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

Hahaha
Wife picked me up some new (goodwill) jeans a while back. I rarely wear good clothes... always doing dirty work stuff.... but I was like what in the F are these!? Felt like I was wearing stretchy sweats.
Comfy as hell, but I still get confused when I put them on. Like in my head it's going, are these girly pants sissy boy?

 

I have a spare master tailgater plastic handle w camera. Swapped to metal. Had to mod it to get the lock cylinder to stay put. Still not happy with fitment. Happy with the camera.

I’d pay even more if they actually made it robust. I dropped coin on a brand new cylinder and got it rekeyed to my vin cut Oem key. I did all the wiring and I’m thinking of going 10” floating screen to have a big UI. Just went to be able to lock once in a while.

At this point I may end up just going full flatbed conversion or make it a dump truck or try to build a flatbed camper. Dunno. Shell leaks (have new seals to install some day) and the rubber boot sucks (have glass if I can find a shop to do the fiberglass work or DIY a sandwich) and my bed needs some bodywork and paint anyway. It is nice to sleep in but a really nice setup would move the whole build forward.

I also kinda wonder how doable it might be to convert to people hauler w side seating for 8 and sleeping for 4 if I did some aluminum pod type thing w a cage for roll and 5 point harnesses that fully retract out of the way when camping. Then some entertainment w sceeens and maybe even video games. Make it fully kid friendly and maybe even retracting stairs. Still wouldn’t really be road legal so probably a totally dumb idea.

 

DO IT!

 

What a royal pain in the ass.

Note that this particular cover will only work with steering wheels originally wrapped in leather. The urethane wheels will not work. Luckily I had one of each so pulling the wheel wasn't for nothing.

$33 Yeolpise Microfiber Leather Steering Wheel Cover on Wrap,Fit for Toyota Land Cruiser 3D 5d 2003/Tacoma XRunner Highlander Hybrid 2005/4Runner Hilux 2009/Tacoma 2011,Non-Slip Breathable Hand Stitched

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCNRN23X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

 

Though a dump truck conversion would be awesome, the tundra is just too lightweight of a truck to really utilize. Sure you could dump a load of grass clippings, but if you got a dump bed, you’re always going to want to load it down heavy with manly things like gravel, dirt, firewood, scrap metal, and chunks of concrete. The frame and suspension really isn’t up to parr to handle that kind of abuse. I installed a hydraulic dump onto my 71 Ford f250 highboy and pretty much anytime i’m hauling a load of something it’s around 2.5 tons…minimum. It’s VERY easy to overload a truck when have a dump bed. you just can’t help it. For instance, the most i’ve had in my truck was 4-3/4 tons!

 

I got my two rear door checks repaired. Finally! I found a sort of local guy in Boise that has been making the parts and selling them on ebay. He was quick and responsive to my questions and shipped out fast.
Works great and now I don't have the door closing on me when trying to put my kid in his car seat.
For anyone interested, here is the link to the parts which includes parts for all 4 doors.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116273512789

 

You bought door checks from the scarlet pimp?

 

Ok. I bought some too.

 

I know. I saw the username and wondered if this was a highschool kid with a 3-d printer.

 

Dropped the truck off for an alignment. This guy is one of the best in Amarillo. Hopefully it'll fix my wandering and tire cupping.

Quick question, will tires that have started cupping wear back to normal? Or is that it, they're that way till you buy new ones?

 

I've had luck swapping cupped fronts to the rear to true them up.

 

I swapped them before T2S this year, but noticed the fronts starting a bit. Hopefully I caught it in time. That's the thing that sucks about not driving the truck every day. It'll take a year to see any change.

 

I was gonna say that, but I remembered I can barely spin them in the wet.

 

Try some lube?

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Are they that good a tire?? Because I can barely keep her hooked up when its wet. Hard on the throttle on a small incline the ass end nearly got in front of me.

