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

Just need one for the license plate. Billy recommended Amazon but I bought a fancy one which doesn’t fit. Should have cheaped out. Not going to build it, no welding skills at all.

 

Ditto 2x. USAA for banking, auto, home, and life insurance. Stomp everyone on the house and life insurance, auto is super competitive, banking is a no brainer, they pay me to hold my money versus charge, as our old bank was doing. The only place they're not great at is financing, whether mortgage or auto loans, there's always another credit union or private entity out there offering way better rates.

Weirdest looking Dodge ever.

 

I have tried USAA twice before and couldn’t believe how much more they were than a few other competitors. I’ve always wanted to use them but never got close to pricing on home and auto…

 

Is this pic a retrofit or those teeny tiny projectors that just replace the bulb? Decent output if its just the bulb.

 

Maybe a region-by-region thing? They beat State Farm, Geico, and Progressive out by easily 20% on auto, and our house insurance is 25% less than other places we looked.

 

Interesting. Maybe it is. I do try them every year or so just to see.

 

Against the tire shop at night: that’s the small mini projectors that I was using before the retrofits. Yea for $40, they are not bad!

The shot in the day against my garage is the retrofits.

 

Ok I thought you meant a tire swing out. You're saying something that holds the LP and flips up to access hitch right? I got one on Amazon or eBay for like $12. It isn't perfect (berely fits) but it works

 

I hate the dual latches. Been considering custom mounts where the old t handles went to support lock rods, and drilling a hole for a center handle. Maybe, just maybe? I can devise a way to make the hatch power lockable and unlock able.

 

Linky?

 

Ordered remflex gaskets and stage 8 locking header bolts for the impending header install. Hopefully have the engine mounts soon too

 

This is the product I bought but you can probably find one cheaper than

Pilot FLP001 License Plate Flip Kit For Roll Pan

this link

 

I ordered those gaskets the same day you mentioned em. Been sitting on my dresser for a week or so. Did your headers not come with bolts? I'm assuming mine will but I haven't gotten them yet.

 

Headers never come with bolts.


Except 3.4l headers. You reused the studs and nuts on most applications. But I’d prefer the stage 8 locking bolts for environmental factor reasons up here

 

Good to know

 

Changed overdue engine oil. Only 5k over due... tightened loose sway bar links. (Loose where links meet bar on both sides.) Greased errthang I have that can be greased. (SPC upper ball joints. Sankei 555 outer tie rods, and mevotech sway links)


That milwaukee grease gun is one of my most appreciated accidental acquisitions.

I hope that tightening the sway links will help improve the herky jerky steering wheel when turning.
https://youtu.be/JYvONFHI2xw

 

After only 21 years the passenger side backup bulb failed on my 2000 Tundra. POS!

At O'Rielly I had to buy a package of two 921 bulbs when I only needed one. Thieves!

Tough day here in Gen1 Tundraville...

 

It’s this kind of BS that makes me lose faith in the auto industry as a whole!

 

They should put buy one get one free on those.

 

Well I'll be damned...

 

Compared to what I sell bulbs for here at the dealer, they are priced BOGO at the FLAPS.

 

Got my DD flasher relay, hunting for the spot to swap it.

 

I paid WAY too much. I know they're cheaper at Walmart but I just got a new pair of glasses and I can see quite well now... not worth the risk of eye trauma.

 

By the parking brake. Seen here.

 

Yep, got it in a few minutes ago. Fun double flashy.

 

I must have missed that story. Tell me more about this grease gun.

 

I bought it with my momba as a kit buy. At the time the momba alone was the same price as the kit with the grease gun so I bought that figuring I could sell the grease gun for extra flow... then I changed my tie rods, and sway links to greasable units.

6 total grease zerks. Set the grease gun to how ever many pumps you want, and squeeze the trigger. It'll pump out 10 pumps lickety split if you want or up to fiddy!

 

Anything worth customizing or is the default setup da bomb?

 

I have it set up for 4 flashes on the tap to turn feature. Can't remember what hazards I have programmed.