‘Dad Shred build thread’ double locked & 5:29’s SOLD, now 2014 tundra cm TRD OR

He'll do custom colors?
Those 4 1/2" bolts on top of the stock ones will me yuge! Especially the ones right under the winch.

 

Yes he does pretty much any color! I told him “suprise me!” Hahaha. Yes they are beefy bolts it’s very satisfying. Especially because I welded nuts to the back of the crossmember so it’s super clean just putting the big bottom bolts in through the winch plate & crossmember AND skid plate and just tightening down

 

I literally live in the brightest, hottest sunniest city in the US & ive waited my whole life to do an aftermarket full vehicle tint. So glad I got this done today. Full ceramic - with 50% on windshield, 35% on front windows and 15% around the whole back of the cab. It looks really dark through the windshield from outside but it’s totally fine from the inside & I know many people here in Phoenix az who use 50% on windshield no problem. No issues with night time visibility unless you go darker than 50%

 

We can't tint our windshield here unless it's like 98%. But even that if you get ceramic it's good!

 

Luckily in AZ our auto laws are incredibly lax on pretty much everything including windshield tint

 

Yeah here they are for the most part. Ceramic is the way to go though to keep the heat down no matter how dark it is that ceramic is what's doing the work.

 

Couldn’t agree more

 

Who did the tent? I’m looking for a quality, fair priced installer myself.

 

cost was roughly $150 for the windshield (ceramic and either 50 or 80% tint)
And they literally did all of my other windows for another $250 on the truck to total $400 which is a really good deal for ceramic and they had to remove the front windows tint too. They did our highlander windshield ceramic 50% and the 2 front windows ceramic 80% on top of the front window existing tint for a total of $280 and then a $20 travel fee. So $700 well spent on our two cars.

funny story - I caught them toggling my rock lights and ditch lights over and over while doing the job, (on my blink camera). They were really nerding out over my truck the two young guys asked me so many questions about the fabrication and stuff.

Cordoba window tint 6234663381

 

Mounted up my full sized Matching spare tonight. I used the beadlock ring spacers from Battleborn and the fit of the ring down on the wheel is mucho better. Will eventually be adding these rings to the other 4 wheels but I’m not necessarily in a hurry to do that. Got her all strapped and locked down in the bed with my bottle jack under the strap too. Such a tidy simple setup gotta love it. The last pic shows the bead ring spacers in between the ring and the wheel

 

Technically speaking the 50% on the windshield is illegal. But unlikely you’ll get busted for it especially down in the valley.

 

tbt then vs now

 

Ooh I love this game. Hard to believe it’s the same truck sometimes

 

Old, new, and new new. Not as much change as you two, but still makes me smile!

 

Love your trucks and wheeling pics.

What beadlocks are those?

And I will be digging through your thread to get more looks at that rear bumper. Looks sweet to have it tucked so high. My truck is a heavy bitch and I’d like to start bringing that weight down.

 

I will never get tired of that pic or any other pic of your truck Ryan. She sits so proper. Love it & wow what a transformation

 

Such a rad white truck you have there. She looks very well appointed

 

Thank you sir. They are battleborn gatekeeper beadlocks. 17x9 -38. They are steel & they are not even balanced and they ride great all over town for the last 1000 miles since I mounted them. No issues even at 70-75mph. They are like $250 ea so it was a no brainer for me. I’m very much a “VALUE” guy & these actually weigh THE SAME as fancy alloy KMC beadlocks that cost over 2x as much. Also battleborn is a cool veteran owned company, and also they do sales on blemished wheels so I saved even more money. The bumper is ticked about as much as possible. I couldn’t be happier. Joe even cut into the seam under the tailgate

 

Yeah, my dog Draco has a fine chariot Ruff life for a shelter dog.

 

I want to get the same set, I don’t understand the difference between backspace and offset but I assume it’s these?