What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

His doesn't have the TSS sensor so he could just paint it. They just have a emblem cut out in their grille. Not like yours.
Some have just put some dark tinted vinyl over their TSS sensor and I haven't heard of issues from this.

 

Oh, yeah, I didn’t look to see what year your truck is.

 

Thanks guys. I’ll search around for those that have tinted it. Add yet another mod to the list!

 

You should just be able to buys some tinted vinyl, put it over, and then cut it to shape. Could message the member in this post and ask what he did.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/blacked-out-front-grille-emblem.72136/page-2#post-2018636

 

I used Luxe LightWrap (medium smoke glossy) on the front emblem. TSS is unaffected.
Tinted the 3rd brake/cargo light as well, but updated to much brighter LED bulbs first; Luxe med smoke reduces light output about 20%. Vvivid Air-Tint is also a very good product that is designed to let most of the light shine through.

 

Post 48962 in this thread. Jefroshm0 and I used the same vinyl product but in different tint levels. Hope this helps!

 

Sped-D Tail lights got installed. Headlights tomorrow.

 

Ole girl got some new shoes today!

Hardrock Affliction H700 20x10 -19
Nitto Ridge Grappler 35/12.5-20

 

I vinyl wrapped my chrome front end caps with the intent of putting my stock bumper back on. The newness of my NFAB M-RDS bumper has worn off and I have gotten it out of my system. It is nice but it is what it is. I will be placing it for sale in Marketplace along with the DD Pods soon so be on the lookout.

 

I've needed the info on whether wrapping the emblem affects TSS - thanks for that. Truck looks great.

 

Chrome Delete:
It's a long story, but here's the next (and biggest) leg of my journey to get rid of chrome.

Gratitude: @NitroZ18fishing and tons of other folks making videos helping folks work on their trucks - Thank You! If you're a new forum member or just haven't taken time to subscribe to their YouTube channels, they've provided invaluable information. @Everyone in this forum answering my idiotic questions and posting their experiences - Thank You!

Encouragement: I'm not the most mechanically inclined person you've met. By a long shot. If you have any interest in digging into a project like this in your truck, quit sitting at your computer or looking at your phone. You're burning daylight.

Advice:

• Get some extra trim clips before you start. You're going to break and/or lose some, so have them on hand. Yellow, white, pushpin, roach, all of them (not that last one). I don't know if Toyota or an aftermarket vendor sells them in packs, but I do know some are missing from their proper seats in my dash.
• Get a telescoping magnet, lots of soft rags, a generous space to work in, and a pack of Band-Aids. Update your eyeglass prescription.
• If you're using NitroZ's video to help you pull your dash apart (that vid is great), if you have a 2020 (likely any model, but definitely 1794), the piece he starts to remove at 10:25 around the lower air bag actually has two screws to remove before it comes out.
• I gave myself 6 hours, and it wasn't enough by about an hour. YMMV, especially if you're more confident and/or less mature than me.
• I used SEM Trim Black 39143 on everything. Have two cans before you start. I went really - really slow. My first two coats didn't even fully cover the pieces. I didn't have any runs, but I did have some dust in the garage, and had to sand a coat off of the center console piece (600 grit, if you have to do the same thing...). Tough to find a dust-free space to paint larger pieces...
• I used 600 grit sandpaper to scuff up all the chrome parts I painted. They took the paint well, but tossing tools around in the cab I chipped the paint I'd done a few weeks earlier on the cupholder trim. It's the easiest part to fix paint on, but the fact that it chipped doesn't bode well for the other high-traffic chrome parts.
• The climate control knobs take the paint I used really well. A few folks were wondering in an earlier post...
• Black shows dust waaaayyy more. Pics show it more than the eye sees it, but either way it'll make your OCD itch.

I used videos and advice already available and relatively easy to find, so I'll fetch those for you if you ask, but they're not linked here just now. Here's how it turned out:

The scariest part:


The current view:


I'll have to give greater thought to the gray radio and climate control surfaces, but that glove box keyhole is poking me in the eye right now.

Climate control knobs and accents (already dusty...):



4WD knob:


Start button accent:



Console and vent rings:



A bonus for a Texas boy, found hidden under the center console on a support brace:



I hope yours turns out better than mine. Pretty happy... That's the way it should have looked from the factory.

Thanks for reading.

 

This is what I have been waiting for, I love everything from him in my Tacoma.

