What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

That's some nice work there bud

 

Were they rusty? You live in Texas.

 

That's very shiny.



(night lighting makes it look gray but it's black)

 

Where you at, @ToyotaDude thats sticker worthy.

 

Damn, were they out of satin finish at the paint store?

That's awesome, but holy hell is it shiny!

 

https://youtu.be/2FnRnKHS5ds?si=hanR32cZeQjRqV5c&t=98

The paint is still very wet in the photos.

 

Oregon

 

Fuck iphones, this is more than bright enough to cook & clean.



Tried to capture inside & out, got locked into taillights.



the tails do help, but i'm not looking for super stealth. And some sorta light gaurd to keep anyone from getting lasered.

they'll do that.

 

They're snug enough to the back glass to not blind me through my mirror, but the driverside light is 50% better than the light shining into the bed. But having that on pointed rear helps, too. And even through the tint, both are more than enough to help park a trailer in the tightest of nooks.

 

Being able to light up camp is so damn nice.

I wouldn't be outside without a nice headlamp though.
https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/product/storm-500-r/?colorid=12852

 

Looks like JBA shorties

 

See, i prefer to let my eyes adjust, unless i'm in charge of the fire. Cause a little light goes a long way. And if nobody is trading money, people are pretty good at navigating areas in the dark. I dont have a headlamp in rotation, but i do have a pencil light with a flood lamp & UV, but when i'm loaded for trips i have 1 or 2 butterfly lights. My flAshlights all run 3.7v 5A stuff. Fan, lantern, phone, aux battery for coffee. All of it ran on the 12v sockets plugs. I have 2 in the cab, both in the dash footwells, and 2 in the bed. The bed plugs are run through a fuse and a switch, about to move the switch to the back of the bed, and being able to run a heater thats tucked into a fenderwell.

 

I would join that religion

 

He's got bling now

 

shorty tri-y's. Split. So one side is 1/3 -2/4 and the other is 1/2 -3/4 and probably accents a chunk of cam i dont have, but could get. I'm not joking about 33's & 4.88's little engines like to sing.

 

the hot chicks i know, because i meet motorcycle clubs. They're crazy because theyre safe.

 

Dude a headlamp with a night vision mode will change your life. The one I linked will do red/green/blue. I use red 99% of the time, and melt your eyes out mode when I really need to see something.

The camper lighting also does r/g/b and white outside and inside.

 

Rock chips and surface rust. The crossmembers and bottom sides of the frame were rock blasted bare with no paint left. The inner fender coating was flaking and coming off in quarter sized pieces in some places.

Now that it's been whole assed it's good for another 24 years. Should be easier to maintain/ easier to keep looking good with less work too!

 

Why do people think just cause we live in a hotter than hell state our shit don't rust? I mean it takes our trucks way way way longer to rust through true, but they'll still die in 20 or 30 years if not looked after. Bare minimum oil your frame once a year.

 

Just mounted up these bad boys.

34x11.50r17 (285/75r17). Bought the tires on Black Friday from Simple Tire shipped for under $1,200. And the wheels on Amazon from a Toyota dealer, shipped for $1,050 a few years back. Just got around to getting them together. I would have done it sooner, but I can’t wear out my Toyo AT II’s, I’ve got 116k on them.

 

@01GGTundraSR5 and you are truck broskis now

 

It's a similar dry vs wet heat thing. We know rust occurs everywhere but compared to the rust belt your vehicles are pristine.

Y'all for sure have some clapped out rides but up here you see less than 10 year old cars with rotted out rockers, quarters, and fenders.

 

Until it doesn't, then there's always the Nevada desert...

 

Good point and we've talked about this before but mud can also cause rot. I always hose my frame down as good as I can after wheeling. Once or twice a year I try to do a deep clean with the pressure washer.

 

Truck doing truck things. Yanked an 8yo cypress out of the ground rootball & all. No clue why it died, ground was still moist.



Threw a rootbound vitex in its hole.

 

Those look great!

Haven't tried more than 33.2" (yet).

Loved the Toyo Open Country AT IIs! Got 101,000+ miles over almost 10 years and could have gone more.

Needed deep snow traction and replaced with Discount Tire Pathfinder ATs for $893.28 that are doing well. First time trying these and not counting on 100K but maybe similar ROI for the lower cost. We'll see.

Also got another set of Geolander A/T 2015s for the Taco. Last set lasted the full 60,000 miles.