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

Yes I did. Spent a while under there checking everything out. Still got a ways to go. It works well.

Side note, I think I'll just buy a new air filter. This is pretty bad. White receipt for reference.

 

Believe you're guess is correct about DRL resistor location and yes it was standard feature on V8 AC Limited according to 2002 brochure....optional on others.

@Mr.bee , according to the 02 EWD the colors are W/Blk and W/Grn ??

 

MAF would probably appreciate some TLC and new Air Filter

 

yessir, probably shoulda just followed the wires. Sorry, but thanks.

and incase anyone gets to reglue their marker light lenses back on, dont use a damp towel on the chrome. Rubs right off.

 

One of the MSD went bad after about 10 months. I used one of my old ones and they warrantied it no issues, but it took about 10 working days to get it. You have to send it in and they have to test it. Otherwise they are working fine.

 

Parked crackie for another hot minute. I'll just let him think about errythang and these gas prices for awhile

 

Put stabil in the gas and fogged the carb. Jack stands under the frame and a light tarp’ing. Or perhaps the pit of misery, er no the tent of pain!

 

I think the most i paid on the trip was $4.59/gal

the spare gas can i brought was filled with $2.99ish coulda made a fortune.

 

Sounds like another endorsement to buy OEM

 

When we were in Williams, AZ the gas station by the interstate was $5.05. I drove a mile or so further towards town and it dropped to $3.95. What a scam.

 

I decided i'd pay a bit extra for 88 octane instead of 86.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_Ot0k4XJc

 

Nice, I wanted to upgrade to either MSD or ACCEL but heard bad reviews on both. I just went with OE Denso and Pulstar plugs which have been great for over 1 year now (7K+ miles).

 

Went ahead and skipped the regular bag & dbag lights. Full-on ultra dbag lights for the win. I think i might suck at adjusting em, so i'll fit in better.

 

Downside of those lights is short life cycle despite the high price. I was lucky to get a year out of them. Light output was nice though.

 

I'm still shopping for projectors, just not ready to pull the trigger.

 

Still not quite any excellent products out there. Which surprises me. Seems like they don't come out with cool newer stuff until supplies on the better-than-average-but-still-not-perfect stuff are diminished. Which I'm sure is by design, because it's one company making them for rebranding, and they don't want to get stuck with surplus.

 

I've got some we pulled off my buddies srt4, but i'm not sure if i can get em apart without destroying the projector lens housing. Been noodling this idea for a while, and it seems like the best bet is going to be to cut em out from the back or try to saw the assembly lens off.

 

Pop the red part off. Bake the housing to remove the lens.

 

Think 200* would hurt any of the other plastic or 'chrome'?

 

I'm considering doing what @shifty` did with his headlights. My projectors have to be adjusted constantly because the housings are so cheap. They got bounced around so much in Sedona that both bulbs were completely off target and almost crosseyed. You really can't go cheap on them like I did. I should have just spent more and done it right with Morimoto.

 

I mean, typical baking temp is 250° - 275° at 5-7 minutes time. As long as you stick within that range, it should be safe. I always need to look the numbers up every time. YMMV, exercise your best judgment.

I'm pretty sure @SouthPaw listed out his method used, and I think @TX-TRD1stGEN did also when he did his projectors a couple years back. In case you wanna get a 2nd/3rd opinion.

Resealing is not hard once apart. If you have some RetroRubber, clean out the old channel, pull the stuff into a cord that seats in the channel to get it right. It doesn't need to fill to overflow, you just need a good bead in the channel before plopping the housing back in the oven, baking, then clamping it sealed.

Just make sure you do all your test fitting, aiming and aligning before reinstalling the lens

 

These use tiny h1 bulbs (i think) single filiment, and i'd assume the other light is extra for high beam? (Also single filiment)

should i find projectors with beefier bulbs? How do your miniprojectors address hi/low beam?

 

I took the truck in to Discount Tire to change the studded winter tires/wheels to the summer set. They offered me a deal on some wheels that a customer never picked up and sat around for 16 months. My '03 Tundra wheels were looking shabby so I took the Black Rhino Guide wheels in midnight blue for $50 each including lug nuts, mounting and balancing. They each weigh almost 8 lbs. less than the stock alloy wheels which should increase gas mileage 12-14%.

I'll probably refinish the OEM wheels and not sure I'll keep these but they sure are purty.

 

What's your process for using that engine cleaner?

 

While the engine was warm I sprayed down certain areas with the clearner, avoiding as many electrical connections as I could. Let it sit for a minute then gently hosed it off. Touched up a few places with a rag.

 

How do they look on the truck?

 

@chrisb had a sweet set of blues on his FGT

 

There are three LEDs, basically. Low beam uses 1, and high uses 3 - I think, at least.