What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Nice. You know how it is...happy wife, happy life. Good looking family you have there!

 

Local fab shop made an aluminum skid plate from my RCI skid to my bumper.

 

So I guess a cheap solution to getting work implements out of the cab is how a storage obsession begins…. Lord help me.

 

Just FYI, there’s a couple grooves in the bed that are perfectly designed to fit a 2x8 or 2x10 as a divider…if you want something more sturdy than the bungee.

 

That’s actually something I had entertained. That ratcheting aluminum pole was Walmart cheap and keeps that crate, which was just a little too big for that rearmost 2 by groove to contain, close to the tailgate for easy as hell access. Plus, if we’re splitting hairs, by the time I pay for a 2x6x8, the pole, that I can put anywhere in the bed, was only about $2 more.

 

Now you just need to do the carbon fiber delete....

 

Awesome, what trails in VA?

 

Are these a "Remove & Replace" installation or covers of the existing pieces?

 

HA! last night, my wife asked me, "what did you do to your truck today?" i replied "nothing", she then touched my forehead to check if I had a fever or was ill. LOL

snapped a pic at the park yesterday evening.

 

Ran up union mill to flagpole then down to switzer lake.

 

Remove and replace.

 

Where did you go? Im in Va, spent some time on trails in George Washington natl forest.

 

True. The lumber prices have been nutty. I get the pole idea.
After years of having the truck, I just figured out those 2x slots being there. I think I saw it on here, then had a Griswald Christmas lights moment where it clicked. Ha!
I now have two 2x8’s I’ve been waiting for the right weather so I can get them painted and put in.

 

I used to use a board in those slots, but I like the ratchet pole better because I can place it exactly where I want it for different sized loads.

 

1k oil change with Fumoto valve and metal filter cap put in, then I really went for it and successfully installed my Cat Shields front and rear and it was kind of interesting the two front holes where you need to drill already partially existed and only needed to widen them a little. The directions were actually spot on from Catshields after installing an aftermarket exhaust mod to my SeaDoo and then this really feeling productive to the nth degree this week

 

Just adjusted the settings on my Hypertech speedometer calibrator for the 37s I put on like a week or so ago. Also an alignment.

 

@RikkiBobbi That is a clean undercarriage for the weather we just had here in Texas.

 

well I have my ride share vehicle and I have my baby, baby didn't need to go out in the shit show since I was fully stocked and ready for another freeze buttttttttt I do have just in case snow chain/cables for all 4 tires and roll out tracks for if I get stuck, but I honestly just holed up for 2 days at home in the warm and didn't touch the roads till Friday but used my ubermobile since I was out hustling for the next new mod/add on for my Tundra or Seadoo

 

Do you have a link for the "wings" that cover the rear cats? I can't seem to find them on the Miller Cat Shield site...thanks!

 

Mine were from CatSecurity I think a different company
"Ultimate Protection" rear here's the link where I got mine

https://getcatsecurity.com/purchase-online/ols/products/cat-scr-tun2

 

What tires are those? I like those, are they loud at all? Thanks

 

Look like KO2s to me. They arent loud in my opinion.

 

Finally got the Roadmaster active suspension system on. Lifted my truck about 1“ and dang, its a smooth ride, no wheel bounce going empty over train tracks. Will test em out in coming days pulling my equipment float. Am i glad i didnt settle for sumos or timbrens.
The road salt up here in Ontario is bad. Cant keep the undercarriage clean for too long.

 

Check this picture below from the AJT install video. The problem isn’t with getting all the small parts cut out, it’s with the back lighting. I doubt it would shine through black vinyl.

What I would do is just wrap everything matte black vinyl, then use my cricut to cut out the small pieces & stick them back ontop where they go. The cool part about doing it that way (like I did with my shifter area) is that you can make whatever you want, in whatever font you want. Or just make up a totally new design! Like you don’t need the blue & red line running necessarily, you can put anything there to indicate that’s the cold/hot knob. Totally custom. The cricut can handle something like that because you print it all separate & place it wherever you want it.

You can cut out the smaller holes on the buttons with the truck circulation, ac & defrost. That way they would shine through, but I doubt anything else would be illuminated at night if you covered it. Plus, if it did & you didn’t copy the exact design back ontop, it wouldn’t match up anyways.

You got me thinking though

 

Yeah it's a tough one for sure. I actually stopped at Michael's on the way home and looked at the Cricut machines. They had 3 or 4 different models. I swear a fifth of the store was rolls of Cricut vinyl at buy one and get on 50% off.

 

Lol I think I have the “air 2”? It’s paid for itself since I’ve had it. I got tired of paying for stickers on my truck, coolers etc. So now I just make whatever I want, custom size/color anything really.

Someone earlier said you have to have an account & can’t do custom logos or something. Idk I literally pull any image from google & if you know basic photoshop you’re good. I upload all my own images into it. I’ve never used the actual software other than for spacing or text entry.

 

Ordered a Vled footwell light kit on Friday and it showed up today. That is some quick shipping from Washington to Ma... I ordered a front kit, and 2 rear kits. I'm planning on sticking 2 of the lights in my under seat storage box.

 

That's the one I was looking at. It's on sale for $179

 

Not what I did but my truck surprised me today it now identifies as a Prius. Just in time for the rise in fuel prices.

 

So how steep was the grade you were neutraling down