What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I need one of these or a Toyota step. I think they are real close price wise.

 

Works for me too!

 

So I owned a 2006 OR Taco until three weeks ago when I upgraded to a 2018 OR. In my 12 years of owning the previous Taco, I wasn’t (sadly) a member of Tacomaworld and (sadly) kept the truck 100% stock. When I bought my 2018 I joined the forum and was inspired to start modding just a little bit. It’s a small step, but I blacked out my badges with Plasti Dip a few days ago. Loving this stuff and the look new subtle changes to the rig!

 

I had a '16 SR5 for 2 & a half years. LOL! Bought a '19 SR 8 days ago.

 

Plasti-Dipd all the badges today. Here's the rear along with the black reflective vinyl decals.



When headlights hit the decals...



Not a major mod, but satisfying.

 

Lol. Mods on TW be like:



Congrats on the new rig btw!

 

I added some additional horse power today, but am not totally satisfied with the results, may have to re-paint to a color that's more aesthetically pleasing.


That TRD red is very bright, what do you all think?

 

Where did you grab it and how much did you pay if you don’t mind my asking

 

Taco has been chilling for a couple days (while recover from ✂️) so I ordered a BAMF Eco grill. Billet will be up for sale soon.

 

Looks great. I love accents like this.

 

Welcome to the club...get your wallet outyour gonna need it!

 

Is this the Yorktown?

 

It sure is. You live in the area?

 

I was stationed there a couple years ago.

 

Gotcha. I grew up there, met my wife there and still have family there. Visit often. Nice area but growth is out of control. Department of the Navy? Know the base closed years ago but still have some presence there.

 

Update people. Driver side is in. Took me 3 hours with the help of a friend, plus I power washed everything before going to town on the fender well..

So my take take on this is that since I have Remote Reservoirs you’re gonna need to cut the front portion that sticks out... well I cut it out because it wasn’t going to fit behind my Reservoir. It was such a PAIN in the ASS to do it myself.. I had a friend help mock it up everytime because we had to ensure the holes were in the right place prior to drilling. On the front portion, I had to cut a HUGE slit to have it fit in between the BODY mount because that’s as far it will be covering down on mine anyway. I will be converting to a T3 CBI front bumper in the future so that little gap you see on the bottom isn’t gonna be such of a big deal.. also on the inner portion of the fender liner where it anchors to the little mount, well.. I had to trim about a 1/4 of an inch to be able to have it line up just right with my outside fender and keep it all snug with my bumper.. over all, I wish it came with pre drilled holes so it would’ve been an easier install. This product is EXTREMELY functional and I will be putting the passenger side on another day.


Keep your old fender liners and place it the fend-x liner on the bottom, then place your old fender liner on top so you can have a template for where to drill your pilot holes. Keep a square file too, because you’re gonna have to square the holes out in order to line up with the fender. I put about 6 of the plastic fasteners and screws in from the kit that I purchased with the fendx. I’m planning on doing the same thing to the passenger side as well. I hope this helps a bit. Definitely gonna go 35’s now for sure.

Let me know if you guys have any further questions.

 

Installed some SPC UCAs. Wish Toyota had thought of getting those bolts out when they designed the inner fender well molds.

 

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