What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

appreciate the heads up. I know it's nothing flashy; I looked over a few different mounting options but this was the cleanest mount that didn't involve drilling into the grill and will provide the most options for adjusting the camera angle. figured the $22 was at least worth my time dicking around making a similar bracket to fit

 

Agreed on the bracket. The washer they sent didn’t sit flush either. I tried putting the camera over the emblem, but couldn’t see as well as with it right below. The Nakita camera is not great at night either. On a different note, my front parking is slightly improved. A little rusty from never doing it.

 

Found a box sitting up at the garage this morning on the way out to work. Late delivery from USPS. So I slapped it on while the truck was warming up. Looks very matchy matchy.

Tacos4Cheap TRD Badge in Lunar Rock

 

Got some more progress done on my bed build out. Keeping it as light and simple as possible. Still need to paint all the wood & add some more reinforcement because I’m only using 0.5” birch plywood for the top panel. Using 1x6 pine for the structure with reinforcements of more 1x’s at various spots. Feels good to know this whole thing is costing like $150 including all of the carpet.

decked are really cool systems but expensive and not as modular as a guy with a miter saw. Last up will be building a drawer for this side.

 

Dang that's a super nice set up! And I'm jealous of your chip seal garage floor lol

 

Thank you sir. That was also a diy project with rustoleum kit & extra flakes & 2 clear coats on top. It’s holding up fine but I don’t expect it to be perfect for years. Thanks to our az sun and heat

 

Looking good Erik!! I new you would treat it right!

 

Man I want to do this to my garage floor so badly, but emptying it out to do it? Hah! Maybe if I rented a big UHaul...

 

Uggh. Sorry man. Tundra looks to have done well, but a PITA at the least.

 

Oh is this your store? I was thinking about getting a white front badge and hitch cover (my old plastic one I lasered myself has broken) but wasn't sure on the fitment for the 2.5gen early TRD Pro grille!

 

No Nasher 75 bought my Pro. Now my nice garage floor is missing a truck. Lol.

 

But Hot Damn, that's a beautiful garage!!!

 

Thanks dude, My Vette looks awesome in it. Almost 1000 sq foot. 5 guys on the job. The pics don’t do it justice.

 

Tacos4Cheap has a Tundra listing for some of there products. Grille Badges are pretty universal and in the case of mine, there is an access panel on the top of the grille that pops right off and it took all of about 5 minutes from hood open to hood closed to mount it up. Hardest part is getting back there with loctite and not making a mess, LOL.

I'm sure if you sent them a pic of your specific grille they would respond with whether or not it should fit. The screw studs are about 3" spacing and just has a clamping bracket on the back. Foam backing on badge so it holds very secure without having to overtighten nuts.

 

Over the weekend:
-Skyjacker 3” lift struts
-JBA Offroad UCAs
-TRD PRO BBS wheels
-Falken Wildpeak RT01 in a 35x11.50x18
-12 Volt Solutions remote start with phone app module

 

@NaturalState4x4 Nice wheels. Saw a guy on the TundraCrew FB page found a set of 4 for $300 total. What a steal! I would have bought those just to have spares!

 

Ha! That was me! I ALMOST traded a guy for some Rock Warrior wheels, but ultimately decided to keep the TRD PRO wheels.

 

Pulled the fender flares and liners to clean the wheel wells good. I'm power washing the belly of the truck for last couple of days, yet a half lb of mud dropped down on me.

So, as I thought, a dirt accumulates there and keeps moisture for a long time, which will eventually lead to corrosion hidden until the last moment by the liners. I'm going to coat inner quarters with Noxudol 1600 (asphalt-like mess, with tons of inhibitors) and put reusable retainer clips in there, so I could pull the fenders and liners in 10 minutes next time. That would be on my semi-annual maintenance list.

Also need to fix the paint and apply some 3M film.

Anyhow, the flares worked good. Paint covered by the fenders is the least damaged paint on the whole truck

All of this was done in a preparation for large flexible mud flaps. It's beyond imaginable how much mud the wheels throw under the track. I bring a few shovels of sticky mud back home every time I leave the paved roads.

Last two shots taken is poor under-thought windshield drainage: all the shit that sips down the drain ends up on the lower back corner of fenders. Everyone needs to ply the liner away in that corner and wash everything at least once a year.

Eh, whatever I do to fight the rust I still loose the battle little by little. It creeps everywhere, I can only slow it down With such rigorous rust hate I apply to Tundra, my old Volvo would be rust free infinitely, if only I'd get it new and take care from day 1. Toyota is waaay behind the Swedes in corrosion prevention.

 

Time for a supercharger! No real reason other than "because..."I'm glad both parties are okay!

 

Lol, you should have been playing the lottery that week

 

Bittersweet to watch it live on, huh???

 

New tire day. Since I had such a good experience with Duratracs the first time around, I decided to stick with them. (35% off coupon didn’t hurt either).
I got 47k miles out of the first set. They started slipping on wet pavement at an incline. Rotated every 3k, and they never got loud. New ones feel great.

Just in time to go chase some Elk in Colorado next week.

 

Thanks. I have the same little plate, but couldnt get it to stay seated in the honeycomb grill. like it was falling out the front.

 

Just want to confirm, knuckles/spindles for our trucks are not 2wd/4wd specific? I'm going to be replacing my Fabtech spindles and want to make sure I don't buy OEM 2wd spindles by accident. I only see one part number per side.

 

Not an expert but I believe they come with a blocking plate that covers the hole for the axle if 2WD and you remove the cap for 4WD

 

Nice looking truck! Though I am partial to the midnight black color. I know this is a relative question (and we all know what a pain relatives can be), but how hard was the remote start install?

 

I thought it was very easy. 2 screws on the steering column, and the rest you can get with a trim puller. 99% plug and play, though there was one wire that I had to tap into for my TPMS light (but that may be specific to my trim level). Even the app and module were easy to set up. Once you purchase, 12 Volt sends you install videos and how-to's.

 

Thanks! I was just browsing their site, and it does look to be straightforward. I think I'll have to add to my list of upgrades.

 

My first oil change!

Well, first on this truck anyway. In the old days I logged over 800,000 miles on three different trucks, doing all my own changes, every 3K. This truck has 237K on the clock and I had always taken it to the shop. Only now do I realize I had actually been missing it.

While I was at it, I installed a Fumoto valve on the pan, and a Jowett Performance cap (with its own Fumoto) on the filter. This is gonna be SO easy now. I think I'll switch from 10K OCI's to 5K, just for the fun of it, and do my own tranny drain-n-fills. Also got me some ramps and a creeper, neither of which had I ever owned before.

Now, all I gotta do is replace the skid pan that mysteriously disappeared after my LAST oil change.

Oh, edit - I also switched to 5W-30.