What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Don't forget to replace the interior chrome handles with black ones!

 

Waiting on them already and also the center bezel. Other trim pieces I'm getting hydrodiped.

 

Yes the SR5 is great because alot of stuff is black already buy I also like having all the extra goodies with the higher trim levels.

 

Is a pain because they are plastic welded. Some guys have done it. You have to melt the weld off and then some used epoxy others used screws with washers.

Yes I got them Amazon, beware you see a slight amount still of the silver is some spots. Not alot just enough to bug me but there decent.

 

Heated seats, dual climate control, sensors? What else does the 1794 have?

 

I believe the SR5 doesn't have pull down rear window, sunroof I'm sure there can be more bit not sure.

 

2020 SR5 has the roll down back glass but no stinking moon roof

 

Well I might be an Alabama redneck

 

But at least I put on new front bump stops and most all LED's on the ass end
I have the new Morimoto 3rd brake light, turn signals and tag lights to put in

 

Picked these up from HF, unfortunately the plug is in between sizes and I could get it out.

 

Damn the luck

 

Yesterday changed the oil and prepped the new RCI Skid for install. Had bronze paint and matte clear left over. Figured why not. 3 coats of paint and 3 of the clear. Will let if sit and cure until next weekend before installing.

 

Mine are getting delivered this week and testing them in moab this weekend. Hopefully they live up to the hype- Patrick has been awesome to work with

 

Yep. Just removed mine and had them color matched to my truck. Used JB Weld and screws to get them back on. Black door handles are from a Sequoia. Same handle, just OEM black.

 

Cooled seats, heated mirrors, folding mirrors, BSM, LDA (depending on year), Trans Cooler (depending on year), moonroof... I might be forgetting a few options.

 

Added the auto-up-down switch.
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I'm very wary of confirmation bias about everything I do, and I have no buyer's remorse on this one. Not much money, not much trouble to install, very useful. It's a winner.

 

One of the best mods for the Tundra

 

This is the only thing keeping me from doing this mod


My 8 year old would lose a finger being a jackass.

 

That's why you only get the driver's control and don't install the auto up switches on the rest of the doors....you stay in control

 

That doesn’t prevent a kid from shoving their fingers in a closing window, though. I definitely did that crap as a kid, so as a former idiot, I watch out for my next-gen idiot lol

 

Yep. All sorts of inspirational posters about how we drank from the water hose and rode bikes without helmets, but none of it confirms the truth that we were lucky to make it to our teens with our faculties intact.

 

When gentleman gets older he needs to work smarter.

Basically, how the rear shock is replaced: shock gets the lower rubber mount between two dished washers, then it is compressed with your body weight, then it is quickly inserted into the upper mount and aligned for the bolt insertion through the lower mount holes and shock itself. I could not do it in time. The shock comes compressed in the box, you are supposed to reuse that strap to hold the shock compressed while it is prepared for the installation, then you bolt it to the lower mount, cut the strap, guide it through the upper mount and fix it there. No brainer.

Unfortunately, I screwed up my first attempt installing them and had to redo it all over. Both straps were cut, but this is what locking pliers are for:



Compressing the shock and routing the strap over the shock was too difficult, so a piece of scrap lumber to the rescue!



Bolted to the lower mount, now can release the pliers:



~80 lbs wheel is too much for my back, so here's another tool wife is complaining about



Hint: keep the stock shock hardware, Toyota makes it better IMO. I'll see how those poly bushings survive the negative temps, but old rubber bushings were not disposed of.

 

what faculties

 

Got the harness bar all coated with steelit. Couple more spots then back in the truck it goes. Then off to get some leather quotes at some point

 

Looks factory-sealed! Nice choice of coating!

 

I like tools that help make the job suck less.

 

Back together

 

Where are you mounting the idash?

 

I'm not a big fan of side steps, but my kindergartener has been struggling to get in and out of the car during school drop off. So the high clearance of the truck has become a safety concern. Luckily, I found these chrome beauties on Facebook for about $50.00. I don't care for the look, but the utility has been worth it this week at school drop off time.