What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Truth

 

CO2 is the shit… borrowed my neighbors 15lb setup for T2P while my dual ARB was being a whiney bitch…shit is gangsta, fast as F and what I like, way quieter

 

how does shit rust like that in the desert?

 

battle scars from beating the piss outta the trucks…something you know nothing about…

 

sad day...

 

Mine also has continued to be reliable and not need to be hauled away on a stretcher in it's 85,000 miles of existence...

Plenty of scars on mine from using it for homestead stuff.

 

indeed…gonna go 1 of 3 ways…

if frame is repairable…it’s gonna go broverlander

if frame can be straightened but coil towers are f’d…truck will get the LSK treatment…

if frame is beyond repair…all bets are off on what happens next

 

lol i know how this would go

 

Oh yeah?

 

let me rephrase, I know how I want this to go lol

 

How are you supposed to have one more trail soda before heading home if you don’t have to wait for 4 tires to air up??

 

Still have to wait on your trail mates to air up before rolling out. Just allowed me to focus on and savor that trail soda

 

Did I miss the footage of the jump that precipitated this situation?

 

you guys in black and white doing synchronized whoops like yin and yang?

 

Whew! I laughed really good at this. Thank you!

 

Finally got around to installing the trail edition storage boxes that were laying around the garage. Added Mopar tie downs since you lose the front ones with the boxes installed. Then trimmed the bed mat to fit. Done for now. I think....

 

From my wheeling days in the 4runner, I can't explain how much having pneumatic tools on the trails meant to us. Airing up was secondary for us since there's always someone waiting on a compressor. Of course battery has replaced a lot of that, but CO2 for the win in my book.

 

She found out you just bought some new parts, huh?

 

Ultimately, if you can get a hose long enough to pull to front tires without ever dismounting it, that’s a win.

 

Only thing you gotta worry about is the tank/hose frosting up. Lol

 

LOL the eye rolls and comments of get this shit out of the kitchen is a regular occurrence here

 

One of us, one of us!

 

I had some time the last couple evenings to make some progress on the roof rack extension and rear door mounting.
I decided to just add to the current rack instead of build a new one and it worked out great. I scored a couple huge ROAM cases a while back on a trade so I mounted them up there and had to turn my traction boards and move my radio antenna but it was a pretty simple job. What's two more holes in my non leaking roof??



Next up was drilling a ton of holes in the rear doors of the camper to mount a couple pieces of L track. I just used rivnuts and 3m tape to mount these. The passenger side will have the trash bag and a 10# propane tank. The driver side will have a case with my water heater, hoses and other miscellaneous water stuff and then a second 10# propane tank.

 

VLED bed lights
FYI for anyone who finds this in a search.. the instructions they provide are for a Tacoma. You will have to mount the relay/grounds by a self tap or drilling. The cargo switch wires will need to come up through the drivers rear footwell grommet. Other than that… plug and play!

Wired the mictuning 60” strips to activate with cargo/bed

VLED footwell lights front and rear

 

Slapped this bad boy in after work yesterday and hooked up the trickle charger to top off.

Noticed on my drive to work today the battery light didn't go off and I'm still only running on 13.2-3V.

If the diode isn't working anymore, I'm assuming the alternator is only pushing stock volts which could trigger the light? Hooked up an inline fuse so that could be blown too.

Either that or the alternator is going out.

 

Isn’t stock volts 13.8v? On a full charge for my X2 power, I get 14.6v on start up. Then as I drive, I’m around 14.0-14.1.

 

My stock averages 13.3

 

My '21 Pro does the same thing...

I'm guessing that damn shark fin on the roof is sending out waaaaay too much of my info to the world

 

Yeah I think my charging system is no bueno

 

I installed the RAS on the truck about a month ago. It was easy-pezy. I set it to the lowest (white disk?) setting because at that setting the gap (between the top of the tire to the fender) was about 2.5" higher for the rear over the front. Using the higher RAS setting (black disk?) it was another 1" more than that. The plan was to put a 2" spacer on top of the struts to balance things out. I bought the spacers, but never got around to installing them.

Anyway, this past weekend I was finally able to do some towing with it. The RAS worked well hauling my race bike, tires, tools, spares, and etc. in the 14' trailer (aluminum frame) to the track. Although I did have a fair bit of squat in the rear, with the rear being just slightly lower than the front. So now I'm thinking I should go with the higher RAS setting (black disk?) which will put me at about 3.5" higher for the rear over the front. I started to think I might want to go with a 3" spacer on top of the struts to balance things out instead of the 2" spacer.

Then I decided to look more closely at the top of the strut itself ... and it kind of looks like it already has something installed (see pic below).

So the question is, what am I looking at here. This is a spacer, correct? The ones I've seen, and the one I purchased, seem to be solid aluminum, but this one looks kind of rubbery. Any idea who makes this one? In addition, how should I measure it to determine what size spacer it actually is? I'm thinking this might be a 1.5" - 2" space already. I think the thickest spacers I've seen thus far are 3". So maybe I can get another 1" out of the current setup by going with a 3" spacer, which helps the truck sit a little better than it currently does on the low RAS setting and at least help out a tad on the high RAS setting.

So, I guess my final newb question is ... before I do anything stupid, am I thinking about this correctly?

Thanks in advance.


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