What have you done to your 2nd gen Tundra today?

Honestly I didn't look much into that. The heating pad is on top of the foam seat and heats upwards against the leather. No fires in 3 plus years. If I recall I think the heating element in the rostra is good for leather or cloth seats. Your install would be much easier and seems like it would be safe. Maybe an email or call to rostra would clarify though. They had good support when I bought mine and asked a bunch of questions

 

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear, I'll give them a shout and talk to Carhartt and see if they have any concerns about the heat; thank you!

 

For sure. My wife loved them so much when we were looking for a new car for her she wouldn't get a car without heated seats. Our daughter just turned 16 and the sequoia is now hers and she's already spoiled by everything I did to that car for my wife. First born though so she absolutely deserves it.

 

hahaha I can only imagine, make sure to put it on 35s and really make everyone jealous

 

just looked at the invoice and according to Jasper it weights (tranny alone) 188 lbs

if anyone was curious

 

She literally already asked me for bigger tires when the current ko2's wear out. 31's on it now.

 

1st gen or 2nd gen?

 

Got my rock warriors installed today.

powder coated gold with powder coated chrome rings. Had some 1.25” spidertrax on standby. I needed them. The rock warriors with 35x12.5x17 toyos hit the spc ucas. So I added the spacers.

running the new toyos, with balance bags for wheel balancing and the spacers rode like a dream.

 

1st. 04 sr5 in jade mica. Other than the clear coat deteriorating its in great shape. Not the best pics but here's a few.

 

Look is spot on! What’s going on with the front bumper?

 

Hey, I forgot to ask on your other post regarding the RW wheels.... You said the 'chrome' rings were PC'd I believe, and I was just wondering if you used an actual chrome color or something more of a satin. Appearance, at least in the photos, makes them appear to have a more satin finish to them!

 

so it’s more than a satin but not a true chrome in terms of relfective-ness. You get a reflection but with orange peel affect.

I love it. Didn’t want to do black which is more common and couldn’t be happier

 

front bumper

 

Looks like a coastal off-road?

 

it’s from a company called resz fabrications, now out of business.

there was a whole thing with them and these bumpers. I set up a group buy with them that turned into a whole deal where buyers were promised a back end percentage off if a certain number of bumpers were sold. It never came, then the shipping times went from a couple months to over a year. I think all our members finally got their bumpers though which was a good thing.

then the fitment was off. That was a whole other deal on it self.

I have threads for both topics under
My username

 

I like the look of that bumper. It's like a cross between an nfab and Ironman raid.

 

Replaced my tailgate shock and also replaced the broken plastic bushing with this aluminum one. Had to use the Dremel and sand out the receiver side of the tailgate and sand the bushing some as the initial fit was very tight. We'll see how it holds up. I plan to keep some grease in there to prevent any oxidation since it is aluminum against steel.

https://ebay.us/m/VuadpO

 

Bought her with 20k miles and look at her now….. lol

 

some overdue maintenance today:

front/rear diff and transfer case drain and fill with Valvoline

$39 75W-90 GL-5 Limited Slip, Ultra Long Drain 500k Miles, Manual Transmission, Gear/Differential Lubricant (1 Gallon)

75W-90. Straight forward job. Filling up the front diff can be a little messy but rear diff and transfer case easy peasy.
Seems it drives smoother after the new oil.
air cabin filter
top off coolant
wash the Beast

 

If you ever decide to sell those wheels... I've got dibs!!!!

 

thanks! thats a great compliment but I think I found my forever wheels

 

Heard that. I'll never rid myself of my rock warriors.

 

LOL....Definitely not an issue in South Texas!!
If you'd like to toast your buns by all means get some seat heaters.Personally i'd rather have some A/Ced seats!!!

 

Imagine that.

 

Well my 13.5 year old Tundra finally broke 100k yesterday on the way to work.

 

thanks for the write-up. 500 bucks for that thang! jesus fuxk me christ

 

OEM, baby. Centric rotors

 

You can buy used ones, and I think maybe even refurbished or at least reset ones, for a lot less. But I went new OEM because I plan on keeping this truck as long as it'll keep going for me. Still has under 100K on the clock even though it's 17 years old. So I try to do long-term fixes whenever I can.

 

Took the killers kayaking!!