What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

No!!! Well, unless it’s to justify a, aherm...”repair”...aherm... I’ve used that line more than I care to admit.

I was definitely trying to get out without that happening!

 

For actual driving its fine with speed but with slow idling or trail crawling you smell a lot more exhaust in the cabin

 

That thing looks like a pain-in-the-ass if you ever need a simple jump start. It's a "solution" in search of a problem. That's some stereo-installer level crap I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.

 

That's a good looking setup! I had a DFG slide in my Xterra that I owned before I bought my taco. I was using the articulating version, because it was mounted high up on my drawer system. Very well built slide, and served its purpose well.

I can understand the frustration around not having this one slide out far enough to open the lid all the way. This was a pain point for me when I was trying to decide which fridge/slide combo to run under my Diamondback cover. I ultimately decided to build my own slide, because I could accomplish a few objectives. For starters, I was able to mount it a little further back inside the bed, in order to maintain some "full height" and "full width" space near the tailgate when packing up the truck for camping. Secondly, I was able to design the tray to be deep enough to store things behind the fridge and get to them easily (the Diamondback cover doesn't open when my RTT is mounted on top of it). Finally, the tray extends far enough out of the bed for the lid of the fridge to open all the way. Check it out here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/homemade-48-long-aluminum-fridge-slide.713746/

Anyway, nice job on the install, and good choice going with a DFG slide. That guy has done so much research and trial/error to design his slides to be as low profile and minimalist as possible, while still delivering a great product that works awesome.

 

Does anyone in the PNW have a shop they would trust for advice/sales/installs?

Specifically wanting to buy/install a lift but am totally clueless on top of not having a garage of my own. Getting away with it cheap is less important than having a rock solid mod.

Any help is appreciated.

Edit: Located in Portland but am willing to drive for the right shop.

 

Installed the 2wd low pnp. Went pretty smoothly, did it while Smoking a brisket and a porketa!

 

Pulled the last two stickers off the truck. Like the blacked out look.

 

Skids all done. Korean bbq now for bday dinner. Let’s goooo

 

When I look at these all taken apart I always wonder who the hell put it all together. Is it machine or person IE: all the wires and fasteners etc

 

Price maybe? Other than that absolutely not, best rack on the market. I bought mine when they were fairly new and a lot less money. If I had to buy a rack all over again I would buy the listener in a heartbeat.
IMO they're the best looking and most functional rack available.

 

Yes, but I back in. 1" in front 1" in the rear

 

Thanks for checking, she’s fine. As you were thinking, it was a really slow speed accident on black ice. Now (hopefully) my daughter knows that 4WD doesn’t make you invincible. The wheels actually took the most impact and there was really no body work needed. If it were not for the side air bags going off due to the angle of the truck, we might not have needed to do any repairs. A passer by and his sons just ended up pushing her back on all 4 wheels and she drove home

 

Got rear tow hooks mounted

 

I thought this belongs on this thread:

 

Or, you can pay a stupid amount of money for those commercially sold tail gait "tables."
Nice work. I doubt you spent more than 100 bucks right?

Mountain hatch is what im reffering to. Holy crap, people will buy anything.

 

LOL Not all about looks man...some of us need our pickup to be 7.8 sf more useful.

 

No doubt

 

Some dude on facebook marketplace was selling these for $120 shipped, took me ten minutes to install, if I figured cost of materials and the time to drill and cut, $120 is deal.

 

It was less than $100 usd. A mountain hatch here is the equivalent of about $300 usd

 

Forwarded to wife, thanks