What have you done to your 2nd gen Tundra today?

Meguiar's hot shine foam

 

Just bought my 2012 CrewMax on Tuesday. Love it!
Removed the bull bar and bug guardPainted my one tow hook, need to find a second one somewhere. Any ideas?Painted my tailpipe with engine paint
Removed Retrax bed cover system

 

Hauled some wood!

 

I need to do that to my tail pipe. I think the previous owner had a boat.

 

Lost the 20s and shitty street tires. Added some 18" TRD wheels and 275/70/18 BFG KO2s. Blacked out the badges and got my Bilstein 5100's.

 

A little late... Had mine delivered Saturday!! Absolutely love it. 2013 RW Crewmax. The Rock Warriors are becoming hard to find, especially in the crewmax version. I looked for quite a while before finding one in a neighboring state - 30k miles, Entune/NAV, drop in bed liner, bed cargo system. Previous owner added a Tekonsha brake controller. Really clean truck. It has a decent sized ding in the rear bumper like every used truck, so I ordered up a new one and it'll be perfect. Really happy with it considering I traded a pile of shit '15 GMC Sierra 1500 in for it. We don't realize how good we have it with Toyota until we see how shitty other makes are first hand. Will never do it again...

 

Nice to see you back in a Tundra! Been awhile since I've seen you post on here. Did you trade your '10 Tundra in on the Seirra?

 

Yeah - MISTAKE. it's so nice being back in a tundra. I will say though, this 2013 rides a lot nicer/feels much better than my 2010 did - despite being almost the same trucks.

GMC's deal is just that they look decent, and they can be had for cheap. Hopefully no one here falls for it like I did, I had a Z71, it rode like shit, shook violently above 70mph to which dealer said "they all do it," and wouldn't start half the time because of the security system. OnStar bangs you for $30/mo just to use the app to have remote start from more than 50ft away, warranty sucks, blah. I'm happy now.

 

Now that you've jettisoned the GMC, you might want to think about changing your profile pic too...

 

Just a suggestion

 

At least it was a great game; if the kicker didn't fuck us, would've been different...

 

Losing some more chrome tonight!!

 

This is not done today but next Monday, I leave for "Level 10 Transmission" in NJ. I installed the Magnuson Supercharger last Dec. and have enjoyed driving my truck and really enjoyed pulling my trailer. I drove down to Ft Myers last winter and back in the spring. The one thing I didn't enjoy was my attempt to make a 1/4 mile pass with the truck. The standard 6 spd automatic, although a great transmission for everyday driving, just wasn't up to the level of my supercharged 5.7 w/Magnuson. I have spoke with Level 10 and I'm convinced they are the guys to take my truck to the next level (pun intended). I will enjoy the 700 mile drive thru Ohio and PA on I-80. I will lay over 2 days in Jersey while my transmission is removed, rebuilt and reinstalled. Then I hope to really enjoy the return trip while stopping to visit a couple car guy friends along the way. The first stop is a restoration shop in York, PA where we will discuss my next old car project, 66 Nova Convertible Conversion and the second stop in the Cleveland area to discuss an LS build for the same car. I expect to report on the upgrade in about 10 days.

 

Replaced my rear bumper today, ran the ol girl through the car wash. Got a 3M scratch removal kit, so gonna try it out tomorrow on a scuff on the front bumper. Loving this truck so far - for the first 6 days I've had it. Way nicer than the 2010 I had; even drives a lot different...

 

Completed my retrofit

 

Put my Retrax bed cover back on. It's for sale but I am kind of warming up to having it on there.

 

Looks a lot better with my ol TRD wheels!

 

Awesome!

 

Bilstein 5100s up front, blacked out the grill and added 1.25" Spidertrax wheel spacers. Hopefully be able to throw the rear 5100s on tomorrow.

 

Thanks man, I definitely agree!

 

I added remote start. I went by Bonnie and Clyde's in Dallas (highly recommended by the way) to talk pricing, and wound up waiting while they installed it. It's not one of the fancy models, but it's a Viper with alarm and it'll do exactly what I need.

 

Tried to remove the crappy running boards but my wife is pregnant and struggles getting into the truck. She made me promise to wait till after the baby is born. Reasonable request I guess...

 

Man... She will probably need them just as much or more to get the baby in the truck safely. Maybe you could just find some you like.

 

I let my 16 month old grand son learn how to use all the knobs and stereo controls. Went quite well............

 

Ya, I thought about that. I just hate the idea of them, loss of clearance, don't like the look and the potential to cause body damage if you hit em hard enough. Will go with sliders eventually but can't justify the cost just yet.

 

Having kids has a tendency to delay things. Old saying.....Patience is a virtue. (And the wife is the Boss) < I added that..

 

Haha true.

 

Ordered some black replacement door handles! Was looking at new mirror caps but it kinda looks like a pain in the ass to replace them...

 

Has anyone installed mirror caps? Looks like you have to pull the mirror off and remove the glass to access the cap, does this sound right? Any input is appreciated.