What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

It’s like 18 shades of 1G3.

 

Nope I did not. My suspension does pretty well with road irregularities so I would rule that out for sure. The person following just told us the tail light randomly started flopping. I’m finding out this was an issue with the first few batches of these tail lights. It’s crazy because I’ve aftermarket tail lights for dozens of other cars I’ve owned before and I’m positive those brands were all from China, however, none of them ever had broken tabs like this which is disappointing coming from morimoto.

 

Lol.

Bwahaha!

You must be a woman posing as a man on this site .

 

Have a friend that does automotive paint.

 

I changed the oil today for the 3rd time at 13,500 miles with Amsoil SS 5w30. The oil and oil filter looked clean. I’ve been using the Motivx tools with the OEM filter housing, which has worked fine. Months back I got the Jowett filter housing so I switch to that to try it out. So far so good.

 

Uggg… makes me scared to order anything online to match my MGM Tundra.

 

I plan to get Line X this summer, and I had some big cargo dents in my bed on both wheel wells that I wanted to hammer out before I coat it. Kind of a crappy job, and I have really procrastinated. Removed the fender liners, pounded with a rubber mallet, and then put everything back. I think it's straight enough now to go for it.

 

Finished up a small hobby machining project this weekend. Wanted a removable mounting base for the interior LED light controller - so ordered a block of delrin off feeBay and made a mess on the mill. Far from perfect since I didn't really measure anything and just did it manually by eye, but it'll work decent. Controller attaches to the base with M4x0.75 screws and the base attaches to the truck with velcro.

 

Looking at how the tab broke, it looks like a manufacturing defect. It isn't visually detectable, but seeing as there isn't any stress marks in plastic tells me it was not impact related.
I suspect it is related to injection molding defects. Cold tool perhaps. it is very common to throw out the first 5-10 pieces when starting up a production run. People cut corners and try to save those pieces because they visually look good, but it's truly a gamble.

 

No way that is MGM. I wonder if there is a part number on it that will have the color or if the part number showing the color is just on the box. I'll have to look at my old sport grille to see.

 

Started the patch collection!

 

I promise it is, I parked next to the Tundra that it came off. It looks better in different lighting, but still not good.

 

Thanks for your insight. I sent morimoto an email last night and figure they’re closed for the weekend so I’ll probably call tomorrow just in case. I know of at 2 other forum members who had the same issue with the same tabs breaking and got taken care of through morimoto customer service so we shall see but I am optimistic.

 

Swapped the chrome for Blaaaack!

 

That looks mean! And sweet FJ in the background, I regret getting rid of mine every day

 

Im doing everything possible to not find that kind of regret. Lol.

 

It has been my observation that very few hood bulge/surround replacements match colors. Many are close matches and owners will always claim it looks better in person, but I can count on one hand the color matches I have seen that I would accept. It has always puzzled me how so many can obsess about chrome removal or blacking out things while completely ignoring the fact that their front hood and bumper trim doesn't match. But then for me, form follows function and aesthetics are much lower on my list of priorities TEHO, YMMV etc...

 

Same. I'd much rather keep my chrome than have mismatched paint. I don't mind a little chrome*, and from the front I think the chrome surround/bulge on the 2018+ honeycomb grilles looks pretty good. Especially when you swap to the OEM LED lights that have the LED Surround DRLs. Kind of follows the same lines aesthetic-wise.


*only with the classic colors (MGM, SSM, Black,White, etc.). I think the new glossy but flat colors like cement, desert sand, solar octane etc need color match or black out.

 

Nice combo! Fellow Tundra/FJ owner myself.

 

Fire!

 

Was big sad when I traded mine, but it was a few miles away from needing some major work and it wouldn’t pull the boat. The Tundra has been put to good use though since I picked it up years ago

 

FJ/Tundra owner here too. What major work on the FJ?

 

Right before I left, I decided to use my windows again on the Tundra and reduce its overall weight a bit... Sooooo.... the ranger is getting some unnecessary fun:



I just need to find the other hardware....

 

I’ve been on a mission to rebuild the FJ. We have a running joke in our crew “every f’ng part”

 

Love the back end shot of that! well done!

 

You guys are hittin me right in the feels

Funny story, I taught myself how to weld and built this rear bumper for my Sr. Project in high school

 

Tight work. Love the FJ

 

Game on

 

FIRE!