What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

Maybe a Sequoia in AWD with a 5.7 and a supercharger could do that?

 

Is bleach slicker than oil?

 

And smokes like crazy

 

I installed Sankei 555s on my Tundra in Aug and am happy with them at $113 out the door. I had heard others talk about them in this forum but couldn't find anyone who was actually running them except Tundra2 and one of the techs that rebuilds racks at Solo Motorsports. After a year, I was finally able to get my hands on a set at a local NAPA that had a pair in stock. I measured, tested and inspected them and liked what I saw. Ended up ordering them in same set on one of their online 20% off sales. Part #s and pricing pictured below.

Here are a couple of side by sides for comparison...

Tundra2 has been running 555s for over 3 years and said they had held up very well. He would install them again in his silver truck. The Solo guy has been running them longer in multiple vehicles and highly recommends them as well.

Here is a link to T2s 555 postings in his build thread.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/tundra2s-lifetime-project.65626/page-7#post-2356290

BTW....That's a 20 yr old OEM ITR in the photo...lol.

 

At that age, it was shot though.

I was trying to upload a short video from my phone that shows me testing the old ITR. How do you upload a video here?

 

You don't. This site doesn't have the capacity to store videos like that. It does however, support video links. Just about every video clip that you see here on this site is a youtube vid, but it'll play within this site. So, in order for you to post videos, you've gotta have a youtube account that you upload videos to, then post a link here, and it will thumbnail as a clickable video clip. It's kind of a janky workaround, but it works. There are a couple other sites that you can use, other than youtube, but I don't remember their names at the moment.
Disclaimer: I'm no tech-nerd. at all. This is just how I understand it to be.

 

Yup. I created a YouTube solely to post videos on forums. Don't worry, once I get YouTube famous I'll remember you guys.

 

Yea but bleach the fumes suck and burns worse than breathing in ethanol fumes next to a dragster. Oil sucks cause it leaves oil all over the inside of your fenders.

Universal coolant works well for a smoke show and evaporates/ washes away with a pressure wash.

Normal street tires and any 05-06 has enough to break them loose at a stand still.

 

I bet the 04 DC does too, with its 4.10's. Hell even the 5vz Tundras I bet can with their 4.08, 4.10, & 4.30 gears.
I'd have killed for some 4.30's in my Tacomas

 

Michigander.... hmmm, burnout AND free rustproofing. Win.

 

Sitting at discount to get my tires balanced. My ass is definitely leaning.

 

Woke up to some kind of exhaust leak on the driver side. Sounds like a cicada/ buzz noise when the engine is idling in drive. No noise in park. Mostly when the engine drones.

Noticed when in the drive thru of Starbucks

wonder if the ugly welds from having cat put back on after they tried to steal them finally gave up after a year


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Problem

Solution

 

Aaaaand they just balanced them. Awesome. I asked for a road force balance but whatever. Dude said they were only an once off anyways.

 

Donut made a friend while waiting to get worked on.

 

Classy

 

A big FUUUUUUUCK you to Discunt tire. Buncha low effort fucks.

I like JD tire and wheel on i27 when it matters and use Vegas flat shop on 3rd for trailer and equipment shit.

Fuck EM!

 

thanks, i have a sloppy one. will look into this set

 

dude you should see the shit I used do in my truck when it was wet and completely stock. With 50% tread Goodyear workhorses; it was a slip and slide if I ever gave the gas a good boop.

 

I was talking about the smoke show on all 4 wheels.

 

My comanche was a hoot in the rain. I bet the tires were 20 years old, and with the HO head & intake, it would wail.

 

Put some gas in it. Drove mostly highway miles on this tank. Got 343 miles and wasn’t touching the empty line yet. 22 gallons of fuel. 16.6 mpg corrected for the larger tires. First full highway tank not towing with the 285s. Not too shabby.

 

I worked with a guy who owned a Comanche for 20 years and drove it to work every day.

 

my highway miles are also inflated. It's like a nice bonus for having dumb sized tires. But the shit street MPG evens it out. My truck can get between 7mpg and 16mpg.

 

I drove my truck today for the first time in about two months. Brought her home for the weekend. I installed a Dakine tailgate bike pad and I put a cargo carrier from a Subaru Ascent inside the drivers side windoor.

 

Weird, but I had to google that thing and see how it works
I've never seen anyone using one of them on the road
Cool

 

Y'all race?

 

The 03 is finally at the shop for surgery.
I'll text you when I get her back, sometime after Merus.

 

Wack. Road force is different from a normal balance. They can balance and still be off.

Any chain can be that way. Depends on who you get.