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300BLK 2014 SR5 Build

Discussion in '2.5 Gen Builds (2014-2021)' started by 300BLK, Jan 4, 2020.

  1. Jan 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM
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    300BLK

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    2014 Toyota Tundra 4.6L Double Cab SR5 in 202 Black

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    This is my documentation of my 2014 Tundra SR5 4x4.


    Current Modifications:
    Interior:
    • Husky Weatherbeater Floor Liners
    • Center Console Organizer
    • AJT Designs Full Interior Blackout
    Exterior:
    • TRD Pro Grille
    • Black Hood Bulge
    • 2018+ TRD Sport LED Headlights
    • American Flag Tailgate lettering
    • Curt recovery hitch
    • Cali Raised Ditch Light Brackets
    • Baja Designs XL Pro Ditch Lights
    • Baja Designs S8 30" Lightbar
    • Diode Dynamics SS3 Fogs
    • Coastal Offroad Front Bumper
    • Engo 10k Winch with Synthetic Line
    • Factor 55 ProLink
    • Custom TRD Hawse Fairlead
    • TRD Pro Skidplate
    • Talon's Garage Full Catalytic Converter Plates
    Wheels/Tires:
    • Plastidipped TRD OR wheels
    • 295/70/18 Falken Wildpeaks
    • Spidertrax 1.25" spacers
    Suspension:
    • OME shocks front and rear with 612 springs up front
    • Toytec 1.5" block
    • Toytec extended Ubolts
    • OME brake/abs extension brackets
    • Wheeler's Offroad Bump Stops
    • Rear Differential Breather Mod
    Bed:
    • Victory 4x4 Mid Height Bed Rack
    • Smittybilt Overlander XL Gen 2 Rooftop Tent
    • ARB 2500 Awning
    • XBull Traction Boards
    • Rotopax 2G
    • Quickfist Mounts x2

    As a little background, I previously daily drove a Mazda Miata.

    This was my Miata build:

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    This brings me to my Tundra.

    Finally stumbled on a great deal on a 2014 SR5 one-owner with 114k miles and took her home.

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    Truck was clearly owned by an ...older gentleman as a commuter as the truck had pinstriping added (not the cool off-road kind, literal painted pinstripes), along with showing signs of pretty much zero wear. The bed looks brand new.

    It's also senior citizen dog approved:
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    So this is the baseline for my build with intentions to make it into a daily-driver, fishing/camping/hunting rig, and off-roader. I would really like to learn and get into wheeling.

    Thanks for reading!
     

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  2. Jan 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM
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    My first set of mods were to update the appearance. The great thing about using a chassis that has remained largely the same for over a decade is that its very easy to update the looks.

    I purchased some 18+ LED headlights and a TRD Pro grille and hoodbulge and did the swap with my father.

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    Extremely happy with the updated looks. Looks much less geezer spec and the light output on the LED's is incredible, its night and day. Especially with my commute at night it allows me to see deer very easily on backroads. Toyota knocked it out of the park with this design. Most of my colleagues drive BMWs, Mercs, or Audis and even they were impressed with the design and quality of the lights.

    Next is to wrap the bumper end caps black, remove the pinstriping, and debadge the entire truck.
     
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  3. Jan 6, 2020 at 10:47 AM
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    The area around the grille did that come with the front grille?z
    It looks like it used to be chrome and now the flush black looks amazing!
     
  4. Jan 6, 2020 at 11:10 AM
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    41bigdawg Let the BIG DAWG Eat

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    You are off to a good start, nice lookin truck :)
     
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  5. Jan 11, 2020 at 6:22 AM
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    Thanks! Yes the black surround came with the grille. The TRD Pro grille's are all color matched so you can buy them according to what color your truck is.
     
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  6. Feb 1, 2020 at 2:05 PM
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    Scored a set of TRD Off Road wheels with Michelin LTX A/T's on Craigslist the other day for $150! Felt like i was robbing the guy. Was an older gentleman that was retiring and selling all his truck related items and just wanted the wheels gone. The tires have about 10k miles left in them, then i plan on upgrading to some Falken Wildpeaks.

    Pictured next to my stock wheels on awful no-name tires put on by the dealer.

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    Didn't mind the stock look but went ahead and plastidipped them black, with plans for eventual gloss powdercoat.

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    And mounted on the truck. Didn't realize these wheels used different lugs from the steel wheel acorn lugs so had to grab some off Amazon. Very happy with the setup.

