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

68210-0C010 Belt Weather-Strip (Access cab and Regular cab models only)
68160-0C010 Belt Weather-Strip (Access cab and Regular cab models only)

Not sure which is driver and which is passenger but that's the parts. Comes with the new felt liner and 5 plastic clips pre installed, they slide around to be fine tuned.

 

Looks good. What size tires you running?

 

I taped off and sanded/painted mine right on the truck. Super easy and cheaper too.

 

beauty. seriously looks like a brand new truck.

 

If you’re gonna go this route eventually...it’s definitely cheaper to just do it right away!

 

Feel free to message me if you have any questions. Happy to help

 

There’s 2 plugs in the kick panel for the doors

 

Before Archive Garage Shock Relocation


After






Droop Increase. Now just need to stuff them tires

 

You moving up to 35's?

 

Greased all zerks. Took my truck out on a 60 mile round trip all highway miles. My truck now does not stumble at idle, and no longer blows blue smoke on idle. I am very surprised actually. Most of the miles on the truck are lugging around town. So it probably did it some good

 

Very true. Looking at the shocks the website recommends I could sell the 2.5’s (for a Tacoma since Fox only have non resi 2.0 for Tundras) and get the kit, 2.0 DSC and fab $ for about the same amount. Will have to see once I get the shocks.

Definitely will. Probably try to hit up @renosauce to see if he could do the welding for me.

 

damn.

 

Side note, how do you like that awning? Thinking about getting an eBay one.

 

Changed the oil, filter and air filter, and put a fumotoloco valve on the oil pan. Eye balled 6.6qts in from 2 1gal jugs, let her warm up and the dip stick read right at 3/4, I like.
And I finally got to reset the maintaince required light!

 

I have one of those valve laying around. I just don’t care for how slow it drains with it.... and I change my oil on a lift.

 

I kept the plug in case I don’t like it, right now I’m skidless, so it’s a breeze anyway. It’s also kinda annoying because the threads on it stick up into the pan a decent ammount, basically creating a dam or a higher level where the oil has to fall over to drain out. I’m sure it’s not more than a cup or 2 that it holds back.
On the 4runner we have it helps a lot due to an aftermarket skid

 

Yesterday was a big day! Finally got my new front fenders and flares on, and painted the topper!

not too thrilled with how the topper turned out. I’ll put it in for now and if it looks terrible I’ll either pay someone to do it or I’ll headline it or something.

 

Took some scrap to the dumpster at work. Not worth driving to the yard for $5 and picked up some firewood. Similarly not worth scrounging for wood when the local mill sells kiln dried slab wood in a 4x4x4 tote for $30. What's here is after I dropped off about half of the wood at my parents.

 

might be picking up a newer tacoma magnaflow exhaust just to use the muffler and turn down to try and kill some excessive drone in the cab...

 

That J-Tube helmholts resonator did my ride and the drone wonders!

 

Magna setup for $100 new. I’ll do this for now. Eventually when I do headers I’m doing a dual setup with 2 QTP mufflers.

 

Haha nooooo! No plans as of now. I think these are perfect. For now....

 

Heck yeah!

 

No issues with the awning. It’s cheap but does it’s job. I use some perfect bungee adjustable tie downs with it to keep it planted.
I picked it up used locally for $60 so no complaints here. Would love a 270 degree awning one day. But they are ridiculously expensive!

 

checked the fluids, all good. Fluid filmed up in the wheel wells from the rear, seem to have missed some last go round. Used up a full can under the bed. Drove it. I really do love how this truck drives, the size, the seats.... only thing missing is a magic 5th window, perhaps in fastest white...

 

Took the truck up to the mountains today.



Then I came home and washed and waxed it since I lost my garage and it's been 7 months.

 

Finally got around to repairing the wiring to my O/D button

 

Fun evening! Wired up my ditch lights and mounted my rear light bar that I’m planning to do a Combo function on.

I’m going to tap into the reverse lights so it triggers a relay to turn it on, but then also run a switch to as well so I can light up the rear when loading and unloading stuff.

 

Finally got around to replacing my leaking 5100s, little disappointed in them since there's only about 30k on them. Replaced with Sachs so we'll see how they hold up. Had to run to my mechanics with a case of beer to use his torch, impact, and wall mounted compressor to get the old shocks out.

Also did some zip tie engineering to resecure some of the splash guards and actually had a couple 8x1.25 nuts to reattach my rear oxygen sensor properly.

Safety first for the job, firewood wheel chocks, jack stands, and laid the tires under the frame.