What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

Love that you are helping... but DAYUM!!!! That is a lot from a single property.

 

I'm madder than hell at the situation, and I'm gonna try to help in any way I can while still maintaining my own job and life.

He's a 77 year old retiree loner with no family and very few friends whatsoever, and a heavy drinker. My girlfriend and I maintain the friendship mainly out of pity for his age and situation. He's incredibly stubborn, opinionated and brash, and now this definitely throws a huge kink in his life that really makes me worry about his condition and pushing him to drink more than ever. He probably had 4 beers in the time we were loading on Tuesday, god knows how many he had before we got there at 10 AM but he smelled heavily of alcohol.

The county pisses me off because they didn't even make a visit to his place, just sent him a letter demanding he clean up to their standards within less than a month or face a $1000 initial fine plus $100 a day that he's not in compliance after April 4th. He's surrounded by industrial warehouses (Imagine the old man's situation in the movie Up, but warehouses instead of apartments) so I'd bet my salary that the landowners around him reported him to the county to try and push him out and add one more building. Makes me sick that they'd stoop to that low but it's the only idea that makes sense.

And that's my rant for the day...

 

FrozenRotors and Hawk Green pads all around

 

Thats enough for me to say i would be there in a heartbeat if we were closer. I would not doubt that at all, as I have seen businesses do just that. Especially when places refuse to sell. Good luck!

 

How do they perform and what is the brake dust like? I run StopTech Sport Cryos and need to replace them but they are backordered.

 

I've actually had them on for a few months now. I do not tow, so I can't speak to that part of the performance. But for daily driving in the DFW area with lots of stop and go and sudden stops this has been a great combo compared to the OEM rotors and pads.
They are quiet, very little dust and no pulling. Time will tell for warping, etc but so far they are great.

I went with Frozen Rotors because of back orders on other cryo treated brands. They were great to work with, they answered my questions over the phone and gave me 10% off to help with the shipping costs. No delays on the order.

 

This is the exact same setup that just arrived for me. Keep me posted how you like it. I'm on my 4th brake setup and can't find one that lasts or I like.

Wonderful how our nation has gone in this direction isn't it? The man has lived on his property for 40 years. Just let him finish strong. Granted, one of his lesser attributes is he's a hoarder, and put himself in this precarious situation, but still, it's his land, as long as he's not hurting anyone, let him be!

 

But its not safe and its an eye soar....

*heavy eye roll

Down here, they drop your insurance immediately when this is noticed. Rumor has it they use google maps and drones to verify conditions because of hurricane risks. Ca is the same but for fire... insane

 

Glad to see there's still decent human beings in the wild and it didn't take a natural disaster to get there.

 

Yea his homeowners insurance dropped him last year, their reasoning was the roof needed replacement, and that they used a drone to verify the condition. Sneaky AF if you ask me. He's old and stuck in his ways, so he pushed his thumb at them and said "It's just fine, I go up every few months and replace shingles as needed, and keep up on it!"

I make an attempt. The way I see it, I'm in a good enough position that I could afford the truck and trailer, and access to a tractor for the heavy stuff. So I might as well use it for some good. I offered to split the scrap pay to cover the gas but he balked at that and said keep it all, which I do appreciate.

 

yeah, he wins the stuck in his ways award for sure!

 

Mom and dad's county absolutely use google maps to verify structures on their property and adjust their property taxes based on what they deem the structures are worth. They have to provide documentation and fight it every year. It's complete BS.

 

I replaced the K02s that were starting to sing and ride like bricks… with 275/70 Falken Wildpeak AT4s. So far I really like them. Surprisingly they ride softer than the K02s even tho they are E rated vs the K02s C rating. They are also dimensionally larger than the other 275/70 tires from other brands. To me they look perfect on the stock suspension. I removed the front flaps before installation but it would not have been necessary. One downside I have noticed is they flat spot when parked for even a short period of time. When parked over night they don’t smooth out until 5-7 miles down the road. The tread depth is really deep so I imagine that is why. But they ride great and are quiet…and less expensive than a set of the new K03s. I haven’t noticed any mpg difference even tho they are 6# heavier per tire than the old K02s

 

I finally got my Wescott Sliders from the Black Friday sale! They look awesome and are going on this weekend! Will post up pics!

 

I hope my county doesn't have the time, effort or resources to pull this dog crap.

 

Changed out my shoelaces. Not a fan of the red – obviously still on shocks and sway bar, but still prefer the look. 10% of the Land Cruiser wheels for ~2.5% of the cost.

Need to clean wheels and tires but not sure best cleaner for powerdercoated BBS as I've got a good bit of brake dust built up. I read either acid/alkaline cleaners can damage, but just saw there's a detailing forum. Still working on figuring out my platinum mirror light wiring.

Before and after:

 

They’re legit

 

Agreed. Love mine.

 

my buddy nextdoor had a custom bed rack made by them. I think they have an open house this weekend in N Phoenix. Met Jeff at Overland Expo West last year.

 

Just checked those out and they look awesome!

What options did you go with?

 

Man haven’t really been on here much. In the process of moving so the Tundra is getting 600 miles on it a week with driving back and forth between the new job and house that we sold.

 

Spokane, now?

 

You a Spokomton guy?

 

Negative... I'm 410 miles east...but I frequent.

 

Hey, I just picked up a set of the same brackets to install this on my 2021. Did you remove the whole bumper or the center bumper plastic to install? I have seen most have to remove it but looks like you can sneak it in there if you just pop the lower grill out and use a single row light bar. Thanks

 

If you get a 42" LED light bar you remove the entire trim piece where the light installs.Comes out fairly easy

 

Thanks for the tip. I am wanting to keep the lower grille part and install the lightbar behind it. If needed I can bug my wife to help me remove the bumper

 

Check out the YouTube video from Headlight Revolution on install.I also swapped the sorry switch that came with the light to a more OEM switch.

 

1” wheel spacers. Fixed 99.9% of my clearance issues. Thanks to @KNABORES for shipping them so quick. Now to go on a 1600 mile round trip.

 

Finally got a camper shell for my truck. Since the rack and tonneau cover didn’t sell, I repurposed it. The roll up part became the top layer on my in bed storage. Most of the rack was mounted over the fender wells, like a molle rack, to hold my gear. The last two pieces are in the center to hold my ratchet straps. The cases that were on top became trays to hold most of the other items.