What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

I had a Hellwig and didn’t need to modify to install.

 

Meh, broccoli is broccoli, i'm growing 4 diff tomatoes, and 4 diff peppers. Generic onions & garlic, but 2 different kinds of lettuce, one full sun, the other primarily shade.

 

Cost to benefit ratio is astounding with the Addco rear bar. Matches front OEM bar perfectly and makes a major improvement in road handling. Handles the way it should have from the factory.

 

I believe the Addco to be closer to the same diameter as the optional TRD rear swaybar, than the Helwig is.

I can confirm the TRD rear is not as thick as the front.

 

Very weird feedback from the rear sway bar. People either love them or said they made no noticeable improvement. PHM loved his.

 

I really like mine.

Adapted a 4runner 19 or 21mm rear bar. Also swapped the front for a larger sequoia bar.

 

I think I might put a larger Sequoia bar on the front of my 03. Yep thanks for the idea. That will help stiffen up the front just nice, I think.

 

I saw this truck earlier, your gif reminded me of it. https://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/d/conyers-93-toyota-pick-up/7741929887.html

I'm tempted, but no pics of the inside.

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Those look like the wheels that the PO had installed on my T100

 

They look like the wheels half of the mini truck community had installed on their trucks back in the 1980s/1990s.

My aunt had them on her Geo Metro convertible coupe, and when she crashed it, I sold them to my friend Allen, who put them on his 80s box Tercel.

 

Loved mine. Made mountain twist and turns like it was a sedan

 

I thought you couldn't tell any difference when you removed it? Your feedback in March was what I had in mind.

 

I didnt have to modify anything to install mine, but I did have to remove mine recently after installing the Archive Garage u-bolt flip kit with their bump stops. The Addco sway bar doesnt fit with the bumps so currently running no sway bars. Just went on a 2,500 mile trip to Utah for 2 weeks and honestly didnt notice much of a difference removing it.

Probably gonna go no sway bars for awhile, but I did watch Tinkerers you tube video and his findings for using a rear sway bar were convincing. Unless I can bend my Addco sway bar to make it fit, its not going back on though

 

Heres some pics of my trip to Utah recently. Sorry for the photo dump but it was a 13 day trip!

 

This one is my favorite

 

Alien spacecraft could land here and believe the planet is deserted and a barren wasteland.

 

Got around to installing my rear shocks. Cut the old ones out with a reciprocating saw (top bolt), wasn't a hard swap at all.

 

Did you happen to pass through St. George area towards the middle of the month? I was driving home then and I saw a 1st gen that I thought looked familiar. Nice pics.

 

Yea I drove through St. George on the 14th!

 

Epic shots.... how awesome.
Thanks for sharing those

 

Beautiful pics.
So is the dog named Oscar?

 

Haha yep, my screen name is named after my pup!

He's the best, had him almost 15 years now so hes about 16 years old. Its gonna kill me when he goes! Gonna be kinda sad now that I used his name in my screen name lol

 

When I 1st put on the rear sway bar I didn’t have the bumper, bed rack, new spare tire rack (which I think also helped solidify the frame) and the shock relocation kit. Made a huge difference at the time but after the mods, couldn’t feel much difference with the rear sway off.

Think I may have removed after the rear bumper and bed rack.

 

Epic!

 

Yea my rear came off at the time I added the Archive garage leaf springs medium duties which help with my extra weight in the bed with the camper shell. Honestly cant tell much difference without the rear sway anymore either. And the front one has been off for about a year

 

Now that you mention it, sway bar was also before my deaver springs medium duty.

 

My wife got her wish and we bought a pop up, so now I have pick up the slack and get this sucker ready for her inaugural trip end of next month.

I see that Toyota didn't start including the plug by the kick panel until 2003, so I am going to be hardwiring a 7 pin into the existing 4 way flat. I have the parts & pcs for that, now it's time to pick a brake controller. *Disclaimer. I know I technically don't need the controller because of the weight of the trailer, but imma cover my ass and install one anyway. God forbid anything happen and it's found out that I ignored the electric brakes on the trailer...

... Now then, the brake controllers I have seen referenced/mentioned/installed on the forums is a Tenkonsha P2 or P3. Looks simple enough, but I'm kind of dreading the idea of something so bulky sitting right by my knee (gotta deal with that as it is, ya know?).

Has anyone ever used one of these in our trucks? Or in general?

https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Br...MIvfuin8TqhQMV6gutBh3FIg8AEAQYBiABEgJ2WvD_BwE

I like this idea a lot! Mount the dial in a KO next to my running lights and mount the box somewhere discreet... Thoughts?

 

About to go on a road trip next week so I started to look around and for some reason I decided to look inside the fuse box and found EFI 1 20 fuse to be melted but not blow.

It was very hard to remove with all the wrong tools. I disconnected the battery and started trying to get the passenger side prongs out. After a lot of curse words I got it out and blew some compressed air into the hole. Put in a new fuse and she started right up.

Any clue what might have happened, the fuse was fine 30 days ago, I have a picture of the fuse box. Could it just be a 20+ year old fuse

 

Man I've banged and skinned my knee so many times on customers' shit they mount right there. Brake controllers, helper air bag controllers/gauges, CB radios...

 

Brutal. Glad you got it out!