What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I bought a tractor supply in bed chest and bolted in. I don’t have a tonneau cover either but plan to get one in the future and figured this was the best option.

 

We’ll that was even easier than the directions made it seem…

 

I like this a lot. That would fit under the cover as well. I was trying to find something along this line originally.

 

Added Color match door handles and mirror covers.

 

Under headlight panels painted
color matched grille and hood scoop
black and Grey toyota emblem in grille
black handles (interior and exterior)
custom cup holder inserts

Got my truck back from the shop finally. Among other things I had them re paint under the headlights because the detailer peeled off the paint protection and some paint came off with it. After that I made some progress in my chrome delete, if you look real close you'll see the grill is gloss black and the hood scoop is attitude black. I have the Toyota letters off right now because those too need to be blacked out. Next step is to get my oem bumper caps on, I'll need to find a video because these are not stick on like the bumper shells they are complete replacements. I've also got the mirror caps in the mail and I probably get those on at the same time. I installed the black exterior handles to get rid of the chrome and it was almost as easy as sticking on the AJT covers on the interior chrome handles. Both came out great. I also finally had the chance to throw in my leather cup holder inserts to add a nice touch like my door inserts from @abomb60.

Side note, if anyone has the part number to the black tailgate handle that would save me some time when I go to order it.

 

looks great! I’m planning to dip my factory 20” wheels next week. Any advice/tips from doing your?

 

TRD center cap for the spare. Was bugging me that the spare was the only one with a normal Toyota cap so we fixed that. Will probably get stolen now ... oh well.

 

Color matched the center part of my grill with gray anthracite hyper dip after a good coat of self etching primer.

 

Removed the tires that came with the limited and added Falken 295/60R20 Wildpeaks

 

Here you go
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363382396719?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

That looks really nice!!

 

That’s a pretty good idea. Thanks for the tip!

 

a black painted flat washer, some peel and stick felt padding for the back of it, a long skinny bolt, and a washer and wing nut on the back side of the wheel will stop.. deter that theft.

 

Holy crap, that is sick!

 

Any issues with it? I wish AJT hadn’t gotten the cease and desist for them.

 

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When I had a spacer lift, I installed the fronts in two hours. Threw my back out loosening the alignment bolts. I vowed never to work on suspension again. But there are plenty of people with bigger muscles that get it done just fine. Shouldn’t take longer than half a day. Saving $400 is a good excuse I’d use to get yourself a new jack.

 

No it is great so far.

 

Can't wait until I can do this without gas spitting back up and all over my truck .. I have to manually put small amounts in, then stop when hearing gas backing up, then proceed slowly again. ugggg !!

Yup, what Chelly said, but agree should be on the Pro as well.

I suspect I will need a new 38g tank like that.

Yup.

Nice .. will have to look into doing the outside handles ... thought they were a hard install like the mirror caps are supposedly ?? ..btw do you think painting over existing chrome mirror caps with a flat black would look decent and match the black handles ? Thanks

 

OK. Regarding your gas spitting up comment. I had that happen to me the last fill up. No top off done, but as soon as the gas pump shutoff, the gas started gurgling up and spilling out of the tank. I haven't had that happen before on this truck or my previous Tundra. Is this common?

 

Yes ...esp on 16 38 g tanks for some reason ..

Gas tank roll-over valve stuck causes hard fuelling - anyone else? | Toyota Tundra Forum (tundras.com)

 

Getting ready for the weekend install. Had a can of undercoating and engine black. I know you can't see them but couldn't live with myself knowing I didn't paint the wood. Have a good evening guys

 

hey snappy where did u get the shifter trim? looks good!

 

AJT Designs

 

Exterior handles are silly easy. I went to look up the video before bed just to see what I was in for and ended up going outside and just doing them. Took 5 minutes. I've heard (and been told by shops) painting over chrome does not turn out well. Shops in my town wouldn't touch anything chrome which is why I've spent my life savings purchasing new instead of trying to paint.

 

Damn, sounds like too many people have had an issue. I’m hoping they fixed the issue at some point in the newer ones. Sounds like a royal PIA to deal with.

 

Vled footwell lighting kit installed. Very impressed these things are bright!

https://www.vleds.com/vehicle-speci.../interior/footwell/tundra-fwk-front-rear.html

 

Thanks, I wish it was glossier but it was also only $100 and easily removable should you/I decide for something else until new wheel time. As for tips.. I have a couple haha

-Give yourself more time than you think you'll need, I probably didn't wait long enough between coats (gave about 20 mins between, 5-6 coats a wheel). Started cleaning them at 130 pm and didn't start painting until 345ish. Finished at about 6 then left to rest for a few hrs.
-make sure the rims are really clean, prep is important
-1 can black per wheel, use the whole can
-put the cans in warm water for 10-15 mins before you start, it comes out smoother
-I used armor all on the tires to keep the dip from sticking, it didn't really make a difference on the outer overspray part. Maybe it wasn't a slick enough compound. It will pressure wash off easily next wash though
-I just left the wheels on, apparently the stuff doesn't like to spray nice at a horizontal angle if you were to pull the rims and lay them down. So I just left them on, pulled the center caps and popped out the emblems. Removed the valve stem caps and taped the stem(so the dip isn't a one piece layer on the stem/cap). Tape the nuts, covered the brakes /everything behind the wheel face with 1 large garbage bag each fished through the rim. I was skeptical at the ghetto-ness but it worked perfect

I think there's another brand/offbrand called hyper dip that has some different finishes that are supposedly more glossy. I am forever skeptical of spraybombs that claim they are glossy though after spray painting my emblems in highschool. What was supposed to be gold was in fact Dijon mustard and I didn't even put the emblems back on lol. It just rained here for two days after I painted them, so I will wash my truck tomorrow and see how they clean up

 

Did not do any pics of the lights. Added headlight Revolution reverse lights in my 21 tundra pro yesterday. Man what a difference. I did the same to my 2020 4runner Pro. But both vehicles are terrible lighting when backing up. These headlight Revolution reverse lights are even more impressive. Yes a little pricy but you get what you pay for.

 

I did mine a few months ago and wish I would've done it sooner. Still waiting on my bumper caps to arrive. Nice truck btw..