What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

I picked up my bed from the powdercoater today and got it all bolted down.

 

I need to convince my wife to let me do this to my truck...

 

Fantastic work as usual!

Did you reinforce your frame in any way with this? I just know how much mine flexes, and I could imagine this headache rack smacking the cab in certain offroad situations.

But dang, majorly want one!

 

Better to ask forgiveness than permission?

 

Thanks man! The bed actually stiffened up the back half of the truck quite a bit. I didn't really see the need in reinforcing it more than that at the moment.

 

Thanks to the recommendation by some of the members, I applied some cerakote trim wipes to my front Spider rack and it doesn’t look so off anymore next to the new matching canopy rack I recently installed. Also added a few grab handles to both racks from Amazon and am happy with them.

 

Looks great! Can I ask where you got your bed. I keep damaging mine and when I buy out my lease next month, flat bed is about the only thing missing for me. But it seems limited to companies out west or mid-west, I am on the east coast.

 

What taillights are those? Any hyperflash?[/QUOTE]
VLAND LED Tail Lights Compatible with 2014-2021 Toyota Tundra, with Red Sequential Turn Signal, with Startup Animation DRL, Clear.

No hyperflash at all on my 2020. Looks like a resistor was added as part of the design. I bought it off Amazon.

 

He made it, S.O.B. Fabrication. You can see it and more in his build thread
https://www.tundras.com/threads/stravis-go-anywhere-camp-anywhere-build.69912/

The start of the flat bed build
https://www.tundras.com/threads/stravis-go-anywhere-camp-anywhere-build.69912/page-17#post-3532128

 

I built it, I have a shop here in NM.

 

Getting ready for a trip out of town via the air, so knocking out some neighborhood clean up and doing truck stuff...





Hoping to do a fw more things on the to do list before camping, but since I get back and leave 5 days later for camping, I doubt I will get anything done.

 

It's more convenient than a bed with sides. You can load it from 3 directions vs. 1.

 

Less convenient for holding things like bark and soil though… without some panels of some sort.

 

But still able to do so...
Best would be like one of those landscape trailer beds that the 3 sides fold down, then you can get a dump feature too!

 

Plans set for the 3 day weekend. Gonna go for it all

Alpine Head Unit
Thinkware Front / Rear Dash Cam
Morimoto 3rd Brake Light
Talon's Skid and Cat Plates
Retrax XR Pro
Rhino Bars
ESP Underseat Storage
Desert Does It Seat Jackers
TuffSkinz Inserts
Interior Bulb Upgrade
Revesol Steering Wheel
Accessorides Remote Start
AJT Parts
Driver Side Grab Handle
Fumoto Oil Valve
OEM metal oil filter housing
Relocate Window Switch
Victory 4x4 Driver Side Molle Panel
Front Camera
OPT7 Tailgate Light Bar
OPT7 Running Board LED strip lights
Paint Steering Wheel Trim
Paint Center Console Trim
Steering Wheel Emblem
Paint Tow Hooks

 

don't forget the 30 pack of beer you'll require!

 

Going to be a whole new truck at the end of the weekend!

 

Picked up the second set of wheels from powder. Now to wait ~20k miles for my stock tires to wear out and decide what new tires I wanna go with.

 

She gonna be even sexier

 

Things are going to end up installed backwards

 

What gloss level is that? I plan to do the same but I'm not sure how glossy I want them.

 

took some pics last night on my way to pickup dinner.

 

Dropped it off to have a new head unit installed.

 

Hey @jmladd,

Have you been able to use the Squadron Pro off road yet? If so how do you like them?

Best,
Bill

Bill Sonevongxay | Forum Sales & Support 
Email: Bill@bajadesigns.com Phone: (760)560-2252

 

Someone is trying to sell some lighting lol.

 

lol you can see my speed and rpms in the last picture. keeping in mind 11% higher speed with 37s and 5.29 gears.

 

I recently purchased a 2016 Sequoia with 88 thousand miles. PO didn't remember if the PCV was ever changed so I decided to do it as a little prevent maintenance. While I was taking out the old one it fell down into a crevice/valley behind what looks like the fan pulley. You can see in the pic where my grabber tool is going. I was able to fish it out but while doing it I grabbed a black plastic top of some sorts. Im not familiar with the 5.7 so I was wondering if you all know what this piece might be? Thanks much

 

I just told my Powdercoat guy “gloss black” haha. In the sun, they definitely look gloss, but in the shade they almost look like a satin black.

 

Finally got time for a proper spring detail today. Noticed a few brown ‘rust’ spots on the bed sides and tailgate so I did a little research and bought a bottle of iron-x. Amazing how much stuff that removed that I didn’t even know was there. Will definitely be part of my yearly routine from now on. Followed up with clay and Griot’s 3 in 1 ceramic and all is well again.

 

Got my deep cycle aux battery hooked up and my inverter installed and ready to use. 2000 watts pure sine wave. Enough to run some lights and heavy duty power tools

Later I'll run a permanent extension cord to a weatherproof outlet in the bed near the tailgate. But for now I just have to plug in under the seat.

Bob