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

There’s an updated starwheel with more or less teeth that’s supposed to address the poor self adjusting performance of these. I adjust mine at every oil change, usually a few clicks each side and the brakes feel great again.

 

They were discontinued for my 02. I had to go with one from Napa I think.

 

So it begins....

 

Yikes. Do you have kids?

 

I heard from somewhere that braking from reverse is the key. Not sure if pedal or parking

Or recently bought it like that.....

 

Engaging the parking brake lightly and doing abrupt stops in reverse will sometimes work for me. But usually just end up manually adjusting.

 

If this smell won't come out, they're gonna get refoamed and covered...... However round one on the seating cushions on the pass bench is complete.

 

Which website is that from? I really need to do the reinforcement plates. For some reason I have in my head that those are difficult to put on but thinking about it again, I feel like they shouldn't be too bad.

 

What are you using on them?

 

Just a reference of the phase 1 pass side vs the clearly untouched driver seat

 

https://www.firstgentundra.com/first-gen-tundra

I'm going to assess if difficult when they get here. I'm not currently experiencing the problem, it's purely proactive.

Read that as "dicks", and ... wow, that raised an eyebrow.

Nice! Black mold is my favorite mold. Never know what you're gonna get with junkyard/partout seats!

 

Not difficult at all. Maybe 15 minutes per side if my memory is right.

 

It's not black mold, it's just what smells like forever old coffee. I've smelt mold and black mold in cars before. Doesn't have that oder to it. And judging of what I pulled and vacuumed out this is kid and wife/ single mother grime. Take that how you will.

 

A shop vac and my heavy duty hoover meant for heavy pet traffic along with an upholstery attachment

 

hey that's on you

 

Making me spend money. Ordered

 

Your mileage may vary, you need to get the wheels off the ground and click until you can hear/feel them dragging. Mine spun pretty freely forwards but turning the wheel backwards, it drug a little

 

Round 2 done

 

Also I'm pretty sure now I'm gonna have them refoamed and covered. Smokers owned it at some point. That would be the smell I couldn't id @Mr.bee . I knew it wasn't cat piss. Old smoking residue and years of kid filth and single mom perfumes...... Sucks cause I've wasted almost 3 hours out here

 

If that doesn't get it done enough for you, I highly recommend a drill brush set. I would wet it down with my extractor, then run the drill over it multiple times, then extract it. Worked pretty good.

$19 Drillbrush Car Detailing Kit Interior Cleaner Brush Set - 3 Piece Drill Brush Cleaning Tool Attachment Kit for Cleaning Furniture, Carpet, Chairs, Shower Door Glass – Drill Brush Wheel Cleaner Kit

https://www.amazon.com/Drillbrush-B...&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583520401714695&th=1

I'm sure you saw my before and after from last May. Works wonders.

 

Fish said the same thing. But that smokers residue and nicotine are in the foam. That's not coming out. I could wash them 8 hours a day for a month and they'd still smell. My dad's second E150 work van he bought was like this. Took us a month a family of 4 scrubbing the stripped interior just get the residues off the paint work on the inside, and my dad just bought a whole new interior. Dash and inside engine cover.

 

Also I have a set of those. I used to show cars, so I have really nice detailing shit

 

You need an ozone generator to kill the smell.

 

This stuff will do it. Had a Cherokee that reeked of smoke and it took care of it.

$13 BIG D INDUSTRIES, BGD202, BGD202 Deodorizer F/SKE/FIRE 5OZ CT/12

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00067IVDA

 

I got a lot of tools, but not that one

 

Damn, that company stole my stripper name from my late teens...

 

Damn, that grey is hiding a hint of blue.

 

So here are the seats in my recently acquired 06. I'm torn on what to do, as far as try and repair it, get completely reupholstered, or replace. They are also filthy all around. The backseats are immaculate though interestingly.

 

My 00 ACs rears are mint as well. Fronts yeah I'm not so much lol. This 60/40s about to be mint tho. The sad part is there's only 2 small tares in that bench where you can't even see them when mounted. Good thing I only paid 85 for that bench seat. @a55h0le_dachshund "85" bucks

 

$80