What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

@BR73 i love that new steering wheel look.

 

Where'd you get the new steering wheel?

 

Did some garage sale-ing and hauled foosball table for the kids, then did the coolant drain and fill. The TRD skid is nice for oil changes, but it gets in the way of doing the radiator petcock. Got it done, just had to go down from the top to open the petcock.

 

Ordered new tire straps, and fabbed tabs. Confirmed the new rear tire and bumper setup with @snivilous over the weekend after thinking of the project changes. Mazulla rear bumper being removed and sold. Pic of the planned tire setup attached.

 

Polish my wheels today..

 

I sent him a photo awhile ago showing him how small his tires are and no one will respect him while the first number starts with a 3

 

$225 HIGH FLYING for Toyota 4Runner 2014-2024, Tundra 2014-2021 Tacoma 2012-2023 Steering Wheel Replacement Part BLACK Perforated Leather No Strip (No Heating Function)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D17GR5C4
Came in a Cartrim shipping box which was well packed.

 

Doesn’t seem too unreasonable to have that much weight.

 

Ok, I didn't know if you had a small lift before the tires or if it was stock.

 

Some folks & posts in here should help.
https://www.tundras.com/forums/detailing.66/

 

Everytime I see someone's black phone button on their steering wheel it makes me wanna ask how they got their volume button blacked out

 

I had Toytec ultimate coilovers before, which are just Bilstein 5100's with 700 Lb coils and an adjustable collar. I don't really recommend that setup unless you're just taking your truck on mild dirt roads to fish or camp or something like that. The little piston in those shocks run out of support pretty quickly and 700 lbs is too much spring for most trucks in my opinion.

 

Rotated the tires, washed and waxed it, dressed the tires.

Oh, and discovered a blown tie rod seal. Added grease until I can swap it out, inadvertently made a Rolling Stones tongue on the backside.

 

All my controls were black when I bought my truck in May 2024

 

Yeah, but my 2016 wasn't. I installed overlays but that damn argent volume button glares at me.

 

Would the black phone buttons work for the volume?

 

I wonder if you could buy the 2018+ steering wheel controls and they'd be plug-n-play?

 

Just ordered a tacoma button set not cheap but it'll fix the issue..

 

Gotta link?

 

I think I saw ppl do that but they had to use some sort of adapter kit to make the volume button work on the left side because the original setup has the phone there

 

Can you take a quick pic of your set up; for some reason I'm not following what you have going on...

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/black-steering-wheel-switches.61209/

Top image, his volume controls are a light gray button verse the black button on later gens.

@texasrho83 the thread linked might help you too (unless you have already found it)

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/black-steering-wheel-switches.61209/

Top image, his volume controls are a light gray button verse the black button on later gens.

@texasrho83 the thread linked might help you too (unless you have already found it)

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2014-steering-wheel-control-install.362309/

 

Ok, gotcha... that's where my bluetooth phone answer/hang up buttons are, so entirely different configuration

 

You know, mines the same I just knew the buttons were black

 

You see this new kit from Factory Five Racing? Ian Johnson's latest show "Build for Off Road" did a few episodes on it and one of his contributions was building a similar looking rear tire carrier. Don't have a link to that episode, but it is a good looking design, and the entire kit is an interesting concept/idea, especially given what you are doing with @snivilous

https://www.factoryfive.com/xtf/

 

Even if they did, I'd then have to look at a phone button for volume

 

Yea not a great chassis overall. Lots of other chassis out there that are far better. But nonetheless cool concept to bring it to dealer production level like that.