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552jrider's Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by 552Jrider, May 7, 2012.

  1. Jul 1, 2014 at 9:51 PM
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    Cohbsteq

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    Sick truck man! Do you have a link for the black corner lights you have?
     
  2. Jul 2, 2014 at 9:18 AM
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    Thanks. The corner lights are the same as these ones but I just happened to stumble upon a guy selling just the corner lights on ebay. I haven't seen anyone else selling jut the corner lights... and I searched forever looking to find just the black corner lights.
     
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  3. Jul 2, 2014 at 9:33 AM
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    Boot's look good! That's a nice side by side shot to show the extra ribs on the replacement boots!
     
  4. Jul 2, 2014 at 11:25 AM
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    Yea. Definitely a great product. After helping my buddy install some boots that were more universal than vehicle specific these were really easy to install.
     
  5. Jul 2, 2014 at 11:59 AM
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  6. Jul 3, 2014 at 2:49 PM
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    Bumper looks good man!
     
  7. Jul 3, 2014 at 11:51 PM
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    Thanks. Took me forever to modify it and paint it but I like it. Thanks again btw. You get your sliders put on?
     
  8. Jul 7, 2014 at 8:12 AM
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    Did you powder coat the bumper? Still reassembling the sliders, looking to mount them this week. You didn't have to modify the bolt holes did you?
     
  9. Jul 8, 2014 at 9:08 AM
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    no just a cheap spray paint job. Nope the bolt. Holes lined up fine. Just had to chop off the extra bracket on the front bolt hole.
     
  10. Jul 30, 2014 at 11:50 PM
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    Finished installing my tundra brakes today:
    Callahan calipers
    Brembo pads and rotors
    Wheelers brake lines
    Stock vs. tundra:
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    Worn stock rotor thickness
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    tundra rotor thickness:
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    Havent had a chance to fully test them since the brakes aren't broken in/bedded yet.
     
  11. Jul 31, 2014 at 7:44 AM
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    Clean truck man love the silver and black and what kinda of pads were you running before you did the tundra upgrade? Where did you get your wiper reservoir relocation tank?
     
  12. Jul 31, 2014 at 10:14 PM
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    thanks. the washer reservoir is abs pipe you can get at any local hardware store. I followed this write up for the most part. before the tundra brakes I had ebc green stuff pads. they were good but my calipers were sticking so they were worn down after 5 months... good pads though.
     
  13. Jul 31, 2014 at 10:55 PM
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    Is there a write up somewhere for the tundra swap or a year range which this swap works for? Getting set up to do brakes as well and shopping for options
     
  14. Aug 1, 2014 at 6:46 AM
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    There are a lot of resources on it. I just searched it on Google. I bought all my parts for a 05 TUNDRA which is the larger 231 calipers.
     
  15. Aug 3, 2014 at 3:45 PM
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    Hey bud, where did you get those hellas? and how did you mount them. Looks nice
     
  16. Aug 5, 2014 at 11:16 PM
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    I think I got them on Amazon... just normal hella 500's. the mount was a piece of aluminum angle, I made a few holes and a few cuts for it to clear the hood latch... super simple but it worked.
     
  17. Nov 27, 2014 at 1:59 PM
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    Got new tires yesterday(285/75 r16 BFG KO2). Decided to go with an all terrain since I do a lot of highway driving and very little off-road for the time being. I think these new ko2s look pretty sweet.
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  18. May 15, 2015 at 1:39 PM
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    Cleaned her up a few days ago
     
  19. Jun 15, 2015 at 9:27 PM
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    New corner lights and grille lights
     
  20. Jun 15, 2015 at 9:27 PM
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    Got my rtt the other day, bed rack soon so i can actually use it
     

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