What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I painted my chrome tailpipe this weekend.
It remains to be seen how it will wear..

Scuffed it up, several coats of etching primer, and several coats of high temp spray paint.





That chrome stuck out like a sore thumb after blacking out my bumper ends...



Much better.





If it doesn't work out I may have to lower my standards for a bolt on...

Gibson Performance Exhaust 500419-B Gibson Elite Black Series Exhaust Tips | Summit Racing

 

Looks clean, I’d keep it!

 

Looks great, but I’d get mud flaps on there pdq to keep the finish nice and clean.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.
I pulled my mudflaps when I installed the pocket flares.

Mudflaps are a sign of weakness anyway...

 

Truck looks great after the TPOs

 

Scouted some of the local forest service roads for some places to camp.

 

Agreed!

 

I'd love to go with Morimoto headlights and tail lights which run around $1700 and $1000 respectively, taxes included on this side of the border...if you can find them.
Ordering from the states, add 35%.
OEM 2018 LED new in the box are about $1100-$1200 for a pair.

Exchange rates have changed significantly since 2015, from par, roughly equal to what it is now...it costs $1.35 Canadian to buy $1.00 US.
So were hooped no matter what we do up here...and don't even talk about guns...since 2020 it's gone completely nuts.

I've replaced the halogen bulbs with LED when I had the front camera installed a while back.
When I had the bumper ends off for powder coat, I rebuilt the fog lights and replaced those bulbs with amber LED.
At this point I'm looking at a light bar behind the lower slot on the grill...more light and hurts the wallet less.

My next major expense is going to be UHF/VHF radio install after I get my licence...got the radios for both my Tundra and my 2022 4Runner.
So that's the current direction unless I can find those OEM LED headlights on FBMarketplace or similar venue.

But I am open to reasonably priced take-offs if they happen to become available.

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/oem...ersion-harness-san-diego.139281/#post-3515696

 

No loss of reception on the 2 radio stations I listen to.

 

Installed something new…
Now what to put in those three new switch blanks.

 

You're a machine I say...

 

Thanks to you and my wife..
She agreed with you that the black TPO would look better than color-matched with the MGM paint.
The $$ amount was never a factor for her.

Make sure to tell your wife that my wife said 'you were right'.
That should give you some spousal points......

 

I had a 2014 Tundra XP that had a set of BF Mud tires, 275-65-20 on it...I tried to put BF Goodrich KO2 275-75-20 and got a terrible shake. I had the alignment done when I got the tires and thought I got some bad tires or the guys were horrible at balancing and doing alignments. They put my old tires back on and it was fine. They ordered me a new set of BF KO2 275-75-20 and the same shake. They ordered me my original size BF Goodrich KO2 275-65-20 and it was fine. For some reason the truck did not like going to a larger tire size or the ones they tried to put on were bad, twice. That's why I'm going tp be hesitant to change my tire sizes when my 2020 when its time. And I liked my BF KO2.

 

To my knowledge, KO2s are notorious for balancing issues.

 

Can’t wait to pull the trigger on a set of those headlights for my mgm. Especially now that I have the front end all paint matched. Just waiting for a good sale

 

I love them.
I sat on the fence for a while to buy them.
Not only aesthetically better looking, but much better output, especially the high beams..

 

This is interesting news to me

i have a set of K02s on my 2018, they came with it when i bought it, they have all sorts of weights on the rims, and have been aligned twice and the alignment still feels off, love them as a tire, but might need to go in a different direction for my next set

 

I had stock KOs and replaced them with KO2s..
The last time I bought tires I went with an SL-rated Goodyear.
Much smoother and quieter ride than the KO or KO2s..

 

Just to follow up with the K02 debacle, I ended up with new rubber. I tried twice to rebalance and would get an intermittent shimmy that seemed to be dependent on road conditions. They really rode terribly as well on the stock suspension. Tires were older date codes which Discount said was a factor. The new Goodyears are smooth as silk even going up in size to a 34. The K02's were the best tire I had used up until now, no issues on two different sets on my GX470 with 100k miles logged.

 

Yeah main reason I want them is for Better output. The stock halogen lights almost feel unsafe sometimes the output is so shottyy

 

I keep dreaming of a 8112 setup or BP 51.

 

twigs in the box is the best mod

 

BPs leak too often for my consideration... around by me, it's over 50% of the time from x5 different installers...

 

Do you have someone local to you to rebuild the BPs?

 

The rears will leak unless you notch the mount. Their design puts the hose so close to the lip of the mount that it hits on any serious impact


The front driver leaked on the set that I picked up (knew this when buying second hand). Sent them to ARB to be rebuilt. Came back looking good but the second I put weight back on it; she started leaking again. Pulled off and waited for my fox’s to arrive. If I could go back in time I’d probably go blue

 

thank you - hadn’t heard about them being leakers. Thought that was just Icon.

 

Yeah, that coupled with the fact that I could only find one dude in CO that was able to rebuild them (other than ARB) sent me packing. Nobody will (can) touch them because ARB keeps their parts close to the vest.

 

Supercharger lol

 

Had these installed the same day - same size different flavor.