1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Happy monday, to the working men and woman of the usa.if we are slow at work today i will spend the majority of my day going through every page of the "what have i done "thread and getting ideas for mods

 

Skinny has crossed my mind

 

If you want another rabbit hole to go down, in the 1st gen section, somewhere, there’s a thread “must have mods under 100$” or something like that, CIO(check it out)

 

Im seeing a trend of people with the limited trims with the fake wood grain blacking out the "wood grain". I'm sorry but why? I totally think it looks way better then the black center piece by the radio and the window controls. Lol

 

I'm pretty sure it got put in the info dump page.

 

Honestly with the black dash, if I can find the wood piece I’m probably doing

 

Pit crew today checking out my really really good looking suspension.

 

All i see is ducking off going on there

 

Probably a mother duck!

 

I have the black TRD Sema wheels - I like 'em. A little less offset (i.e stick out farther) than OE rims. I am running 265/70/17, very pedestrian.

 

I'm doing a brake fluid change, but i was just gonna buy whatever the auto parts store has in stock and change it once a year. Is it really that big of a difference? I'm doing a simple suck it out of the reservoir and put fresh in. Not flushing

 

Hahaha

 

You should do a 32oz. flush with DOT3 (cheap!) and that will push all the existing dirty old fluid out. I’d then follow up with one can of El Fluido Supremó 5.1 and push out all the newer DOT3. Double flush! Gotta flush it with the brake pedal pumps using another person. Or, you could get some high dolla self bleeders and do it yourself.

 

@Professional Hand Model yeaaaa I'm too scared to do that lol

 

Bleeding brakes is super easy. Even I didn't fuck that up. Everything else yes, but not the brake bleeding.

 

Its easy. I was a bit scared myself after finding out that brake fluid is slightly caustic and might hurt my hands. Once you do it the first time its easy which is why I recommend doing the DOT3 first. Get your practice in on the inexpensive stuff. My fluid was slightly gnarly and believe I bleed them a total of 3 times before getting the Supremó stuff

First time was a regular bleed. Second was after doing new flex brake hoses. Third was after a rebuild of calipers and rear cylinders. I then bled them a forth time to purge all the cack/rubber grease from rebuild and introduced the Supremó 5.1.

Even into my second bleeding when doing the flex hoses there was a little bit of bad mojo coming out.

 

@Professional Hand Model i am only scared of messing up my brakes and getting air in my brake lines

 

We have nothing to fear, but fear itself. Winston Churchill or FDR?

Make it happen! Worst thing that could happen is that you re-bleed the brakes again if air gets in there. Might cost you $9 for another DOT3 bottle 32oz.

 

What climate are you in? I can tell you I'm not bleeding mine until something needs replaced.

I've replaced a handful of calipers after snapping off the bleeder during a brake job and nearly every wheel cylinder. It's not worth the aggravation if you're someplace they salt roads.

 

kroil/PB and a 1/4 drive ratchet with 6-point socket. We live that real salt life here in Indiana just like you guys in PA do.

 

MOVE rear bumper kit, has anyone here every used them?

I am interested in the EMBARK model.

 

I live in the good ole suburbs of chicago. So a shit ton of salt, and this truck was orginally from MA. So yea prob not doing it, will just replace the reservoirs fluid. I have learned a few lessons of if it aint broke dont fix it. Obviously you want to do preventative maintenance but i will just hold off on this one for a while. My fluid as far as i can see is very clean still.

 

Too bad they don't have a picture of that on a Tundra....I will say though that every bumper they do have a picture of on a Tundra is WAY too big and chunky for my taste....

https://www.movebumpers.com/community/gallery/toyota/Tundra/2000-2006

 

My favorite pictures are the hideous gold color matched front bumper, and the lady with her welding helmet on; and socks and tevas

 

Agreed, and that's why I chose the one I did.

 

Doesn't it make you wonder exactly how they offer bumpers for the Tundra but have no pics of any on one?

 

Hey guys im thinking about replacing my rear bumper. Its rusty af. I might sand it and repaint it imperial jade but its missing a small chunk on the side of the bumper. So ive been looking at chrome replacement ones, how exactly would i install this? It doesnt look like i have to take the bumper off of the frame, it looks like it just kinda gets clipped back into my bumper frame. Is this the way to go or should i buy a whole new rear bumper? Im clueless on how the installation would go. Thanks

 

Way harder and time consuming than brake bleeding! Be scared of this one as replacing that rear bumper is harder than it looks! All those Northeast salted and rusted brackets and bolts will haunt you. You’ll wish you bled your brakes instead of doing the bumper.

 

@Professional Hand Model hahaha your funny... but alright ill just repaint it then lol