What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Just had some fun driving:

 

Front end makeover, courtesy of a deer with a death wish.

 

Nice! Where at?

 

Just outside Lone Pine, CA

 

Thanks! I’ll have to look it up. Some beautiful scenery for sure! May check it out next time I’m down that way!

 

Thanks much!! Good to be back in a Tacoma.

 

I added a Trxstle rod vault to the front runner rack. I had to make some DIY towers so the vault could clamp onto a bar. Oh and some mofos decided they needed my bike rack more and jacked it off my hitch

 

1. Pool noodle on the tool box to prevent door bangs....
2. Raptor lights for the pro grill cool factor....
3. Redline hood lifts, coz Toyota cheaped out.....

 

Now that's an air freshener I can appreciate!

 

Driving around and saw this today. Pretty clean

 

Upgraded the stock TRD OR Bilsteins with some TRD PRO FOX takeoffs.

Been wanting to do this for a while now and couldn't be happier with the change, night and day difference.
Had some trouble getting the upper ball joint to separate (a hard whack alone just wasnt doing it, needed to get ball joint separator from Harbor Freight and widen it a bit, tension then whack) otherwise an easy bolt-on install.

Didn't weigh the fronts but the rear FOX were 9.13 vs. the Bilstein at 3.12 lbs (+6 lbs).

The stock ride was comfy, but a bit wobbly.
PRO suspension is noticeably stiffer but MUCH more solid.

 

Any sheet metal damage? Its hard to tell in the pic. Looks like you got off pretty easy. Not that ANY damage is acceptable.
I know someone who's car was totaled by a dear running into the passenger door while they were driving.

 

Major bummer... Pa and Deer, been there and DONE THAT.

Sorry

 

the most annoying thing I have ever installed plus the inner bracket didn't fit but it looks good...mbrp rock sliders.

 

Recently bought a house and my dad came my to help rewire the garage. and i saw a perfect photo op

 

Easy like Sunday morning. A few badges removed, a few vinyls put on, and a bath to end the day.

 

Bilstein 8112s with 650 coils are on. Forgot to post this lol. 6112 with 650s are up for sale.

 

There’s a thread on here somewhere about the hood bounce. I went back to dealer and they put some more epoxy where it had come loose.

 

Yep, I'd take one. I could haul my GS out into the bush.

 

I rechecked it today, looks attached well still. The thing that worried me was it didn't look like the usual hood bounce where the skin detached from skeleton, it resembled the bounce before the hood flies open. (I've seen this from experience in another older vehicle) The front of the hood seemed to bounce but when checked was very securely attached. Who knows, just gonna keep an eye on it.