What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

What did you use as replacements?

 

I installed my Kenwood DMX709S in my 2021 SR on Wednesday. It took me longer than it should have because I’m dealing with a herniated disk that makes it very hard to do much of anything. But a somewhat leisurely afternoon in the garage was good for me.

I was able to flash the Maestro with custom functions for the steering wheel controls - something as simple as a quick press of the hold button to pause makes a big difference to me. Each button can be programmed with up to 2 functions - one for a short press, and a different function for a long press.

As far as wiring, everything was plug and play, except I had to connect wires for the antenna amplifier, reverse trigger for the backup camera, and I had to ground the parking brake trigger wire to the head unit chassis.

I was a little disappointed that I wasn’t able to keep the factory USB port. To be fair, Crutchfield said it may or may not work. Since I use it every time I’m in the truck, I just pulled the head unit’s USB cables out through a switch blank and connected my lightning cable to it. Wireless CarPlay would have been useless to me as my dash cam connects to my phone through Wi-Fi.

I also gained some features - on-screen display of individual tire pressures and temperatures, as well as 2 customizable screens of gauges that can be displayed. For those that tow, one of the gauge options is trans temp.

Overall I’m happy with the system. I’m not an audiophile, and I don’t need a big screen. I just needed functioning CarPlay since all physical controls (steering wheel as well as the volume knob on the head unit) stopped working with CarPlay after updating my phone to iOS 16.5 and neither Apple nor Toyota was willing or able to come up with a fix.

Sorry for the weird color of the pictures - they were taken in my garage with the fluorescent lights on.

 

Looks good. I replied to your other post about the USB. There is a cable that allows it to work.

 

I know what’s going on my Christmas list.

 

This.....

https://www.tundras.com/threads/alpine-ilx-f511-game-changer.121157/page-2#post-3278135

 

Dropped the truck off at the dealer AGAIN. My car alarm issue was resolved with the battery, but now I have a small leak coming from behind the parking brake when it rains. The dealership called me and said they think it's the windshield's seal, but they'll need to do some more testing over the weekend to verify.

Really hoping this is just a stream of bad luck that will be over soon because I'm really down right now.

 

Chin up, Conrad! It will get better!

 

Please update us when you can. I’ve been chasing a water leak from this general area for years now with no resolution.

 

Will do! I originally thought it was the sunroof drain (I figured they might have popped off the a pillar trim when chasing my car alarm issue since I have a dash cam), but both them and I have poured a ton down the driver side drain and no water came through. If it's worth much, the leak is right behind the parking brake near the nut for the kick plate.

 

gave her a quick bath.

 

Wow, that's a new one for me... My '21 has a weird condensation issue w/the windshield. I figured it's just from being here on the coast and having some changes to the HVAC over the years. My '08 does not behave like the '21 in that regard, so who knows maybe something isn't right w/the seal around the windshield on mine. I do recall seeing something about the QC on windshield installs from the '20s - early '21s, but mine is late '21 so I kinda just blew it off...

Keep us posted, and I'll probably have the dealer peek at that on my last 2yr-24k service.

Hope yours gets resolved!

 

Interesting! I purchased my tundra the day it was delivered in Oct '21, so it was an early '21 model. I don't think they're going to fix it today and they're closed Sunday, but I should have an update on Monday.

 

Had 275/70r18 Cooper at3 xlt tires put on. Also not pictured I put powerstop front rotors and pads on.

 

Gave her a bath...started as just a spray down...then saw a buch of pollen dots ended up washing it by hand half panel by half panel... damn there went two hours today. edit just check the time 3 hors not 2...lol


Those 37s do look good....

 

Looks great! What fender flares are you running?

 

Just ordered. Install date in September

 

R1 concepts. I had them on my gx460 and they worked great.

 

FINALLY got around to dechroming some things. This is a Silver Sky Limited that came with LOTS of shiny pieces, hard to look at sometimes.

Black mirror caps, color matched door handles, plastidipped all the emblems...except the iForce 5.7 badges, I like the black detail already in those. Dipping the the Limited badge was tricky!




I'm not completely anti-chrome, especially with the Silver Sky where the chrome tends to "blend" a little, just needed to be toned down a lot.

These are next on the list...I want to upgrade to smoked LEDs (these headlights just suck!) and tone down this grill. Think I'm going with the honeycomb with chrome surround.
Anyone have a honeycomb grill with chrome surround laying around??

 

Thanks! They are the bushwacker oe style flares.

 

I have the same cat plates. You're supposed to remove it because you'll have better protection with the plate.

 

Damn, that's great to know and makes perfect sense! Ha! I guess I'll remove the cut up leather glove I had sitting inbetween the two skids...ha! Weight reduction, right?!

 

Took off RCI and Valhalla's skids. Both didn't stand against Boston winters well (which we largely don't have, but the roads are still salt-covered). A lot of powder coated paint flaked off under power washer. Rust everywhere. RCI skid is bent. May need to upgrade it in the future, it seems to be a bit too thin for my use case

Need to do a lot of prep work and spray in Raptor. Raptor seems to withstand weather odds quite a bit better. I wish I bought them unpainted, would save a day of hard work.

 

got the hell out of NY and moved to CO...2100 miles, 48 hrs, stopped twice for 2 or 3 hour naps, and averaged an astounding 12.5 mpg

 

Solid efficiency while towing! Hard saying, not knowing but CO might be better than NY! Congrats and good luck on your endeavors!

 

thank you sir! won't be here forever, but it's definitely better than NY for now

 

Welcome to CO! Where did you land?

 

Moisture is going to work its way under your Raptor Liner too.

Here's your friend:

$17 SEYMOUR 620-1433 Industrial MRO High Solids Spray Paint, Flat Black, 16 Ounce (Pack of 1)

SEYMOUR 620-1415 Industrial MRO High Solids Spray Paint, Gloss Black , 16 Ounce (Pack of 1) - Amazon.com

 

I do it the right way: sand down to bare metal, etching primer (2-3 coats), zinc primer (2-3 coats), Raptor (2-3 coats). With drying time between coats and Raptor's full cure time it takes more than a week. Yet have to see any chips or rust on my past work.

 

Looks killer!

 

What would you upgrade to? Salt is a mofo