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    Just got in some gloss black vinyl to wrap the chrome bumper end caps black, along with some TRD 4x4 bedside decals. Plan on putting all of that on, removing the pinstriping, and debadging hopefully next week.
     
  7. Feb 1, 2020 at 2:57 PM
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    Great start! Tundra looks awesome!
     
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  8. Mar 31, 2020 at 10:08 AM
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    Quarantine update. A few small mods I’ve done over the last few weeks.

    I started by plastidipping the bumper caps black. Came out very nice and matches the bumper plastics well. Need to upgrade the fog lights though which are in rough condition.

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    Installed a Curt recovery hitch receiver and keep the shackle in my recovery box. High quality piece that’s also affordable.

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    The truck came with awful pinstriping that was probably there for the full 114k miles before I got it. It wouldn’t come off by conventional means so I bought one of these detailing discs that’s essentially a giant eraser you put on a drill. Worked very well. Added some TRD OR bed stickers as well.

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    Finally did her first oil change as well. Very easy and took just a few minutes. I love the simplicity of Toyota’s.

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    Hope everyone is staying safe out there.
     
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  9. Apr 1, 2020 at 4:58 PM
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    Turning out great!
     
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  10. Jul 24, 2020 at 5:18 PM
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    Got around to installing the ARB OME 2.5" lift. First impressions were great, the kit appeared very well made from the welds on the shock to the hardware included. I was not too thrilled about the finish though, it marred fairly easily.
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    Comparison of the stock springs to the 612 springs. These springs were very heavy and none of my spring compressors could compress them. Had a local shop do it for free thankfully.

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    The shock bodies were also much larger in diameter than the stock black shocks. The stock black shocks were pretty tired after 120k miles.

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    Install was very straightforward. I used the method of dropping the LCA which was easy and fast.
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    I also installed new rotors and pads as mine were warped and caused significant shuddering on braking. While i was there i added 1.25" Spidertrax wheel spacers. Pictured you'll also see my 1.5" Toytec rear blocks and OME brake/abs extension bracket kit.

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    Front suspension done.

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    Next i installed the rear suspension components including the 1.25" block and Toytec extended ubolts.

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    The OME brake line/abs line bracket extensions were a convenient kit. Installed with my favorite Hilti driver.

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    I forgot to take a picture after the complete install of the brackets. But this is with the first bracket in.

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  11. Jul 24, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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    I went to have the truck aligned after this and ran into issues with being unable to align the left side properly. Turns out one of my alignment cams was seized to the bushing. It would not budge, i actually broke my breaker bar running a 6ft cheater pipe trying to get it to move.

    So i ended up buying a used OEM LCA from a Tundra with 20k miles. When i got the box, they actually included the alignment cams and bolts, which were basically brand new. Had to have been a mistake. Was VERY happy to see that.

    On to installing the new arm and bolts. I used a Milwaukee Torch blade made for thick steel. It cut through the cam bolts like butter.

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    Once the LCA dropped, i grabbed my new (to me) arm and used a fine wire brush to clean out the bushing sleeve and bolts, then covered the non threaded portions in plenty of antiseize. This should prevent this from happening in the future.

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    I was able to adjust the cams myself without a problem and torqued everything to spec. Now i was finally ready to get an alignment and have the 295's mounted.
     
  12. Jul 24, 2020 at 5:48 PM
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    Alignment went well. The tech told me that for some reason the right side didnt have quite the amount of numerical change in camber and caster despite adjustment with the cams which were turning fine. The left side was golden though thankfully. He was able to get the alignment within spec, but i did have to sacrifice some caster to have a near zero camber. I'm going to have to investigate why this may be. Granted i am also running stock UCAs.

    Got the tires mounted and had some rub on the mud flaps so i pulled those off. Truck looks and drives AMAZING. So happy with it. Its filthy right now but i was too excited and had to grab a few pictures.

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    Next up is to install my Baja Designs XL Pro's and then getting the rest of the pinstiping off. Also contemplating putting on TRD OR stickers or grabbing a TRD OR badge from the new Tacomas.
     
  13. Jul 25, 2020 at 4:26 PM
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    how much lift you got with 612? how is you ride compared to to OEM?
     
