Houston Area

Anyone have access to Techstream or know of a shop/dealer that has it that would be willing to do a VIN sync for my radio? Called my dealer I bought the truck from and a few others and all told me “can’t be done, can’t help you”. Even showed them the step by step instructions and acted like I was some sort of spy for even knowing what Techstream was or how I got access to the information . I get not knowing how to do something in the gen3 tundras or even not wanting to do something but this is just getting a bit old with some basic gear swaps that are common

 

$100 retrax cover for 5.5 bed. Not mine. Killer deal

 

Local deal on FB.

 

Cheap GM style tow mirrors

 

I have a setup but I loan it to a partner (SE-TX_Toyo) in Navasota if you're willing to drive there and use it? What model is your Tundra?

 

I was able to get it updated by a dealer thankfully but thanks for the follow-up.

 

Any good ceramic shop or person in Houston for a reasonable / fair price but get the job done right?

Is ceramic actually worth it? My truck is not garaged unfortunately and I want to preserve it as much as I can....

 

I’ve heard you still need to wash your truck once a week. That alone disqualify me.

 

Well that suck balls. I can't and won't do that

 

I am not sure about the weekly wash, but I wouldn't do it during the pollen season, and during pollen season, I might risen the truck as needed, just too much damn pollen under the tree where I park....

 

too much damn pollen EVERYWHERE.

 

Any good place in Houston to powdercoat some spare 20" I have in my garage? I will have what this guys is having

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...5-gen-tundra-today.713/page-2975#post-3450916

 

Who dis?

 

Saw same truck off I-10

 

Looks like Cars & Coffee's fed up with the shenanigans

 

About time. There was a few near me at one time and I was tempted to take my kids there (they love cars, just shinny and all, not necessary the details we have, but hey, they are 5 & 8) but just thinking of the possible accidents with muscle cars, nah, I will stay home....
I drove a Challenger one time as a rental car, it was fun, nice, and full of power. But reckless and putting other people's life on the line is not what I call

 

Yeah I won't go to the LST shindig because of the drama and BS

 

WTB TRD rear sway bar for 2.5 gen if anyone knows of one locally for sale. TIA.

PFA

 

3:10 PM y'all!

 

One more reason to miss downtown this afternoon.
I love baseball and all, but that traffic can drive me nuts.... no thanks.

 

You mean Houston as a whole not just downtown

 

I hear ya. Personally, I don't go down to the Woodlands if I can help it.

 

And to think I used to live in mid-town

 

Downtown for today, NOPE.
I agreed to a 7:30a - 4p work schedule because all of my team are in HQ in NJ, and my counter team is in Germany, so if I get in by 8:30a, which is a bitch already, Germany would have been almost 2:30pm, and their brains shut down around 4p, so I will be very pressed to catch up with them.

But man, lately drive from Cypress to 8/Westheimer hasn't been that bad in the morning, minus traffic light went out or major accident on beltway 8, it is pretty slick and moving.
The drive home at 4pm on the other hand, wtf is going on? The 4p is now the 5p traffic rush or something? It will take me maybe 30 mins from my driveway to the company's parking garage in the morning, a full hour in the afternoon to get home.....

I need a new job, somewhere closer to home or just wfh already...damn it.
I love driving, but it has to move, not sitting in traffic.

 

LOL, Ian, Houston is not driving, is like Mad Max every day. That's how I feel

 

I concur.

East Houston is akin to Fallujah.

 

I work in the med center a few times a month still and it is the same thing for me.

if I don’t get out at 230 I generally volunteer to stay till 630 because traffic will go from an 1:15 to 45 min.

 

I mean, with the conditions of the roads? It's off-road every damn day for sure. I have gotten so used to moving left here and right there and miss this lane here due to the conditions.....

Right, and you had think that they would make it better because of the additional traffic, NOPE.
I avoid going downtown at all cost now, except Saturday if the kids want to go to the zoo, and even that, I go extra early, parking for the zoo is insane as well....

 

I swear ppl get off at 3 these days. By 3:30, bumper to bumper heading north on 45. It seems like there are more cars going north than south in the AM.
My wife works in O&G and she has the opportunity to make way more dough with a bigger outfit but it would require her to drive into Houston 3x a week. She won't do it lol

 

Katy Freeway. Widest freeway in the country.