What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

That is definitely the plan

 

Here what's new today!

 

Love it. Where’d you find that? Think I would like one on my truck!

 

Installed a URD short shifter tonight ... a bit of a PITA to get in, but totally worth it. Did have to sacrifice a pair of wrenches (why do they send 13mm nuts when the old bolts were 12mm?), but otherwise very straightforward install. Love the shorter throw!

 

Finally got to install an RCI Transfer Case skid plate. It ended up being harder than I anticipated, mostly due to poor instructions. But thankfully there are YouTube videos out there.


Finally got them out of the plastic, 3 months later...



You have to remove these exhaust/cat converter guards first. One on each side:




They were a bit dusty


I used a floor jack to help hold up the RCI Cross Member piece. (working alone)


Ok, here comes the odd part. This wasn't mentioned in neither the video I found, nor the paper instructions. Anyway, my '18 OffRoad had these plastic shroud pieces. They are there most likely to protect the inside of the frame from most of the elements. (I think). On the Driver's side, I was able to leave it alone. However, on the Passenger side, I had to remove it temporarily. This is because on the Passenger side, you have to use the provided nut and washer to hold the bolt in, as there is no bolt there originally.


After removing the plastic shroud piece, I removed the sticker that concealed the hole. It's used for the provided bolt to go through, that holds the RCI Cross-member.


Unfortunately, after installing the cross-member, the shroud no longer wanted to fit. So I had to trim the part of it that was butting up against the cross-member. After trimming, it fit perfectly.


The rest was fairly straight forward. Although I did run into another unforeseen issue. When you secure the skid plate itself, you're provided these long bolts that go through cross supports. However, on the Driver's side (Pic below) there is a steel curved bar that is there to keep the exhaust from bumping around and hitting the heat shield above. (Unless I'm mistaking its purpose) Anyway, it makes it a PITA to install the nut that holds your long bolt. I eventually got it done, but if I had the proper time, I would have removed that protector bar temporarily.

No photos of the final product, but I promise that if I roll my truck over, I will take a photo for everyone to see the RCI skid plate!

 

Got my shell on today
Pretty stoked on how it looks

 

Looks awesome!

 

Very nice...your dog is digging it too!

 

Nice work! That’s a great list of mods

 

Not yet, but I will be driving to Demello Offroad to get my bumper installed today, only 6 am here 3 more hours................pics to follow.

 

After many delays on my part, finally got my Katzkins installed. So much better than factory cloth. They actually make it feel like you are sitting higher. Maybe the foam is a bit more compressed than before. May not be for everyone, but I like them. Easy to clean too.

 

Ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cover-Tail...oyota-Tacoma-TRD-2006-2019-w-TRD/362563223449

 

Those look awesome!! I LOVE Katzkins, I had them on my 2013 Camaro, & my 2017 Ram, better than factory leather IMO.

 

These are definitely better than what was offered for my Tacoma.

 

Added more Tufskinz trim pieces. Went with carbon fiber.

Looks sharp. Hard to capture the total effect with a photo.

 

I like that carbon fiber look you have going

 

Where did you get that phone mount vent?

 

Hondos Garage.

 

$140 for that??? JESSSSUSSSSS

 

I liked it so much I bought a second one for my old-school Garmin GPS.