2017 Mica Bronze Build

MODS:
Linex Bed
Seat covers
RCI Skid Plate
RCI Transmission Skid plus CAT guard
Tow Mirrors
TRD Grill Insert
Fumto Valve
Aluminium Housing for oil filter/Reverted back to OEM
Victory Sliders
Level lift
SPC UCA
Bilstein rear with reservoirs
ICON 2.5 front
Method 701 rims 17X8.5 0 offset
General Grabber X3 295/75R17/Replacex with Falken Wildpeak
Huskey floor liners
Alpharex headlights/ Replaced with Toyota LED headlights
Alpharex Taillights
Diode Dynamics SS3 Amber Fog lights
Rear axle breather mod
Rago Fabrication dash mount
Front anytime camera
C4 Overland Bumper
Badlands 12000 pound winch
KC spot lights
Baja amber fog lights
Extreme amber/white 30" light bar






https://www.tundras.com/threads/got-rid-of-the-alpha-rex-headlights-went-toyota-oem.94189/
https://youtu.be/G_vl2AYe7Yg 16 minutes in.
Wanted to make a record of the mods done. Here she is happy as hell bring her home, did plenty of research before buying. Used to own a Ram so realibilty was main factor. So stoked.

First thing I did was to get the bed linexed. Second was to protect the seats got a dirty job plus kids, also like going out. So I installed Cover Kings , cordura ballistic custom seat covers.


Did some off roading mashed in the OEM skid plate.
Lucky for me RCI just so happened to be having a group buy.
The chrome was driving me crazy, could not wash it off no matter how hard I tried. So after much debating my decision was to order the platinum grill.



Really liked the change made the rest of the chrome like badges and bumper ends seem reasonable. Then came the holidays. Ordered tow mirrors. Also did not want to plastic dip the badges ordered those and the grill insert. Also picked up a pair up a pair of TRD PRO blacked out headlights off of Craigslist. Now I really got to do something about the rims and bumper ends.



Well my warranty came to an end seemed to soon. Now I will do my own maintenance. So I installed the Fumoto valve along with the aluminium housing for the filter.



It was nice to know that the RCI skid plate worked well with the oil change, no problem.
Then Victory 4x4 came to our group, bought and installed there sliders. Glad I have been working too much to follow their thread probably would have bought more stuff.

 

Here are the sliders

 

Nice truck! Looks great!

 

Beautiful truck -- love that mica color.

 

My girl got her tramp stamp today, by decals by design just bumper ends and rims left to change

 

Removed all badges added Diamond Back cover great purchase. I will add badging once I figure it out

 

Where did you order the color-matched grill surround from?

 

Looks good. Great color!

 

Sparks I think. But I had to buy the platinum grill to get the color matched surround then I took out the chrome and replaced with TRD

 

There is a Mica Bronze Thread you should check out.

 

You should check out the Mica Bronze Thread

 

SUNSET MICA BRONZE THREAD

 

Cool I was just wondering if there was another place that might offer it.
This is the one I'm looking to get
https://www.sparksparts.com/accessories-and-aftermarket-parts-trd-pro-grille-53100-0c260

 

I am a proud member of that thread!!

 

So the issue is that Toyota never made a Mica Bronze TRD PRO. That's why you have to get the platinum. The actual grill I got off EBay.

 

Right on

 

All I want are color matched front bumper caps, then I’m done.

 

Newest Mods

 

Installed fender flares and decals more to come

 

I like the diamond back for it's usefulness. The ability to lock up and load up. Trip to Montana. The coolers where packed and the raft is heavy.


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Decals and fender flares:

 

Installed new headlights and taillights. I have a pic on where I mounted the resistors underneath the headlights. I also did the rear axle breather mod since I was taking out the taillights. I have pics of the LED turn signals I used , resistors and back up lights as extra accessories.

 

Rago

 

It was time to buy new tires so I went with Flaken Wildpeaks M/T. I do think that the General Grabbers were better though. At least for rain and ice.

 

So I have pictures above of installing Alpha Rex headlights. What is not stated is that I ended up replacing them 3 times before I called I quits. Here is a link.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/got-rid-of-the-alpha-rex-headlights-went-toyota-oem.94189/

Here is a typical failure.

 

Though originally I did like the Alpha Rex one would fail about every 6 months. So I ordered Toyota OEM LED headlights. Here is a picture of what I hope is satisfaction to continue. I think that the OEM is more of a focused beam, also the DRL lights are more crisp .Were as the Alpha Rex was more spread out an the DRL dull. Also the quality of the hardware from Toyota https://www.tundras.com/threads/got-rid-of-the-alpha-rex-headlights-went-toyota-oem.94189/ to be an upgrade.






This was also something I wanted to get done before the bumper install.

 

Last September I finally received the C4 bumper that I ordered. I can remember how long I waited for it but it was long enough. What took even longer was for me to coat,accessorize then install.






Note: The Yankum rope fairlead doesn't fit with the C4 overland bumper. I had to make a doubler plate for it to function properly. Also I still have to modify the rope. I have the tools just need to apply myself.

 

About the time I ordered my C4 bumper I preinstalled the Aux Beam 8 gang switch. Just mounted the bracket and circuit board, ran the wire inside and hid I behind the dash. Never took the time to check if it worked so I was pleased when I started to install the lights it worked.Lost the stickers tough.

The Rago dash mount came I handy for the control panel.

I also had a bracket made to mount the winch shut off and the breaker for the Aux Beam.



I do plan on cleaning up he wiring for he winch shut off and trip breaker. Also I will modify he rope properly for the Yankum fairlead.