What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I liked the Cartrim so much that I added the passenger side switch about a month ago

 

I used it once again for work around the house. I picked up my dads tractor so I could do some grading work at my house. I'm leveling a spot to put a shipping container down and then build a roof structure over it to store my offroad camping trailer under.

 

Training them up the right way. Good job, sir.

 

Spotted this classic Toyota today while on vacation in Oceanside and a couple of pictures from a flyover this weekend.

 

I got the Outposts at the end of the winter. 285/75/18. Been happy with them, although I didn't get a ton of winter driving in.

 

How do you remove the piece above the glove box and the piece you painted red on the door panel?

Do they just pop in, or is it more involved?

 

Glad it went to a great home!

 

Was able to remember and catch this beauty! Factory powertrain expired last month, so now it's time to rely on that legendary reliability! Trucks been amazing to us, couldn't be happier.

Hit the Fred Anderson sale for WS, PCV valves, and wipers. Got a couple odds and ends coming from Amazon, then doing coolant, power steering, and trans drain and fills. Will pry do a brake fluid exchange, or possibly a bleed, as well

 

This video should help you..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1C1AapaAI

 

That video is awesome. No problem tearing the dash apart, that will be easy. Wonder if the piece painted red on the door panel pops out once you remove the door panel?

 

Yeah, he does some pretty good ones

A lot of people freak out about the thought of popping all those dash panels, and while it's apart it looks like an absolute rat's nest... but overall it isn't too bad if you just take your time and be a bit organized.

One thing a lot of folks forget (or don't know to do), is when popping those panels off if the yellow clips stay on the dash, remove them and secure them back onto the piece that will be fastened to the dash (rather than leaving the loose clip in the dash and then trying to push the panel piece back into place)... that's how those darn things end up snapped, bent or broke and then you sometimes don't notice the clip got damaged and the piece(s) end up loose!!!!

 

Anyone know if I can switch my old style piece in his second picture for this updated one?

My 2017 has the 2 cig lighters, would love to be able to swap to this one with one cig lighter and have more USB or switch options.

 

Swapped out my rear bumper for a color matched Octane series. Bumper from Chassis Unlimited. Going for the OEM+ plus look with my truck so I had it painted in the same scheme as the OEM.

 

Swapped out the front sway bar for the TRD sway bar. While I had the skid plate off, I painted it black. Love the way it turned out as it made the red letters pop!

 

This was a few months ago, but I also swapped out the front bumper for a Chassis Unlimited octane series front bumper painted to match the OEM paint scheme.

 

Hey, that's a really nicely setup Tundra. What bumper and lift setup are you running?

 

added a stubby ariel to the truck after the car wash ripped my oem off. not sure if it even picks up radio signal but it does keep bird shit out of the hole lol

 

Thank you. I have Toyotec Aluma series coilovers with an add a leaf in the rear. The front bumper is from Ironman4x4.

 

Looks great - can you give an overview of your approach to painting the skid plate?

 

Swapped out the brakes today…. It had Carquest pads and rotors. Replaced them with Power Stop. Hopefully it will stop better now. The fun part was the pins being rusted in place… just got finished bedding them in. Should be a massive improvement!

 

I pressure washed and degreased it front and back multiple times until I felt it was as clean as I was going to get it. I taped off the red letters with painters tape, then hit it with two coats of flat primer (spray can) and then two coats of matte black automotive paint (also spray can). Looks great and I don’t see any flakes, chips or cracks so so far so good.

 

A mod nobody will ever see, but at least I can protect my paint from wearing any further

 

Same.guy I believe has a video for the door pieces also. They do not pop off and require removal of plastic welds and then appoxy welds to put back on.

 

The video is a great resource. 100% worth the effort imo. Loving my interior now.

 

Axle back bone arrived should work well

 

That'll bolster for those driveway jumps, now!!

 

Just enough for the coffee drive thru

 

@Boneskull420 where did you get that tailgate tie down? That thing is slick