 

When it's wet is he only time I can break the tires loose on the 03, unless I throw her into a curve and smash the skinny pedal. Then she'll light em up...
I'm hoping 4.10's will resolve the lack of bunouts.

 

They're pretty good, but I think it's more of a "33s on a 333k mile truck" issue. I'm still on stock gears too. Hell, I floored it in loose dirt and barely spun em halfway through 1st.

 

Even with my new tires, my truck is jumpy with initial throttle input. Won’t spin em in a straight line, but easily breaks loose when turning or when wet.

 

^ Me on Saturdays

Me on Sundays talking to wife: "You know my tires are getting pretty worn out. And if I need new tires, I really should go ahead do the suspension and everything. No sense in getting tires that are too small for a lift."

 

Same, except it will get loose going straight on wet.
30.5 dia/295k/3.91dif

 

Picked up the truck from alignment. This is as good as it gets I guess.

Before



After



So I guess I'm getting some new UCAs. At the same time, dude said my inner tie rod on the passenger side is going bad. Not enough to warrant replacement right away, but enough to give a little wiggle in the wheel. The truck did feel better at 65 so far.

New plan of action:
New JBA/Eibach/SPC uppers
New OEM inner and outer tie rods

That's about it. Ugh. I had a feeling it wouldn't fix anything. Maybe there's something else wrong that I missed? He said everything else was fine.

 

On my old stock tires, I could break em loose super easy in a straight line. One quick jab of the throttle at speeds under ~10mph and they’d spin right up.

New tires are wayyyyyy better. Still can spin the inside tire when accelerating around a corner, even with the rear sway, but a lot more throttle is needed. Not sure if this is due to the tire compound or the 1” diameter increase.

 

People mover bed would be awesome.

During the spring last year I popped off my bedcover and hauled around all the friends to various parties and bars near campus. I don’t drink, so I was cool with driving everyone around. We’d put four people in the cab and 4-6 people in the bed, it was a ton of fun.

I doubt you’d have space for more than 6 seats, it got pretty cramped back there with 5 or 6 guys. 8 people is also pretty close to max payload.

Edit: it’s legal to ride in the bed of a truck in Wisconsin if the rider is over 16 and seated.

 

Anyone recommend the best dealer to order lower ball joints for my 2007 Sequioa? Any coupons would be helpful! Im currently deployed and my truck is with my buddy ready to take them scary Moogs LBJ's off. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Given the recent flurry of complaints about the UBJ that come with the Eibach/SPC uppers, I'd probably recommend going JBA.

But then again, knowing what you intent to do long term, the SPC are going to give you the added adjustment you need. Maybe go with the sealed (non-greasable) UBJ for the SPC kit. @des2mtn posted more info here in reply to someone else.

My takeaway, w/o looking (which may be a big mistake) is the sealed ones are more reliable with less play, and possibly even less noisy.

 

Man, that's a good guy right there! I was just like you, always driving everyone around between bars in my truck in college, including in the bed, except I did drink--I just also had a truck.

 

30.4 dia (215/85-16)/220k/4.10dif. Tires will chirp leaving a stop sign on a straight dry road. If i remove the tailgate, i’m betting the chirps will be louder.

With my other BFG AT 265/75/16 tires installed, AND when i had my bed completely removed from the frame, the tundra would leave two separate smokey contrails across a dry intersection. I feel at thought the 4.10 gears are a decent do-all gearing for the original bone stock base model 245/70-16 tires. The 4.10 is still tall enough for 75mph cruising down the interstate with zero load in the bed, yet at the same time able to tow and haul 1~2 tons. The only reason i went to the 4.10 was because i found them at a U-Pull-It yard for $26 for each 3rd member (they had a 75% off sale). For what i do, i’d still prefer either a 4.30 with the little 245/70-16 tires, or a 4.56 for my larger 265/75/16’s.

 

What UCA's are you running now?

 

Alignment shops been telling me for years I need to replace my inner tie rods. Fuck em, they ain't broken.