 

Same. My MESO Tacoma list is long

I don't think the Tundra list will be this long. Going for basic functionality for the Tundra as it will be a family truck

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LIMITED EDITION Switchback Turns #3309 / 19 out of 25
Ultimate Red maps
Ultimate Red dome
Ultimate White maps
Ultimate White dome
V2 Dome Dual Color
V2 Dome Dual Brightness
TRD bucket
OG TRD buck lid
Fuse cover
Puddle Lights
Stage 2 DIY shift knob 3D Printed
Stage 2 DIY SHIFT KNOB injected molded
Gas Hole
Red Fob
Black Fob
Zombie Green Fob
White Fob
Stage 2 Total Tails
Overhead Molle Rack
Chrome Delete Shift trim
Puddle Switch X2
Headlight Trim Plates -Black X2
Molle Rack Handle Retention kit
Red Door handle
Black Door handle
HitchPod Combo Work scene
HitchPod Combo Wide Cornering
MESO Opaque TRD Back Lit Knob trim via oostrama ~ wiring kit

Honorable mentions:
Octo ring
FOB Red Button x3
Hat (Black)
Snow flake badge Patch
White MESO Shirt
Black MESO Shirt
Covid Key
Air freshener x5
Minimalist Black hardware x4
MESO vinyl Patch

Waiting
Hex 9 Brake light, V5 Ultimate Turns, minimalist flip, dual color maps

 

Y’all third genners are so spoiled . I have everything for the second gen Stew makes, but still felt shorted. I’m hoping since I’m focusing on the Tundra build now I can catch up as he releases things. I’m pretty much gonna order without question.

 

Yeah, I agree with getting spoiled. I ordered without question every time.

Luckily he drops most (not all) stuff now in bulk, not like the 2017-2018 years where batches were in the 20's-30s of something. But it was a one man show back then, I think there are three people now, Stew, Drew and Austin.

 

Sorry. I was wondering if you had considered putting a bed rack over the Retrax instead of the Yakima load bars. I was curious whether it would work. Something like this:

https://rcimetalworks.com/product/18-adjustable-bed-rack/

 

What bumper is that?

 

Rear diff breather mod. Wish all mods were this easy.

 

Airbags and compressor are on. Sadly the shop didn't put on my preferred muffler due to lack of S pipe or whatever. I thought they would just make what they needed but no.

Was supposed to get tires and rims today but the shop never got my online order and has no idea when the Method 701's will be in stock.

 

That looks really cool, but I would need one that mounts to the tonneau’s track so I could still open and close it. From the photos in the link, it looks like it would block the Retrax’s path.

 

Here is what I did...

I made a template to expedite applying tire shine. Just hold this bad boy up on the rim, spray the tire black, a quick wipe on the very outer edge of the rim (as it is not a perfect fit) and bingo! No more wiping down tons of overspray off the rim or having to use a liquid tire shine with a rag which takes way too long and is way to cumbersome with those tread lugs that wrap onto the tire. Able to do all four tires in under 5 minutes. Not sure why I did not think of this say 3 decades ago.

 

I did this years ago for my sports cars made it really easy!!

 

Did you tie the puddle lights into the footwell light?

 

@CBI Offroad covert

 

No I tied them into the cargo lights. I just followed the Toyota factory bed light install.

 

Ah. Never needed to turn it off so didn't realize the factory button requires you to do all that. If I can ask though, what is the reason for wanting to disable it?

 

ESP full-length box install

 

Spec-D Headlights installed to match the tail lights from yesterday.

 

This is from my DIY write-up:

"Most on here are already aware of Tow/Haul-ass Mode or Beast Mode or Nanny Override or whatever your preferred nomenclature might be. For those that aren't, the process to activate it is this: Push and hold the VSC button for 3 seconds, release, press and hold again for 3 seconds, release (nannies are now off, including traction control), then press Tow/Haul do get the nifty shift points. Tada! You now gained 50+ HP.

But in all seriousness, the real benefit is when off-road, having traction control off is necessary, both from a performance and a safety standpoint. The two-3-second press and hold isn't a big deal, but sometimes you turn your truck off and forget to do the process before you take off. There are modules on the market that are already designed to handle this, but 1) they're designed to be always on, meaning you have to toggle the VSC switch to set it to normal, and 2) they're kind of expensive for what they do."