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

Yes oem CVs. That dude that snapped his cv like that had to have wheeling so dumb. My buddy is running 37s on his 97 4runner with stock CVs. The CVs between our trucks are the same, just ours are longer. He has yet to ever snap one and he wheels it. You just can't gun it when your tire is hung up, that's how axles snap. Wheel smarter, not harder.

 

Installed new front diff breather next to what I believe is the transmission breather. Can’t be the tranfercase breather as that one is directly on top of the case (contradicting the Toy spec diagrams).

 

Installed Homemade Sound Enhancing Butyl Rubber with Foil strips on the back doors. Also added some packing foam blocks from a delivery box inside what little cavity space is inside these doors. Took about an hour. The stereo sounds so much better now! Clearer and deeper sounds.

Maybe a little quieter as far as road noise. Just a little. The music, though, is amazingly better. I can’t wait to do the front doors.

 

Just got confirmation that

$561 Hellwig 7700 Hellwig Rear Sway Bar Kit - 7700

Hellwig 7700 Rear Sway Bar will arrive tomorrow. Stoked. Amazon was more expensive at $385 so I went ebay at $319.

Amazon 2 days ago was at $304.

 

OEM CVs are the only way to go. A buddy has been through 4 non-oem CVs doing nothing overboard... Let’s just say he is going to OEMs next.

 

A link to homemade sound mat.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/alternative-materials-for-sound-control.34674/

 

Yep oem for most things. Lower ball joints and CVs are a must for oem. But my 4runner power steering rack is auto zone with better bushings. So it depends on what you're replacing.

 

I don’t want to tub the firewall and don’t need tires that wide, pizza cutters ftw. I’ll stick with 285/75 st maxx’s.

 

Plasti derp the lower part of the bumper today.

 

Looks good. I like your fog lights.

 

Thanks they are some cheap Amazon lights iI stuffed in the factory housing.

$15 AUXTINGS 4" 18W LED Work Lights Bar Flood Beam Driving Fog Lights Pods for Off Road Truck Car ATV SUV Jeep (Pack of 2)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IEEAFD0/ref=dp_prsubs_2

 

When you picking those up? I wanna see how they’ll look!

 

It’ll be a few weeks. Buying the co’s this week and waiting for the uppers and spindle gussets to arrive. Soo much money spent this week and much more to spend!

 

Nice! You’ll beat me to new tires. I need to find someone local to buy my Cooper Discoverers so I can upgrade quicker. Still got too much meat left on these suckers

 

Package the coopers and icon 2.0’s so you can upgrade both.

 

Lol my wife would love that. And over here I’m already trying to brain storm ideas on how to convince her a Dirty Deeds Exhaust is necessary...

 

It's a safety device. If other cars hear you coming your odds of being hit are decreased dramatically. I'll make up some statistics if you need them.

 

Another reason I love being single. Got me on that one, I would rather go 4.56’s than exhaust.

 

Great. Appreciate it. Lol. Other than that, I’ll need Keith to get me a receipt for much less than what I’m gonna pay... hahaha

 

Last I heard they were only $59.99 and free shipping.

 

“It’s like they paid me to do it”....

 

Im sure Keith could hook you up with a “wife approved” invoice.

 

Sponsored by Dirty Deeds sticker included

 

She might see Dirty Deeds and get the wrong idea. But then again...

 

She should know how the song goes

 

One of the best concerts I’ve been too!

 

Installed a BAK F1 tonneau to replace the original vinyl roll up version with old Velcro on the sides- it came with the truck and worked ok but leaked a bit and I was concerned about its minimal security. I’d had a BAK G2 on my Ridgeline and really liked it so got this model.
Real simple installation even though the instructions were not all that clear. I’m pretty happy to have a secure, out of sight storage for my winter gear and other stuff I will be hauling to Montana.
Yes, it was a bit frosty here on Whidbey, but we’ll see a lot worse at Glacier National Park this week. Looking forward to letting the Tundra play in the snow!
Here’s a pic in a parking garage this morning in Seattle. Like the 1 Gen clearance!

 

Parked it on my desk at work

 

Took the Tundra out to play with some friends...Tray Mountain, NE GA.