What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

(Narrator's voice) He would later find out that the battery was, in fact, NOT fine.

How old is the battery? I'd start out with that, swap it with a new one and see what happens. I had a bad battery that tested fine twice at the dealership, then the third time they finally identified a dead cell and swapped it under warranty.

 

Thanks @poheller! I'm really happy with the feel of the tomahawk shifter. I am going to refinish it since I'm planning to get rid of the chrome and silver from the interior, but life has this on hold. Pics will follow eventually lol

 

Thanks Robert! I'm very happy with how it's coming together. 6112's @ 1.9" and 5160's going on this weekend.

Black bumper is much cheaper than color matched front corners. I think both would look good.

 

Thats about the height I want too! Your truck will be awesome! Look forward to seeing the update

 

I don't know if the pun was intentional, but i love it... tap tap tap from the self-tapping screw.

I am easily amused.

 

My Mountain Hatch showed up today. So I installed it. It’s basically a big food-safe cutting board for your tailgate. They’re expensive but I found one on their outlet page (cheaper due to a minor defect of some kind), so I used the site wide 20% off they’re running to get it even cheaper. Still wasn’t actually cheap. But we will use it a TON. It seems like our kids are constantly eating. And we prefer to chop something fresh for a snack instead of open a package. So we aim to get our use out of it. The cupholders are a nice touch, and I opted for the orange because I thought it would be easier to see the cupholders when it’s dark out.

Installed:


And this minor discoloration is probably why it was on the outlet (discount) page:


Bonus: seems like it reinforces the tailgate surface. Our tailgates are pretty flimsy as many here have found out the hard way.

 

I'm not sure I'd want a food grade surface mounted to my tailgate that I intended to use for food grade prep...I haul everything from bull shit (literally) to hay in my bed.
Or are you just using it as a nice flat surface (compared to the lumpy stock surface)?

 

No. I went with the Spider “no drill” roof rack. Check him out on IG or YouTube. Also has a website with videos. This product is pretty amazing. I was able to have him do the install, seemed pretty straight forward and fast. No issues after a week of driving. Solid as a rock. He is a super nice guy and came up with a great idea. Stands behind his product with ZERO BS!! Surprised more people didn’t catch on when he posted and introduced himself on the forum.

 

I’m literally never hauling poop or hay. Lumber, bikes, mulch, maybe gravel. It’s held in by 8 screws. I’d remove it for mulch or gravel. Takes a minute to remove with an impact driver.

We’ll use it a ton on our many camping and road trips. A quick wipe-down before each use, and I’m good to prep food for five.

 

How big around are the cup holders? Just big enough for a can or bottle, or big enough for a YETI cup?

 

Moved on to 4 digits.

Had it since 3/17, still working from home 3 days a week, I used to average over a 1000 per month, now it's just over a 1000 in two months.

 

Here’s a pic for you. The insets are 3.75” in diameter. Big enough for my Hydro Flask and my cheap Chinese GREATNESS LINE knockoff Yeti tumbler. Hard to call these spots cupholders because you can still easily knock a cup over. But they provide a nice bright target for my kids to set their drinks where they won’t slide off the edge of the tailgate like they often do.

 

Just finished installing a Pop N Lock on my 2017 SR5. None of the wiring diagrams I found were accurate. All called for me to attach the pop n lock wires to wire colors that did not exist on my truck.

The posts I found about this install had photos consistently showing hooking up to the bottom right most wire and bottom left most wire of the lowest blue connector on the passenger side. So I disregarded the colors and went by position. Initially it came out opposite, with the tailgate locking when I unlocked the doors. A quick swap of the wires and now it works!

Hopefully this concept will work for others of all model years.

 

Washed mine today and installed the Softopper.

 

Does the bug deflector interfere with airflow to the hood scoop?

 

Casey, I'm confused. Why is this a concern? The hood scoop doesn't go to the engine, its just for show like the opening in the hood bulge.

 

Nope, adds 15 extra HP.

 

wishful thinking

 

Why mines functional.

 

55k and pretty toasty.

 

Xpel ceramic tint 15% all the way around and 70% on the windshield. And I ordered the 3w liners window control module, should have had these features from the factory!

 

#aggressivehoodscoop

 

Holy that’s warm

 

Nothing but the finest leather

 

Very nice. Is that an aftermarket leather wrap?

 

Yup custom upholstery shop

 

That's nothing for here in AZ. Just give it a few more weeks.

 

I didn't trust the wire colors due to all the people reporting on this forum that they were wrong. So I used the wiring diagrams that @RainMan_PNW posted to identify the pins on the connector. The colors worked out to be accurate in the Pop n Lock instructions I received with my kit.