Sandra... Sandy for short.

Welcome to my build thread!

Sandra is a 2017 CrewMax Limited TRD Off Road in Quicksand. Got her with 32K miles.
Mods
Suspension:
Front: Fox 2.5 TRD Pro coilovers with Wescott collars
Total Chaos UCAs
Rear
Coachbuilder +2 shackles
Pro Comp 1.5” block
TRD Pro shocks
Wheelers Superbumps

Wheels and tires
SCS Ray 10 18x9
Falken Wildpeak 295/75/18

Exterior
TRD Pro front end
Retrax Pro Tonneau
Go Rhino bed bars
Flowmaster cat back dual exhaust
LineX spray in bedliner
Color matched mirror caps
Black door handles
50% Windshield tint, 25% front windows
Black emblem covers
DD Elite series fog lights
Baja Designs Squadron Pro rear flood light
Rock Sliders by Hot Metal Fab
Warn Semi Hidden Winch Bumper (modified)
Badlands Apex 12000 Winch
Interior:
Driver’s side grab handle
Getta Grip Shift handle
MaxLiner floor covers
MeSo Customs Map and Dome LEDs

I traded straight up for my Wife's 2016 Yukon Denali. I like to think I've got the better end of the deal.

how she looks now



How she looked when I got her.

 

Future Mod goals:
TRD Pro LED headlights
Replace flowmaster exhaust with stock
Black out the beadlock bolts on the Ray10
Upgrade brakes

 

Off Road pics
Sedona 2023



Burney Mountain 6/17/22


Simon Ranch 11/26/22



Hull Mountain 12/3/22

 

spacer lift? really?

 

Yup... those little round plastic pucks on top of the stock Bilstein coilovers... That'll be first on my list of stuff to fix... Along with:
Selling the Fuel wheels (too bling for my taste)
The Nfabs (needs sliders)
The flowmaster exhaust
I've only owned her a week pal, cut me some slack

 

I think you gotta helluva trade but the biggest critic has to confirm. What'd she say?

 

She's stoked... She liked the Yukon, but she's a Toyota gal at heart... Sold 4runner to get the Yukon, so she's happy to be back in a Yota. The downside is it means we have to sell my Tacoma too, and Sandra becomes the do-it-all fun rig... 4x4 camping, road trips, tow the travel trailer. Its gonna get worked.

Here's the ol Taco... I shed a tear or two just thinking about selling her... But the family has grown, and we own a travel trailer now. Although we still manage to rooftop tent camp fairly often, it just made sense to get one rig to accomplish both recreational tasks

 

Sweet lookin Taco and it looks like you've done a laundry list of goodies to it!

 

shoulda got a Suburban

 

This guy... lol. I have a suburban, as a matter of fact, but thanks for the tip.

 

Be nice to Sandra while she identifies as a lifted truck!!!!

 

Congrats... Value and reliability are definitely in your favor now. Have fun!!!

 

I suppose you going to be in next year's "sexy firefighter" calendar too huh?

 

As long as your mom keeps buying up every copy then I’m Mr July

 

Everybody meet Jay, he’s a friendly troll from the #DBB. He’s harmless… mostly.

 

sup boo

welcome to the dark side

 

She does, but she buys 'em bc Ryan is in 'em

 

Oh I don’t blame her

 

Starting to chip away at some build items…

Bought a set of TRD PRO Fox coilovers and rears off a member here. A set of Total Chaos UCAs from fb marketplace (awaiting arrival) and started chipping away at the chrome delete plan… ordered mirror caps in Quicksand, and black door handles from Cool springs Toyota… will post pics when stuff is installed.

 

Mirror caps. Easy as pie.

Old.

New… cuz Chrome won’t get ya home.




Door handles are up next

 

Buh bye chrome! Black emblems are on their way as well… after that the last thing will be the bumper caps.

 

Ohh dear. The SCS Ray 10's have been released... I've always thought I'd run those on sandra, in matte black... But over the past month or so of searching for options since the Rays weren't available I kind of fell in love with the Fifteen52 Analog, as well as their new Patrol... The patrols are not yet available, but have a pre-order option.

I've owned 2 sets of SCS wheels on other toyotas and I've always loved them... however something about the militaristic nature of the quicksand color leads me to the 1552 Analog and its "steelie" look. Plus you rarely see them on a Tundra, whereas the Ray10's are super popular. (for good reason of course!) Pics below... I know those SCS Ray 10's won't last long... so I gotta pull the trigger soon if I'm heading that direction.


The only example of the Analog I've found on a Tundra


Recent post of the new Patrol on a Quicksand Tacoma...

 

My vote (if you are soliciting them) is for the Ray 10. If you want to personalize them to your truck, I'd say to bronze the rivets along the outer bead area, and that would look awesome w/the color of your vehicle. Plus, you'd have a personalized set of wheel that no one else is running!!!

 

Only if they come with the color change LED strips.

 

I'm sure the Wolf could figure that out for ya

 

He's 3d printing them as we speak...

Well that didn't take long... Matte Jet Black SCS Ray 10's are ordered up

 

Welcome to the forum..

Some OEM LED headlights w/ an @iHacker harness should be on the short list.
Those halogen headlights look awful....



My 2014 has the TRD Pro.



Used to look like this for comparison..




iHacker harness

2018+ LED HEADLIGHTS PLUG N PLAY HARNESS FOR 2014-2020 MODELS [V 2.0] | Toyota Tundra Forum (tundras.com)

There are 3 different OEM LED headlights, you can compare them here..

2019 Tundra TRD Pro parts | Toyota Tundra Forum (tundras.com)

 

Truth… I’m a fan of those pro lights. I have been reading through ihackers thread lately and looking at the options… also got my eye on some of the new Diode Elite fogs

 

The OEM LED headlights compared to the halogens is literally night and day.
I put it off for 3 years since I had bought TRD Pro halogens in 2015 when I bought the TRD Pro grille.





But the OEM LED output and cutoff is so much better, and the high beams will blow you away...
One of the best mods I've done, out of many..