WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR 3RD GEN TUNDRA TODAY?

Do you have time to do a quick install tutorial? It is much approciated.

 

Did you get your wheels yet? I had to change my order because I ordered the wrong offset. I spoke with someone in the phone and there is too much back and forth. Long story short, they still haven’t confirmed to updating my order with the correct specs.

I ordered a single wheel for a spare in the correct specs and guess what…. Got it in two days! Website says it’s not even in stock. I’m a little pissed with their communication at this point.

Here is a picture of my spare

 

Managed the OEM pro grille swap and marker lights without breaking anything. Ordered some matte black overlays for the “TOYOTA” symbol.

Glad I went with OEM lights - they are the perfect color match to the ambers in the headlights. They look slightly off in the picture, but perfect in person.

 

Installed GoRhino RB20s today, taking advantage of some dry weather in Oregon. Install took about one hour with no surprises. Lots of extra parts, as GoRhino sends the brackets and boards in two different boxes. Got mine through my Toyota dealer, but they get drop shipped directly from GoRhino. Great combination of form & function. Very happy with results.

 

Look great! I have some slim 30's on the way. My hardware showed up today, but no boards though!

 

The more I see these the more I like them!

 

Can’t wait to see the over lays. I considered doing them.

 

Installed some Rough Country rear wheelwell liners. Huge difference!

 

I did these too, love them!

 

Curious about the liners, what are the advantages? Seems like they might keep the undercarriage/suspension a bit cleaner but also seems to make it much harder to spay those areas off as they're still going to get dirty?

 

First off, it looks much better, you could see all the way through to the other side. Secondly, it keeps most of the water, salt, dirt off of the electronics under there. Third, it's super easy to clean & did I mention it looks so much better?

 

Yeaaaahhh. I ordered satin black, got a ton of runaround about ship date, they all came and went, and then I finally got a real answer - the backorder list was so long that the container that did make it in December went to others before me. But they had gloss blacks in the same specs so they sent those. Then they forgot to include the lugs. And the payment got botched. I had to call them and email several times to get it all square.

Short story long, they're not great at running a biz but I did get wheels a few months later. I still need to get a pic to share. Aside from the shenanigans bordering on Tom Foolery, I'm digging them!

 

Well that gives me lots of hope. I’ll be calling them again tomorrow because I have a feeling they actually have they wheels I want in stock.

 

I did the same to mine last week. Super easy install. Maybe 15 minutes for both sides.

 

Finally decided to tackle the grille swap. Took most of the afternoon, but it wasn't a bad process. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the reveal below the headlight on the passenger side flush. I ended up using a zip tie to pull it back flush. I guess it may have been off to begin with but I didn't notice it before I took the front end off to know for sure. I don't think I broke anything, the plastic is just flimsy and flexy.

 

Looks great! I’m kicking myself for not installing a light bar at the same time and have zero interest in taking everything apart again anytime soon. Is that light bar OEM or a different brand?

 

It's the Diode Dynamics.

I also cleaned about a pound of dead bugs and leaves from the intercoolers while I had the front off.

 

Installed Baja design fogs.

 

Looks great!

 

Can you do me a favor and check the reveals at these two circled spots? Are your bumper panels flush with the bottom of the headlights? My passenger side sits forward of the headlight by about 3/16". Trying to figure out if it was always this way or if I did something wrong reassembling.

 

for sure! Mine looks pretty dang flush. And I’ve taken the bumper off twice now. I bet one of the clips back there is slightly off and not fully clipped in

 

I ordered these direct from rough country weeks ago, got stuck in Memphis then shipped back to rough country. Sent a 2nd set suppose to be here this Tuesday. Really want these to keep snow and ice from packing in where it doesn’t belong. I already made better front liners from big heavy inner tubes. Keeps salt spray off engine and components better also

 

Sorry for the delay - I was out camping for the weekend.

1st: I did them a little different as I was hooking them in with side and rear running lights. But the general process is about the same.

I did take off my front end to install a train horn and wired these up at the same time, but you don't need to take it off to install. The front covers just pop out with plastic clips - no screws. If you start from the top, you can pop them all out pretty easily.

Wires are:

• RED: Light (DRL) - I used tail light.
• WHITE: Accessory - I tied in with the RED and used same tail light circuit.
• BLACK: Ground.
• YELLOW: Blinker.
  • This is where i got different. It says to use the yellow marker light, but there is no easy way to get to it and especially no way to get in there to tap the wire. I ended up doing a
    $29 7 Pin to 4 Pin Trailer Wiring Harness with Reverse Wire, 43"es USCAR Trailer Extension Wire Connector Adapter for Trucks Pickups Trailers, Trailer Plug for Installing LED Tailgate Light Bar
    tee-trailer wire set (I did not buy from Amazon) off the REAR trailer plug then pulled it all to the front where I made all the connections using a terminal block. That way, I can remove the wiring if needed pretty easily. Also means I don't have to cut wires if I need to remove the front end again (which BTW, is pretty simple - takes about 10 mins).

 

HA! I do. Decided to change up this time. Although the black Tundras are faster.

 

This is how I wired my fender/grille marker lights. Everything is reversable and no damage to OEM wires. Hate tapping OEM wires, lol.

 

That looks so much cleaner!

 

Yes!! And it's cheap & easy to do. You don't even have to jack it up or remove wheel to install these.
What pushed me to install was, I was driving down the road one day & saw a Tundra waiting to pull out in traffic. I noticed I could see daylight through the wheelwell & it didn't look good. This is much better, and protects everything that was visible over the axle.

 

does that maybe affect engine heat exit pathing?

just a side note i thought of while browsing

 

If you’re referring to the wheel well liners, the Rough Country are just for the rear wheel wells.

 

For the front ones I made as well as the ones you can buy, never heard of or experienced that being an issue