What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice! That must have kept you busy!

 

Love the look with the predator steps! Definitely better.

 

Tonneau cover with pop & lock tailgate lock

 

Yeah the predators do hang pretty low. My steps are pretty low profile but I definitely don’t have to worry about giant rocks in Florida anyway. We have our own obstacles here though. Meth head zombies that walk out in front of traffic while lighting a smoke, a culmination of older drivers from northern states that mindlessly drive their giant Lincoln town cars, and giant F series trucks with big blue hanging nuts that roll coal and create massive smoke clouds.

 

@rgljr831
When did you get a new truck? I just noticed you have a 2021. Congrats.

 

Which accent light is this? I got one and it's SUPER dim I'm rather disappointed and haven't heard from the vendor yet.

 

Yep, the Preds were one of the first things I removed from my truck.

 

Right now it's on the passenger side of the center console. Used double sided gorilla tape. My plan is to find a better place under the dash later. As of now it's small enough that it does not get in the way of the wife sitting there. Next step is to hard wire it to the fuse box, but I'm not that good with wiring so I'm waiting on a buddy to stop by and give me a hand. I really hate using the connection it came with .

 

Easy call for me. On top of the excellent quality and aesthetics, they’re right down the road so I didn’t pay shipping. Not tough to install or prep/paint. You’ll dig it.

 

On the Escort DirectWire SmartCord mounting did you have to do any trimming of the plastics to hide the wires? I am planning a lot of the same mods, and like you, want to do all of them at the same time.

 

Thanks! Picked it up Dec 02. Got a super deal on my ‘17 at trade in. So far the transmission is better than on the ‘17 so I guess they worked out some of the bugs as rumored.

 

The dial on you center gauge cluster, if you turn it clockwise it will make the door bowl lights brighter

 

oh...

That's absolutely not what I want ‍♂️.

I guess that answers the question of why it's so dim though... I have red door bowls that won't kill night vision and cause a bunch of eye strain... I keep my dash dimmed to limit eye strain. Lame.

 

Same. Still have to solder the antenna connection but I’m hopeful we both dig our new systems.

 

Just waiting on the new antenna and mount and everything will be good. That was until I just saw a post of someone who mounted theirs inside the dash. Now it's got me rethinking the who idea.

 

I put some pics of my install up a couple hours ago. Take a peek at my thread about routing the antenna cable. I’ll create a full install thread once I have it hard wired to my fuse box sometime next week.

 

Couple of questions:
Did you find the need to heat the Kilmat? I have a bunch of it and was waiting for warmer weather bc I’ve heard it’s difficult to work with in the cold.

Did you use a specific write-up and/or kit for the in-dash charger? I have the DMM too, and was looking at upgrading my phone mount to the Mous case and the Qi charging-mount that works with it.

 

Just traded in my old 07 TRD OR 2x4 w/ 230k miles for a 17 TRD 4x4 (blue to orange swap) as an impromptu x-mas gift to myself and the family for our camping adventures. Got some new parts for the soft topper, painted the rails/hardware black, and got it all mounted up. Took care of extra d-rings while I was at it as well. Already enjoying the heated seats in the CO winter. Remote start from N2Designs on the way.

 

Got some goodies for the truck