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

That jerk! I feel your pain. At least they left enough wire to fix it and didn’t cut right behind the connector.

 

basils replied to a comment asking about price, they said $20k out the door for that setup.

also, I should not have gone onto solo motorsports site and definitely shouldn’t have clicked on their mid travel setup. I do not need that in the slightest but damn I want it

 

I should have know, the old head unit wires were butchered also. No oem harness, wires cut and spliced with wire nuts. But I bought an oem harness and brought it back to life

 

Where did you find an oem harness? I’m looking for an oem radio connector and amp connector so I can fix mine.

 

I hope the owner of that truck is smart enough to fully insure that truck, including the custom equipment.

 

I bought this, to bring it back to oem. The first review on the product is someone with a 1st doing the same thing

$12 Metra 71-1761 87 - 94 Toyota Vehicle Harness

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00029X1KA

Then this to connect to that and the new radio

$8 Metra 70-1761 Radio Wiring Harness For Toyota 87-Up Power 4 Speaker

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002BEQJ8

 

Thanks. I don’t think those work with mine. I have different amp and the stereo connector is different.

 

Today I undertook the pleasant job of replacing the spare tire lift unit. I used an angle grinder to cut off the olds nuts and used SS thru bolts and nuts with the new unit. Next up, replace the rear bumper.

 

Let's see how this stuff does.

also cleaned the throttle body and MAF. And now at the slow speeds, coming to a stop it feels like my truck is heel-toe shifting. Lol will probably disconnect the battery and let the bitch relearn shit. The throttle body was DIRTYY, while the maf was basically pristine.

 

Never heard of that oil. I wonder how you'll know if it "works".

 

whether or not my engine grenades itself or not. Lol

I've actually been putting my engine through some seafoam treatments. And I've just been keeping tabs on my engine oil clarity. Truthfully. I'll probably run this just this once to help "clean things up" and go back to my normal "high mileage"

 

@shifty` can I get your help on some wiring? I think you have the Alpine ILX470 right? I ended up having to cut out my connector to the amp since the previous owner fucked it all up. I'm installing the same stereo and curios how yours is wired. I have some wires from the factory side that don't correspond to the harness from Crutchfield. I'm wondering if you have the same ones on your AC and have thoughts on what I do with them?

I have 2 solid brown wires and 2 red and black wires with nothing on the other side of the connector

 

Y'all remember that fantastic brand of spray paint that I used. That covered like ass.? Well I just got home from work I started sanding down the plate again so I can repaint it and it's still gummy underneath the surface after 6 days of drying time and 3/4 of the first day of it being in the sun after it was painted.

But the resand is done with 400 grit and we're about to move on to a thousand.

 

1000 wet done

 

And they were out of black so what ever MF Gray is .... @Mr.bee you know tractors, MF?

 

Massey Ferguson

 

This is the exact thought that went through my head when I read it and I was like m************ Gray hell yeah

 

I think you know what it stands for mang.

 

LMAO great minds think alike!

 

Dude, are you looking for a mirror finish? 1000 grit, really?

 

Noted. When its time to do my brake calipers, VCs, and intake manifold, MF grey is the ticket.

 

Kind of what I was thinking. I mean small rocks and pebbles are gonna hit that thing all the time.

 

I was only going to 400 dry tack off it and then wet sand it with 400. But even after 6 days of curing spending more than half a day in the sun Monday it was still tacky underneath the surface. So I alcoholed it down and tac cloth the s*** out of it, then wet sanded it a 1,000 and then dry sanded it at 1,000. Had to get to a good bonding surface.

 

Well the paint is not going to adhere and cure if I sand only into the still tachy portion of the s*** paint. I had to sand through it to get to a dry surface so I could apply the paint. I'm not looking for a perfect finish I understand it's a skid plate it's going to get dinged up, however I would like the paint to cure hard

 

Truthfully, if I get another skid plate, it’s getting coated in Line-X for durability. But that only because I deal with salt/rocks hitting it.

 

Understood.

 

Tractor supply has a color very similar to the Macy Ferguson Gray in brake caliper paint enamel. It was on the shelf in both spray can and in quart jars

 

2nd coat done. 60 minutes dry time then off the the garage to cure for a few days. Then that sweet ass decal is going on.

 

MF grey must be the new ODgreen. 1000 grit??? haha getting serious
I'm just jelly cause I don't even have a skidplate

 

I did some painting and sanding too. Not to the same detail as V6VW because nagging kids and wife (I do love them though). Anyway, Black is the new chrome. Cleaned and then sanded the chrome with 120. Applied 3 coats of self etching primer and 2 base coats of gloss black.