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

Yeah decided against it. The card fabric is in great shape so no need really. Reason it crossed my mind was having the card disconnected because was working on the door check and broke the interior handle bezel removing the card. Figured it was unobtanium but turns out $10.50 gets a pair of FR and FL handles with trim. Good color match on the one needed, but the other handle appears to be a misship and looks like oak. Rainforest refund didnt require a return and hence no need to wait for replacement to ship. Only needed the bezel anyway. So unobtanium obtained ... for free.

@The Black Mamba did motivate cleaning of the center console however ... albeit with the usual dishsoap and water via toothbrush and rag regimen.

 

My vote is still the Chinese tires. I wouldn't touch anything else until you rule those out.

 

Ahem, they are made on the beautiful island of Taiwan. They are smooth in most other scenarios. Gets a little rumbly around 40mph, changes a little with acceleration vs deceleration, and then can occasionally feel it up around 70mph.

 

Did you have to double up on the brass bushing for the negative? I did. Used the one from the positive terminal since it didn't need it.

 

Yes

 

Most of my Suzukis are over 30 years old now and I plan on starting to switch them to SP plates as their registrations expire. I know a few people that run the special interest plates on their dailies and have never had a problem here.

 

What is that
How much it cost?
What is setup time?

 

Truck bed tent. I've seen other makes of the same style at local sporting goods stores.
Got it for free off a buddy. They gave it to him when he bought his Ram, had it left over after totaling his Ram.
First time I've used it so was double checking instructions. With two people I'd guess probably around 15 minutes. Easiest way to set it up is to put all but the door pole in first, then lift the tent into the bed and strap it down and secure the last pole over the door.
Folds up to the size of a normal largish dome tent and weighs about the same.

 

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=napier+truck+bed+tent

https://napieroutdoors.com/collections/toyota-tundra-tents

https://file///P:/Products/1. Backroadz/Backroadz Truck Tent/13 Series/Packaging/Instructions/Backroadz Truck Tent Instructions 2017.pdf

 

In the seat, at your feet, or in the wheel?

 

In the seat. Feels very driveline-y. Not the typical 60mph tire vibrations.

 

That and the variation makes it sound driveline, but ...

 

I didn't know about the double cardan. we yanked it apart at the shop and I wound up getting a driveshaft off of rockauto. It's been good for a while now. I've heard about swapping the double cardan out for a gm style one, but I didn't have the time to wait for it.

 

If its in the seat, one way to check is

jack the back end up, block it up good and put on jack stands and chock the front wheels.
have someone sit in the seat and put it in gear and run it up to the 40-50mph range
visually watch the tires and see if they have run-out meaning out of round. This makes the rear shake like crazy and there is no way to balance out anything more than a small amount of run-out. I have some walmark tires on my aluminum trailer and when its empty, at about 40-45 it will bounce up and down so bad you think its going to bounce off the road. The tires are egged and around that 40-50mph range its causing the fender to raise and lower about 3" but when you are 70+ its smoothed out.
You can visually see if the tire has run-out, if you dont trust the chocked wheels and jack stands you can pull the two rear wheels and have them run on a standard balance machine and visually watch them and see if they have run-out.

 

Picked up two set of wheelers offroad bump stops today from marketplace.

 

Installed a led whip mount that works with my camper shell. Just need to wire it up. Got it hooked up rn to a Milwaukee 12 V battery. It has a quick disconnect so removing it is very easy

 

Damn, how much that set you back, if you don’t mind the Q?

 

Nice! I been running those on the front for like 5 years. Had em on the rear too for a few years, but ended up doing a u-bolt flip that came with bumpstops, when I bought my Alcan leaf packs. @Sirfive has my rear superbumps now, but hasn't used em yet.
Iirc I had to order the superbumps for a Tacoma. Is that what you did as well?

 

Im actually going to be installing them on my 1st gen Sequoia. Did you just install one on each side? Front rear bumpstops? How much lift do you have in the front? Most likely going to install the 2nd set in the GX.

 

Yes just one per side. I put em in the front front spot and left the front rears OEM.
I've got about 3" lift in front.
So does Wheelers make them for first gen Tundras and Sequoias now, or did you have to order em for a different Toyota, like I did?

 

Only $150

 

No there not made for 1st gens. This is the set I have.

 

Do you think it makes a different if there installed in the front or the rear. I only ask cause most I've seen are installed in the rear keeping the front oem.

 

I don't know.

 

Anyway, I'm that asshole that keeps any leftover metal brackets and stuff from various installs. I have a gaggle from technology/electronics and crap I've installed over the years, some found, etc. Came in handy a lot doing LS swaps. I had these two L-shaped brackets that slide right into those slots with only 1mm of play in any direction, and could easily be manipulated with a punch to click into place. I'd prefer 3d-printed ABS to click into place, but whatever. Brackets in either position.

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Forgot to add a shot with the fuse block. Eh. This is the general position I'm thinking

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The hoard provides.


side quest:
Anyone know what kinda quick connectors i can use to mount these lights without em flopping about? One of those bolts with a cam lever like those razor scooters use for their handlebars?


i want the brightest truck nuts this side of a flat brim hat.

 

I'm a selective hoarder. I hoarde very specific things, and I'm good with organizing. Sort of. It's controlled chaos.

 

I have a hard time parting with anything that looks useful. I'm handy, thrifty, and like having the thing I need already on hand. Most of the stuff I've been hoarding will never be used and I should just throw it all out and get what I need when I need it. But every once in a while, I need one of these widgets or wood scraps I haven't parted with yet and it reinforces my diseased thinking further. It all stays.

 

Reminds me of this, our oldest kid sent this to me and said, "Dad, this is you..."

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7Fw7bZoPyVU​