What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

It is a regular old dumb switch, my charger will stay off till turn it on. I have forgotten twice in the past and had something else sitting there, start truck, charger defaults back on, and later notice flashing red. I just wanted control of when it turns on. The foreign object on the "turned on" charger is probably not good for it, maybe it dont matter. I have LOADS of free time and parts were free.

 

Finally got a full size spare. Only took me 2 years. Bitches ain't cheap.

 

The ride so far is awesome. The driveway is sloped but, I’m awaiting my rims before my new rubber is mounted to tell the true ride. My stock tires are bald. Thanks to all the layoffs my rims are 1-2 weeks behind. I used Mr. Pink Chemical Guys soap. I’m going to look at less expensive options even though its not badly priced! I use the MATCC cannon and I’m going to try some less expensive options as I don’t see paying $20 a bottle of soap. Even though the foam cannon full got me about 5 washes.

 

So yeah, I did my tow hooks also since it’s in vogue. And yes they came out fine. I also figured out which direction I’m taking the truck... OEM plus. I have absolutely no need for a theatrical truck.

I saw the original picture in the Calvary Blue thread. I was waiting for the pics of the finished product. The truck looks extremely sharp. Excellent work.

 

Muchas gracias, hermano. Thank you very much brother, for looking!

 

Damn!! Se miran muy bien!!

 

¡Gracias, muy amable! Por fin, ¿verdad? Me alegra mucho como salieron también. Estoy súper contento cerrar trato en este proyecto. Ahora para el próximo, una llave para la camioneta de estilo de navaja automática...

 

Donde vas hallar una llave así?

 

Oh, ya veremos mañana, detalles después... sí es que me salga el chiste...

 

Haha

 

Got around to installing my $13 USB port for the kiddos. Ridiculously easy install - I should have done this a long time ago...

I used this USB:

YONHAN 36W Quick Charge 3.0 Dual USB Car Charger Socket, Metal Waterproof 12V USB Outlet with Blue LED & 10A Fuse for 12V/24V Marine Boat Golf Cart Truck Motorcycle and More

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LBLYTST/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Seriously.... Sick rig... I love the lifted look of the 6 and 7 inch lifts. Super Jealous

 

Another small mod done while I continue to work from home. Did the plastidip on the shifter trim and chrome cup holder. No more being blinded by the sun reflecting off these into my eyes.

 

?? Both 3rd gen tundras I bought came with full size spares.

 

Spare is full size, rim says temporary use only on it. 2019 sr5
I upsized tires so I went ahead and bought a matching rim off CL for $75 and put a 5th Falken AT3w on there. 285/75r18 fits under bed with some hammering of the aligning tabs

 

I’ve used just about any car wash soap in my foam cannon. Either gel, concentrate or just the watery liquid soaps in then with no crazy difference. Some May foam slightly better but for what it’s worth I wouldn’t spend the money on “foam cannon” soap that some company’s boast about.

 

Dammit, who pressed the S.A.P. button on the remote again?!?!?!?!

 

Please post a couple of pictures of your truck

 

Thanks Tim I appreciate it alot!!! Man I love my truck so much, before I go to bed I go outside and stare at it for a minute and then say goodnight. Knowing dam well the next day I'm going to ride the shit out of it and abuse it and my truck will just take it and ask for more!!

 

Always loved tires labeled "not for highway use"

 

No problem. Always happy to oblige that request.

 

not a fan of the RC unit. What is on the left looks so much better

 

Can you tell me what color you used and how you did this? Did you take the console off or paint it in place?

 

Finally finished plastidipping the front and rear bumper end caps. Looks much better without chrome.

 

Vinyl wrapped trim

 

That turned out great! Did you use glossifier on it too?

 

Thanks to Sprtbkr for the original idea. As far as I can tell, which sometimes amounts to zip, he was the first to successfully convert an “H-key” to a flip key set up. If there were/are others, well I thank you too!


https://www.tundras.com/threads/h-key.27250/#post-1631466


I also have made a “Franken Flip Key” using the internals of one of my factory fob keys (aka dagger key). I then transferred them into the blank shell I ordered off of Amazon.

$17 RI-KEY SECURITY Style Flip Key Modified Case Shell for Toyota RAV4 2013-2015 Remote Key 3 Buttons

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072YG9PP1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I then asked my bud at the dealer to please cut me a key. He was not expecting it to be flip key. I asked if he thought he could cut it okay. He answered that, “Of course I can and I will gladly do it on the house!” Just what I wanted to hear because my stealership charges around $16 and up to just cut keys.

We both were goo-goo-ing and ga-ga-ing over how cool it was and that it works! “It’s alive!”

So I happily drove the rig home today using the freshly cut “Franken Flip Key”. I was nervous that I may have damaged the chip when I had to “carve” it out of all the adhesive that it was covered in inside the original OEM fob key.

I was able to keep the original OEM fob key shell intact, in the case I should ever need it again. My research showed many had to break, crack, or cut out the transponder chip. I just took my time with an X-acto knife and a heat gun. Even with patience, I still “chipped” the chip on one of its corners upon retrieval.

Here are all my three (albeit all different, oh and low-tech dummy key) functioning keys!

 

powder coated bumper ends cost... $100.00

 

powder coated over chrome?

 

Sand blasted first