What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

There was a thread somewhere here for tips.

I'll see if I can find it

 

FINALLY! Black Out Kit for Adults. | Toyota Tundra Forum (tundras.com)

I think the fastest I've found a thread

 

Got the wheels put on. I'll have to wait for tires till I wear these one out. I've spent enough money lately...



Notice the rusted out (crap) Weston steps? They're less than a year old replacement for the last set which were rusted out in less than a year. I keep my truck decent most of the time (weather has been crap so it's obviously filth right now but I do clean it on the regular.) So no excuse for these to be so bad.

And, wide angle fisheye effect isn't the best...

 

I did said the same for tires on my Tacoma, after 5 years and 48k miles (they still had life left) I changed them anyway, I figured I was patient enough to treat myself.

 

Well, worn out or next year. Which ever comes first... lol

 

I told myself the same thing on the tundra, after doing rims and tires in the first year after only like 3-4K miles, but then I saw a deal on some rims, bought those, and then got tired of seeing tire prices continue to go up, and realizing. Drive so little it could be more then 5 years before needing tires. So after 5 months and only 900 miles I got new tires and rims lol.

 

You look levelled. Interested to know if you kept stock UCA's. I was given the advice by a Toyota alignment guy to move to aftermarket UCA's with stock wheels and levelling (2.25"), and am finding a dearth of options whose manufacturer's specs allow for stock wheels without spacers. Yours are +60 offset and are tucked a little more than my +50's; so if you have more forgiving UCA's installed, they'll likely work with my setup. Thanks, and nice truck.

 

@2020Platinum has the videos for you. His are for AJT but I can’t imagine the install is any different

https://youtu.be/A9PX88czq_Y

https://youtu.be/b717VNjlWAg

https://youtu.be/YeYsHb1vHdE

 

i was loaded with twenty bags of mulch and ten bags of river rock. The rock was .5 cubic feet each

 

Much better.

 

For the MESO the shifter blackout is different (I have the AJT on the truck and the MESO waiting for it to get back home) the MESO has a plate that seems to mount or possibly replace the chrome. Whereas the AJT just snaps over the chrome.

 

mind sharing where you got them?
wondering if they have then in cement???

 

https://tvdvinyldecals.com/products/premium-vinyl-inlay-decals-for-tacoma-tundra-tailgate-handle

 

thank you sir.

 

Yea the meso one replaces the whole thing, you have to take off the shift gate area, flip it over there’s a handful of very small plastic welds, use a razor blade to just take off the head of the weld, then it should pop off, the new Meso one just pushes in place and uses the original posts that the heads got cut off of.

 

Thank you this just saved me a lot of thinking which is dangerous this time of year!

 

Made the Final payment

 

You'll need to glue the meso one too, otherwise it will pop out if you press on it!

 

Meso goes for more OEM replacements rather than stick on parts. Same for the vent rings. It’s a bit more work but you know when you install it, it’s going to stay there.

Also close same clearance / flush mounting for protrusion instead of adding a part or piece to an existing piece resulting in a bulge look / feel.

….. if that makes sense.

 

It does it was actually the one thing about the other guys part that worried me. I'm not always gentle when throwing around the shifter and the idea of it being able to pop off at any point was something. But the ease of install was nice.

 

"His" name is Michelle. Just giving you a hard time.

 

Added pro grille, pro LED lights and diode dynamics fog lights with backlight

 

Truck looks great!! Off topic, but just wanted to know what you thought of the KO2's. I'm looking to run those for my next set. Thanks!

 

Quick change but much better in my book. Installed my marketplace find tailpipe with black tip. Dirty Deeds needed more than the stock naked pipe lol.

 

KO2's have been known for balancing issues and they are also stone magnets.

 

I got them because I love the looks of BFG, kind of regret getting the e rated tire tho as I could definitely notice the weight. But it’s not my daily driver so all in all I’m happy with them. Also, I’ve never had a/t’s on any of my other trucks so I’m probably not the best person to ask lol

 

Paint the rest of the pipe....

 

I almost did, but it’s crazy windy here today lol. I’ll probably do it if we get a normal day, I just wanted to get it swapped.
Your pic will probably make it happen sooner, looks great.

 

Use Rustoleum High Heat. I got it at Lowes.

 

Painting the rest of the exhaust is my next project.