What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Better picture.



Thinking about a light smoke Lamin-X film over them to subdue them behind the grille a little.....

 

Simple green makes the engine bling. Spray and let it sit and rinse off

 

What are you guys covering when you clean your engine bays? Seems to easy to just spray, sit, rinse...like I should be doing it a lot more often.....

 

No one sees my engine bay

 

Do it.

 

havent done much in quite the while. however, did take a moment to “wash” off several layers of dirty off between days of recent cold and rainy weather.

 

For less than $10 it might look pretty good.

 

I'm betting it will

 

I'm wondering this too, I'd like to get it super clean so that I can point out the leaks to the dealership once I get back from my towing trip, since "seals and gaskets" are on the covered list for my extended warranty. Pretty sure it is spark plug tube and cam tower, but want it at the point where i'm all the way sure.

 

DD ditch light on rago fab mounts. Auxbeam controller. Ended up sticking the controller on Velcro on top of the fuse box instead. Much easiest to get to the fuses than with the mount right above it lol.

 

I don't really cover anything. I just make an effort to avoid spraying the wires as much as possible.

 

Similar to how I did mine.

 

I don’t cover anything. Just don’t spray hose direct on important items like the fuse box etc lol

 

Swapped out non heated, dirty, smelly cloth seats with cigarette burns with some nice 5-year-older heated leather seats from a limited

 

Make sure you pressure wash extra long around all the coil packs and intake.

 

Be sure the throttle body is fully open and spray inside there just to be sure it’s clean

 

That is why I got a super white Tundra. Having only owned black cars before I purchased it, I know the pain. They look so good when clean... But 15 minutes later...

 

Never can be too safe. Probably dusty in there from Baja.

 

The regular green Simple Green shouldn't sit too long on aluminum as it "can accelerate the corrosion process" according to the SG folks. The purple stuff (Simple Green Pro HD Heavy-Duty Cleaner) is safe for aluminum. It's a concentrate and you can get it at Home Depot.
But folks seem to be using the green stuff without issue, so it's probably no big deal.

 

Heated leather seats are one of my favourite things about my truck. It lives on setting two this time of year.

 

New front Toyota rotors & duralast elite copper free ceramic pads. My co-worker taught me at work, it’s not that difficult. Truck has 68,000 miles on it and I probably could have gone another 10,000 miles but I’m planning on leaving this sweat shop soon so I’m getting everything done I can maintenance wise while I have teachers and a lift available to me. I’m ordering the rear brakes tonight.

 

Guess I will make sure to get the switchpro and power tray really good while I am at it...

 

Oh definitely!

 

We now have lights! Not today, but over the weekend.

Switchpro Panel


Switchpro bus bar


Diode Dynamics 42” Light Bar - Amber


Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro with Cali Raised Ditch Light Brackets


Looking good!

 

lol should I just sandblast it instead?

 

Grab handle finally came in.

 

VIPER CUT front lower bumper to clear 37” tires. figure I document my project as my research only found cut measurements but nothing on how to deal with the brackets, lower inner plastic fenders and mounting. I hope you guys have an easier job doing this.
cut measurements. 2” on inner vertical cut, 1” on lower fog lamp, 6.25” on front bend and 5.5” on outer bend and used my inner painters tape to stencil curve. used a flat dermal and sanded after each cut to clean up for easy fender trim instal later.
cut lower fog lamp bracket and lower mounting bracket used my angle grinder, sanded and painted.
Cut the lower inner plastic fender where it bends. after test fitting made more cuts for cleaner front view.then drilled a hole on the lower inside to use as a zip tie point, remove outside fender mounting bracket clip and cut center section off. mark bottom hole to mount on lower fender, place the two brackets and bolt at center to make it one piece. mount bracket to outside fender for later instal of inner plastic fender. sanded and washed
Installing lower inner plastic fender use factory mounting (2) 10mm bolt top and bottom that was cut to fit the lower section. push pin on frame near coil revisor, (1) zip tie to lower inner fog bracket with drilled hole for anchor points. Total (4) anchor points and very secure. Note: zip tie pulls the lower fender all the way forward to clear at full lock. NO heating just push and secure to still have a clean factory look and still protects the fog lamp housing.
Finished with fender trim on viper cut.
Over 5” of clearance at full lock and over 6” straight.

 

I did the 60k service last week: air filter, cabin filter, oil change, front & rear diff, transfer case and ATF drain and fill. A lot of work for a Monday night!

Today I noticed the blower motor started making noise... so now to investigate that. Doesn't seem like a bad bearing like an air-handler motor gone bad, more like a rumbling.

I also became an old man today; pulled off the Diamondback for a cap. I'll miss the Diamondback. It was awesome, but I needed more space. I am pretty excited about the new cap, though!

 

Always a good look when wearing meats!! Looks good!

 

Don't procrastinate on the blower motor, you might have mice in the truck HVAC system.