented. Hope you have a wonderful trip to Utah in August and enjoy it there!

 

I'm out of town but the family had the truck out running errands and were hit by a red light runner. Everyone is ok thankfully but damn this sucks on a truck with less than 4k miles on it. My uncle said the frame and suspension looked straight, might get luck and just need a bed, bumper and tail light, but we will see. It was just picked up by the auto collision shop so should find something out next week.

My uncle was really impressed by how it held up, it was an older GMC 1500 that hit them doing 35-45mph. No airbags deployed.

EDIT: Adjuster went around it, not taking anything apart yet, already up to $8k. The 3 week old topper will need replaced, was cracked on the inside.

 

Damn! Glad everyone is okay! Hopefully your frame is good too. That would suck anytime, but especially with less than 4K on it! Keep us posted on what the collision shop has to say.

 

Does washing it count? Followed by a Florida summer storm out of nowhere

 

Thanks for more tech teaching talk.

So you want it to "push left" or "push off of the left to the right" ?

I would think the desired effect would be to the right for safety reasons. To have the vehicle run off the right hand side of the road instead of the left automatically if there was no steering input for whatever reason.

 

Finally installed 4Runner trail wheels and washed her.

 

Great pics, I'm jealous. Utah is a great place for camping and outdoor activities.

 

I'm glad that your family was in the truck and not in that VW.

 

I did a quick thing. Maxpider 3D

 

Are you going to replace it with a Fiberglass bed ?

 

Dang that sucks, but glad everyone is okay. Did the PD find the Ram 1500 driver at fault? Where there witnesses that stayed behind to collaborate?

Not sure if their insurance will report this on your vehicle, but if they do, argue for payment on diminished resale value. You'll have plenty of support and advice here to chime in because the insurance company will likely immediately resist, but as you know, many of us take into the Tacoma's resale value when we buy.

 

Seems like, relying on a 40 year old memory from tech school, that we put more toe out on the left side back then. So if you string the centerlines of the front and rear of the front tires there was a slight difference, being wider in front than the rear of the tires. Whatever we did the left tire was aimed just a hair to the left to stay towards the crown while the right tire tracked straight. I have not touched a Hunter alignment machine since the late 1970's. Seems like the left side wheelbase was a hair shorter than the right side too. I guess I may need to get the cob webs off my old Hunter book and refresh myself. We serviced a lot of State Police Mopars in school and it was weird that we had to adjust riding height on Mopars. I wonder if they still put those torsion bars in cars any more. The biggest thing I do frequently is ball joints, replace tie rods and adjust tie rod ends to align steering wheels. I cannot remember the last time I had an alignment done. Nowadays I just string tires, precision measure tie rod lengths and duplicate that dimension after repairs. Been very lucky that alignments usually are close enough when done.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert. Shadetree mechanic would be a fitting description.

 

I’ve been thinking about buying those. Did you get the rear too? Does it cover the hump?

 

They look great. Glad you like them

 

You sell these?

 

Just picked up RCI sliders. Weekend project: prep, paint, install.

Recommendations on painting process?

 

Here is an old thread but has some ideas to get you started.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/best-paint-for-sliders.70608/

 

That's a perfect starting point, thank you!