  14. Jul 25, 2020 at 9:12 PM
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    Looking good! Nice work!
     
  15. Jul 25, 2020 at 10:11 PM
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    Nice looking rig in all black! Next thing you need will be some uca’s to fix that alignment issue they had getting numbers right
     
  16. Jul 25, 2020 at 11:58 PM
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    Your build is looking great .
     
  17. Jul 26, 2020 at 2:59 PM
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    It should be about 2.5" but its also still settling. Unfortunately i did not take before and after measurements. The ride is great though. I was concerned 10 ply tires plus a harsher spring rate would make it rough, but its actually better than OEM. My stock shocks were almost blown so the ride wasnt great though. The difference is most notable on rough roads at speed, OME setup soaks bumps up.

    Thanks! Love your build, one of the best in MD.

    Thanks! I definitely want to grab some UCA's in the future, probably some SPC's. I think that'll give me the adjustment i'm looking for.

    Thanks!
     
  18. Jul 27, 2020 at 8:06 AM
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    Took some more pictures last night. I've been getting lots of compliments on the truck from strangers. Its been great. I helped this 90 year old man whose truck needed a jump in the parking lot of my work. It was a dually cummins with 800k on it. He had owned it since 200k and used to be a hotshot trucker driving all over the country. It was badass and guy was sharp as a tack. He's a hardcore Dodge guy and even complimented it saying it was beautiful. Man i love this truck.

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  19. Jul 27, 2020 at 8:48 AM
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    Great looking rig, bro.
     
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    Got the Baja Designs XL Pro's installed and then took the truck on its first trip out to Greenridge State Forest. Did some camping and fishing. The truck did great, i'm extremely happy with the suspension and tires. Extremely comfortable on the drive up and capable on the trails as well at speed. Handled mud and some more rocky sections well too, i just need to get more used to the size of the truck to take better lines.

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    Conditions were just right for some good trout fishing.

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    Made for a great dinner our second night

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  21. Aug 22, 2020 at 9:53 AM
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    Nice! Love the Xls! Been going to Green Ridge at least once a year for the last 16 years. Love it up there.i think we are heading up around October 9th. What camp site you stay at? 84 is one of my favorites. 66 used to be a good one also with good access to the Potomac, but the kind of made a parking lot out of it now. Not familiar with the small fishing spot your at there, where is that located?
     
  22. Aug 22, 2020 at 10:26 AM
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    every time this thread pops up, i think it's a rifle build. i get all excited for about 13.7 sec before my brain realizes sr5 is a truck...
     
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    Thanks! Its easily my favorite place to camp at in MD. We stayed at #3 this time around. 84 is a great site, we actually signed up for 83 but once we got there people had taken it without signing up or paying. So we went to #3 based on the 15 mile creek running right past it. That small fishing spot is closest to site #2. It makes for a great swimming hole. water was low enough that some trout were held over in it so we caught two there.

    This is what #3 looks like, has a small stream running about 30 yards behind it.

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    I plan on camping at Greenridge again at the end of September again as fall trout season starts to open up. Have fun on your trip! Fall camping is my favorite.

    Haha maybe i should start posting some of my builds, i'm usually pretty quiet about it. With November right around the corner it would definitely be a good reason for another build..
     
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    Not going to lie me too. I was like ooh pew pew stick.
    But nice truck. Love seeing people use I tundra for camping and outdoors adventures. We don't spend enough time just hanging out in nature if you ask me.
     
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    Took the truck on another trip out to Greenridge State Forest for some camping and fly fishing. Had a great time. This truck has been the perfect balance of daily driver and offroader. Still netting 15.1mpg over the last thousand miles too.

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    Met up with @TylerDurden311 a little while back. He was kind enough to give me some bed rack bars and bed stiffeners that he fabbed. He’s put together a very well thought out Tundra build.

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    Bought some Colorlugs to black out my chrome lug nuts. Subtle change that looks great and was easy to install. Then took the truck out on a friends property to sight in our firearms for deer season.


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    Other than that, going to Fluid Film the undercarriage again in preparation for winter. The coat from last year still looks pretty good, but is definitely due for another coat. Also have a remote starter to install before it gets cold.
     
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    Like wise! Nice meeting you and we will have to do some fishing one day.
     
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    Killer Build, thanks for sharing!
     
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    Nice work documenting the build. Great looking truck!
     
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    Nothing exciting with the truck. I did however, finally get around to some maintenance and installing my Wheeler's Superbumps.

    These made a noticeable difference in the ride on the gravel road i live on. Very happy with them and install was easy.

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    Also did the rear diff breather extension mod.

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    Bought the unistrut for the DIY bed rails. I ran into some issues with my plastic bedliner so i have been between drilling it or just removing it and getting bedliner sooner than i planned.

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    This was all in prep for a trip to AOAA tomorrow to explore some trails with friends.
     
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