2010 “FrankenTundra” w/ 2019 Tundra Bumper and 2019 Sequoia Front End

Been away for awhile. Truck has progressed some, me not so much. 2010 Platinum that’s now a FrankenTundra w/:
2019 Tundra Front Bumper (color-matched)
2019 Sequoia TRD Pro Grille and Headlights
Chrome Delete (replaced chrome w/ bronze accents)

 

If I had held onto my 2008, that front end would have been my next mod. Looks pretty sweet.

 

Looks awesome! Nice work!

 

Well done!!

 

I want to like it, but feel like there is too much of a disparity in the fitment of the upper/lower bumpers. Maybe its the camera angle, but it looks off and not centered L/R. The colors and overall setup is nice.

 

details on your lightbar mount? have the same light, was thinking a cheap DIY home depot mount to the bumper frame.

 

You’re right, those different angles around the bend into the fenders is the crux of this project. Using bumper spacers I was able to lessen the noticeable aspects of it. Having a black truck really makes it unnoticeable unless you’re staring at a pic of it or have your face up to my truck. Luckily for me, people only get to see my truck flying around Denver at high rates of speed and it’s much better than the chrome was.

 

I made the mistake of buying an $80 mount from Rago. Should have just used a simple “L” bracket from Home Depot, because in the end, that’s what I had to make the Rago bracket into. Using an L bracket you can just attach it to the aluminum bumper behind the plastic. Go that route.

 

The bronze badges look great! Is that plastidip?

 

Yes. 6 layers of black plastidip and 1 or 2 coats of copper metalizer over that.

 

Badass as f

 

Nice!! If you don't mind me asking, how much did this cost?

 

this truck is absolutely bad ass! Love the bronze accents too!

 

Put it all together for just under a grand. Scored the new bumper for $50 on Craigslist (had it painted for $100) and the headlights for $400 (junkyard in NE) so those deals helped keep this on the cheaper end of things...

 

Wow she's a beauty! totally inspired by it. Im working on mine waiting on the sequoia grille which is taking a month to arrive to my local Toyota dealer.

 

NICE!!!! You really scored on sourcing the parts, especially the headlights.

 

Looks awesome! I have the same front bumper swap, with the same mismatch that bothers me. Nice score on the headlights, I'll have to keep an eye out.

 

Do you need any additional brackets/hardware to make the swap? I've been looking to change the ugly chrome one I have on my Tundra but no luck finding used ones. Thanks

 

Nice indeed!!!

 

are you going to change out the valance for the sequoia one to get rid of the gap under the grill?

 

Did the 2.5 Gen bumper bolt directly to your 2nd Gen without any shims, spacers or other mods?

 

Supposedly you need to basically do a 1/2” spacer for better alignment but I can’t find too much detail… I looked at this starting last year but haven’t looked deeper till yesterday and today. Had someone back into my bumper while my truck was getting an inspection and already had a rust spot in the chrome… So now I “need” to find answers… Also trying to figure out how cheap I can source stuff…

 

Those Sequoia lights look so good on these. I like the bumper too but I’m afraid it would drive me nuts trying to make them match up.