What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I wasn't going to do the auto fold.

I just need to do it!

 

I drove my two favorite Toyotas at the same time today. The old girl is going to get restored. The Tundra towed like a champ. I used Tow Haul and S4/5. The only issue/observation was an intermittent seat vibration around 50 mph but it may have been the pavement

 

Pre rain and snow cleaning and detailing.

 

Satriani --> Always with you, always with me.., automatic mood improvement!!! Have fun.

 

New tires and wheels, it's spending the night at the alignment shop, 1 bad wheel bearing, 2 bad ball joints.

 

Installed ARE Fusion tonneau cover and vinyl wrapped the panels to match the lunar rock.

 

Nice! I love those older LCs.

 

That looks great!!!!!

 

JFC - I’ll be back in Texas before you get them installed at this rate!

 

Probably a true statement.... I at least have all the things I want to install... had the mirrors and delayed until I had a switch controller, then delayed until I had the lightbar for the bumper. Now just delaying until I have the time at least you taught Holden some of the tricks for the mirror install.

 

They were completely plug and play. You remove the stock bowls, remove the window and lock controls and disconnect the harnesses, then you can either route the wires down to the window switch harness behind the door interior skin with it intact, or remove it altogether and it becomes much easier. Hope that makes sense.

 

UPDATE: found a dongle made for bypass/resistor for the airbag error and ordered Carista OBD2 as it was stated in a forum thread to do a great job removing seatbell warnings/chimes etc and the seat risers ordered and on the way as well. Overall an extra $100 on top of the Planted seat bracket and Vario Seat but so worth it, the seat is like driving a high end sports luxury coupe vs that flat butt hurting factory seat

 

Sounds legit

I did the same. From order to delivery was 26 hours and installed in less than 40 hours from ordering.

 

Talon's is doing well and is an approved vendor.

Glad you got your truck protected! That is the most important thing to do

 

Just read a lengthy review of this seat and it sure sounds sweet. I’d def get a pair if I had the funds.
Have you had an injury or just want a super comfy seat?

 

Just wanted super comfortable ride, where i'm at in life I tend to do a lot of driving for recreation and adventure and that factory seat is just not for me. Even 2.5 hour drives from Austin to Houston were not comfortable. My longest planned drive is around 20 hours so def worth it for me. Once I install the risers it's going to go from game changing to life changing, that temp freakout over the height really threw my mood rest of the day.

 

Have any further info on the airbag dongle?

 

FBI made a major arrest on 11/3 in New Jersey I believe looking to seize or assets collected over 540 million dollars with connections to theft rings they were getting all the rare metals from as far away as Oklahoma. The dealership I go to here said they have an entire parking lot full of Toyotas waiting months for replacement Cats. Excellent safety install to do!

 

The site I got it from is https://bradshacks.com i'll post a review once I get it and install it but it's pretty straightforward. He has a video on youtube how he even breaks down how he designed it. I did 2 day shipping so I can hopefully get it before Thanksgiving as I leave to family that morning with my Tundra. $15 plus the $10 2 day shipping so around $24 but absolutely worth it to me.

 

Tundra seats are OK. Not the most comfortable, but they don't wear your butt out. For example, my longest drive was those 20 hours you've mentioned, I was in Volvo with the seats in the TOP 10 best seats ever easily. However, because the seat wraps around you, you can't really move, which ends up in a very light, but ever accumulating restricted blood circulation. It was not a good experience, at the end of the day I could not feel my butt. Changing seat position didn't help. In fact I was tweaking it all that time.

The longest I drove it Tundra was 11 hours. Sure thing I was tired, but because I could change my posture I was not nearly as worn out as in Volvo after the same 11 hours.

Just $0.02 that initial seat comfort impression could be wrong. Turned out the key for me whether I can move in the seat or not. Very interesting finding after being a Swede lunatic for a decade

 

I haven't seen/heard anything about disconnecting the center dash speaker. What the reasoning?

 

Interesting, I just replaced my center with a pair of hertz and kenwoods on the sides

 

I might give it a try for a few weeks.

 

That whole chain of “then needed to get this, then waited to add this” Is what took me so long to get my bumper and switch pros installed

 

Are those Kenwoods a simple plug and play, do you have a link to the ones you purchased?

 

Interesting. Sounds like it's worth trying at the very least. My big complaint with the whole setup is the speaker volume when I'm on a call. I usually need to have the volume cranked all the way when on the highway and can still barely hear people sometimes. Maybe it's just me, but my hearing is pretty decent. Have you noticed if it's any better/worse on calls with the center disconnected?

 

This is what I used

https://shop.tech12volts.com/product.sc?productId=581&categoryId=124

 

Was anything else required? I have an SR5 Double cab with driver auto-down. Will I need anything else? Do the windows auto-up individually or all together?

 

New addition to the family, son got it yesterday. 2012 with column shift and front bench seat…. Looks a lot like my first Tundra(second pic)….stereo going in next week.

 

Wife's gonna kill me but I saw this on SOB's IG and had to pull the trigger



Comes in next week. Either gonna powdercoat it or LineX it. Not sure yet.