What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Not bad at all. I'm not a fan of larger screens in vehicles, as most look out of place to me. But this set-up almost looks factory.

I dig it

 

Looks good is there a gap at bumpers? I have seen people do body lifts and the bumper looks out of place?

 

The sweep shows 26MHz to 30MHz on each side and there are 10 divisions so each division is 400KHz. The CB band is from 26.965 - 27.405MHz and the 10m band is from 28 - 30MHz so you should be able to figure out roughly where each band begins and ends and read the return loss from the scale on the side.

If you can't figure it out from that, take a look at Markers 2 and 3. They're placed roughly where the CB band begins and ends. Marker 1 is right at 28MHz which is the beginning of the 10m band.

You can then go to this page to convert the return loss reading to VSWR: Return Loss to VSWR Calculator - Everything RF

The radio is an Anytone-AT6666 and the antenna is mounted on the right rear of the box.

 

I understand the sweep and I have 10 and 11 roughly plotted out. The lines for 11 help.
I was mostly talking about the horizontal lines. With out a marker, I'm not able to see what your SWR is and it would be relative. If the top is 2:1 and the bottom is 1.5:1 that's one thing but if the top is infinite or might as well be 999:1 and the bottom is 0, then that's another thing. But after looking at the page with formulas I've quickly determined I just don't care any more and this topic is no longer worth my time.
I genuinely hope you have fun with your radio.

 

im relocating rear bumper up when i stops raining. seems its been raining for 3 months straight tho...

 

I won't waste any more time on it other then to point out that the graph is labelled Return Loss, the scale on the left clearly shows the vertical scale runs from 0 to 50dB of Return Loss and nowhere on that picture is anything to do with VSWR. The instrument I used does not plot VSWR.

 

I guess if you have a high clearance front bumper that would mess things up. Post some pics when you get it done if you can. I would be interested in how it turns out.

 

I have the bakflip x4s. I'd go Lomax if I were buying again. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lomax-hard-tri-fold-tonneau.607175/

 

Sick set up bro.

 

Got the front door tint done yesterday to match the rear, they did great work, it was $100, but it seems to be a shade darker? Is this normal or can it be perfect?

 

I turned 300k a few weeks ago (photo on phone, can't post from pc). This week turned 307k miles.
With that said. Enjoy your 3rd gens for a while. I'm not sure if many have racked up the miles as fast as I did but I can tell you they where all trouble free. Nothing more than routine maintenance. Consistently 19.5 city and 22.5 hwy mpg. Never burned a drop of oil. I've traded her in for a new Sierra 1500 AT4 with the LZ0 3.0. Needed to move back into a full size for towing and work but the new Tundra scares me. I have not been active here is a while simply because everything has been so routine and life get crazy. I'm going to go sit on the bench now but if any of you are getting up in miles and have questions feel free to DM me here.

Enjoy! And thank you for the community and guidance.

 

This is a helpful site for determining pressure when changing tire size or load rating.

 

Cleaning this thing is a pain, as I’m sure you all can appreciate. I hemmed and hawed and finally went with a car cover meant for a ford excursion and I’m pretty happy with the fit! Picture of the rig in the wild for reference (RTT, front rack, etc).

 

A/C drain hose extension/reroute to not drip on frame

 

Awesome to hear. I think the majority of 3rd gen owners will experience this scenario.@bigoldbeef is approaching 400k.

 

Looks great! But be careful in the rain with those! Ko2s slip a lot when it’s wet, a friend of mine just totaled their 4Runner after their ko2’s hydroplaned on the highway

 

Did you do the calculation?

 

I’ve ran BFG’s for 30 years, and have never hydroplaned, but I slow down when it’s raining that hard! It doesn’t matter what tire you have if you are going to fast for conditions!

 

some companies like c4 fab will build the bumper to accommodate body lifts. if i get aftermarket front bumper i will just modify it myself. heres the rear bumper as is if curious

 

Have had 3-4 sets over the years and have never hydroplaned once...