What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Scrubbed that dirty girl. Hit a swarm of grasshoppers driving from Tahoe to Portland, and the front dam was yellow when we got to the next town. I'd never used bug/tar foam, but it worked rather well. Only had to pull full bodies out of the grooves, and a few from under the hood.

 

Battery went kaput...replaced that and then did a "well, while I've got the hood popped..." with a power steering flush.

 

Looks great! I want to do the same for my Limited and replace my aftermarket aluminum skid with the TRD. Biggest value of these are the ability to change oil without removing it.

 

Finished and put on the true north diy hybrid bumper now time for some new lights

 

Your gonna want to trim your plastic bedliner. Mine rubbed and messed up the paint on my lock.

 

Seriously. Brass ones the size of basket balls.

 

That us a helluva build. Hubba hubba.

 

Normally I've always been a Warn guy, but just picked up an Apex 12,000lb winch w/synthetic line, for about $600 or so and can honestly say it's been great. Only been less than 6 months, but so far so awesome, especially for the price.

 

What bracket did you use for those front lights?

 

I got a cheap one on sale from Amazon, I honestly don't care about the paint on the lock as long as it does it's job.

Thanks for the heads-up though, I'll watch to make sure it doesn't mess up the paint on truck.

 

Finally replaced the splash guard (or whatever it is called) with a skid plate.

I've been waiting until I wanted to changed the oil, so I could install a fumoto before hand. And replaced the plastic filter housing.

 

Since the 21 Trail didn't come with a digital one, had to go analog.

 

awesome. What brand is that ??

sorry edit - my eyes are 50 years old. 100 if you count their combined experience.
I see the brand now when I zoom in. Thanks !

 

Clutch accumulator delete mod, makes the truck feel great!! Was a bit of a bitch getting the top line off the accumulator but it was well worth it. Got the legit one from the guy on TW who makes them too.

 

Install still in progress but something to do with this is coming soon

 

On my bucket list to watch in person.

 

My wife's 2023 Tacoma: had a shop installing an ARE Overland topper that matches the Moon Rock (light green) paint color. Everything is expensive in Alaska, to the cost was $4,313.00. Since it was expensive, I also asked them to install a Compustar G15 Pro remote starter, since the Toyota remote only allows for 10-minute runs, which is not enough to warm the engine and tranny when the temperature drops to 0 F. and colder.

 

You can purchase fully assembled wire harnesses with relays fairly cheap. You can then retrofit the switch you want into them. It's a given when buying a used car, I have always had to change/adjust something more to my liking.

Here is a link for a single to get you started. --

https://amzn.to/3LxEgsu

 

Appreciate the link, I wish the last guy used it. Electric is easy for me, and I want to use the OEM style switches. I really want to add a SwitchPro, but can't justify the cost right now. I also bought a 50ft roll of twin lead in 14 AWG, I discovered that the wiring was done with 18, and I'm not happy with that either. I've already got lots of split loom and zip ties by the pound, so it'll get done My Way (TM).

 

It is definitely an experience. Some friends and I did a 10 day motorcycle trip to Ireland in 2016. First 3 or 4 days we rode around the north part of the island to end in Dublin. Hopped a plane over to Isle of Man. Watched the 600's and 1000's race. Even caught some of the doubles. That's intense too. Then back we went to Dublin to continue on to the south part of the island. Did another 3 or 4 days there. The Cliffs of Moher was my favorite spot although the Blarney Stone visit was fun too. I ended up clocking about 1500 miles on that trip. I'd love to go back.