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

You monster! Wheres your inner fenderwell to frame covers. TMI!

 

So, cambergs and fox, huh. A little overkill for a black truck, right?

 

So sexy!

 

Unless running 35's, what is the benefit to removing them?

 

I can see those JBA headers you installed years back aren't so pretty anymore. Ceramic coating might a better choice next time round.

 

i dont want to cut mine, but i’ll have flappy bits if i dont trim ‘em.

 

*black Fox's
I used to go off road before work became life

To be fair I ripped them out while doing suspension work, meant to put them back in the next weekend and didn't bother. For Fox it does help since I had to relocate the resi on each side. I also ripped out the windshield washer resi.

The metal isn't bad, its not rust. They turned brownish after a few months but haven't gotten worse. Visually it just isn't pretty.

 

This picture hurts my head.

 

Their aftermarket headlights run circles around first gen.

 

Was looking over my new to me 2000 Tundra, and noticed the Coil's are not factory or Denso. The good news is they look new, bad news is I would rather have old OEM or Denso's. Upon further inspection, I noticed all the harness wires going to the coil's are in no way covered. Anybody have a picture of what they should look like? Does Toyota make a cover set or is this a build your own situation?

 

Just tape?

 

@Sirfive Awesome! Thanks for the picture. That stuff kind of looks like the covers you heat up over a soldered wire. The way the ends closest to the coils looks, they must not be there for heat protection. Just to keep them from getting snagged. If I can't find a way to match the factory looks, I'll just go with braided sleeving

 

Yea, loose shrinkwrap. And i havent had any problems with the wires, but the emission hose rubbers are suspect.

 

More headlight aiming...

 

.Looks like the left/driver needs to come down a smidge, but the rotation on it looks better now.

 

Swapped my tailgate over to crackie for sister help adventure tomorrow

 

I guess that was a question…is it a best practice to have one step or two? I’ve got more LEDs to swap out tonight (trying for green LEDs on the center console again. One more shot before I give up). I also wanted to wire loom the retro harness. I’ll see if I can get both of those things done later.

 

Pulled my other tacoma wheel out of the bed of the solver truck since it's now tail gate less. Bummer. Guess being flat for 30 minutes busted a band inside.

Guess I need tires for the Tundra soon too. The other steel wheel will have to keep chooglin till payday

 

My jba long tubes shipped and will arrive next week! I ordered new 3” cats, resonator, and muffler.

 

Installed Toyota upper ball joints today. My crappy HF tool did not have enough reach/room and Auto Zone didn’t have a tool so I cut the studs off and then was able to easily press the joints out. Install was tedious dueto space but not too bad. I did this on the truck, lower ball joint connected.
I have now installed new coil overs, upper and lower ball joints and cv axles all at different times. Not recommended but I am really good at tearing this sucker down

 

I was taught the departure line of the driver should always align with the entry line of the passenger. In that light, it looks like your driver fixture is aiming about 1" too high at its target, whereas it should appear like one cohesive line with two peaks.

Was I taught right? I dunno. It also looks like both are aimed too high, but I can't tell how far from the garage door your truck is, and I don't see tape marks to gauge the height.

 

If I were smart I’d be playing with green bulbs right now while I’m stuck in LA traffic.

 

Found the issue! There's a fix for that!

 

What I did was aim at my door and level the lights. Took a ride and looked at light output which was great. Then I pull up behind cars at traffic lights. If I’m not lighting up their interior I’m ok.

 

Yesss!
Duals or single exhaust?
I still haven’t grown tired of mine

 

it looks high because my driveway is on an angle so the level is fine side to side but the height is all jacked up. I drove around this evening and it was overall too low I think. I did fix the 1” difference and brought the driver down, but now I think I need both up 2” or so.

I am def. Not lighting up the interiors right now. I need to come up a bit because the beam isn’t throwing enough down the road.

I also tried new green LEDs tonight and I don’t love them. Did the wire loom. That worked well. Replaced a blown led in the front (the little 194). I’ll play around with it more tomorrow.

 

I wouldn't go off your guesstimation. Just go by the FSM and do it the right way.

 

Another option for plastic trees to hold loom.

 

Probably the wrong forum but I wanted to ensure everyone saw this - someone needs to grab these up as Husky no longer offers these liners (I have a set and love them). Pay the shipping!!!

https://www.tundras.com/threads/free-husky-liners-front-and-rear-for-double-cab.98792/

 

Assorted crack-tivites today
https://www.tundras.com/threads/crackhead-resurrection.94083/page-49#post-2543725