Bayou's Build

Letters in came out nice

 

Got a lot of ridicule BUT each his own
I like it !

 

looks good dude!

I had done the same to some Rock Warrior wheels 2-3 years back. I liked it and that was all that mattered to me.
Some old pics:

 

@Ryuu
Amen!! thank you.

I probably one or two more things to do to this truck and i am done. Did you install your own headers?

 

Yea did the header install myself

 

Any help would be appreciated

the issue is the bolt head is too wide for me to sink inside the D Ring

 

The wood was there so I didn’t cut through the bed of my truck. That would have sucked !

 

Looks like you need an Allen head screw to sit flush. Did the bolt come with the d ring?

 

I didn't think these were compatible with the 2.5 gen Tundra??

 

i just found that out
But today I shall have my victory
Some how

 

I think I’ll find a shop to turn down the head of the width of the bolts

 

Post up what you do! I really want these to work but charvonia was saying they wouldn't.

 

Out of curiosity, did you paint the letters or are these a replacement set?

 

replacement set
I have two actually, one is black but with a grey and red topo pattern

 

No I thought it would’ve come with its own hardware especially considering the $
But not so much.
I’m invested now cause I’ve cut my bed liner
I am hoping to have this resolved tomorrow Lord willing

 

Just an update while I have time.

I have sourced OEM replacement bolts
for just in case. I have a guy who can turn the heads but he can do it today
I have contacted another shop that charges $100 minimum for turning two bolt heads
The oem bolts are like $20 a piece
My goal is to buy the oem replacement bolts to put in place while the old bolts get turned.

 

Have you thought about finding a bolt with the same thread but a different head?
Just curious if that might be better than turning down the oem bolt.

Edit: Just looked and he has a hardware kit but I don't think these bolts fit what is in our beds. But maybe you can find a shoulder bolt that would have our threads and use that.
https://billettiedowns.com/products/mounting-kit-for-billet-d-rings

 

Okay, so from here ( ) looks like the stock bed bolt is an M12 1.25x115.

Not seeing that as a Torx Should Bolt like what Charvonia uses, but maybe this would be easier? Touch longer but with adding the D-ring maybe that isn't a bad thing.

$16 AMZ Clips And Fasteners (1) M12-1.25 x 120mm JIS Hex Head Flange Bolt - Small Head, Class 10.9 Zinc JIS B 1189

https://www.amazon.com/M12-1-25-120mm-Head-Flange-Bolt/dp/B08F6FL9VY

 

I like that profile of those fender flares! Who are they by?

 

Life is too short to worry about what others like. Enjoy what you like man

 

I got them through Warn a few years ago when they use to distribute them under the Warn 4X branding but they're made by Air Design USA, https://www.airdesignusa.com/us/2014-2021-tundra-super-bolt-fender-flare-set.htm

 

Looking good! It's OK with me if it's OK Bayou!!!

 

Wow.......

 

New bolt

 

I have lights on the left and right side wall of the bed and the picture came out blurry
I was trying to get a picture since I was moving stuff around
I also installed the morimoto 3rd brake light

I am to pick up the bolts that are being turned today. I spoke with the shop manager and we were on the same page. The bolt head is off by some measure that’s not a lot but when your talking machining you have to be accurate and I’ll try to get those measurements today

 

Amen
I do like to see what everyone does with their canvas. I saw a tundra that if I see it again I will have to meet the guy. It was a long bed tundra and it was in beast form. So much so that I nearly ran a light looking at it. His truck was like something that I thought could be on the cover of a magazine

 

He gave me .001 of an inch shoulder
God knows he was a blessing for the process

 

Are you going to be able to get the bit in there? Looks all chewed up. Going to look good for sure.

 

I’ll clean up the threads and see the other bolt that I gave him he used a more sophisticated method to get the washer off without having any issues with the threads.

Worse case he know what I need and I’ll send him one more bolt.

I saw the brackets that were posted on here and these bolts extend ( as far as I can tell ) through the bed into welded holes so those brackets would not work.

the most important thing is I’ve established a rapport with a great guy and I have plenty ideas
Albeit not all come to pass.

 

Those brackets are meant for other applications, not working with the existing bed hoke for our truck.

Yours look good. Post up pics once you install the D-rings and let us know how secure. Hard to tell how much that D-ring will add to the fastener stack up. Hopefully it does still feel nice and secure.