TwoTrack's 05 Tundra
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TwoTrack
Buy Once, Cry Once
I've seen others run them stock and I have plenty of clearance currently.
After owning this for a while...How are you liking the access cab with the child seat? I love access cab 1st gens. Just want to fit my daughter in there.
What did you end up getting for a child seat?
Hate to be a pain but could you post a few photos of the rear with the child seat?
What did you end up getting for a child seat?
Hate to be a pain but could you post a few photos of the rear with the child seat?
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TwoTrack
Buy Once, Cry Once
It's been great. When she was in the infant seat it was tight but as she's gotten older and recently turned around, there is much more room. My wife actually uses the truck right now as the DD kid shuttle. The seat we currently have in there is a cheaper Cosco from Wal-Mart. We bought it to use on airplanes because it's so compact and have moved it to the truck since.
I'll try to remember to grab a pic tonight.
TwoTrack
Buy Once, Cry Once
This thread has been dead now for over 2 years, so I figured I'd go ahead and add something new!
We ended up not moving to Seattle, buying a house in Tampa, I got a great new job, and my daughter is to the age that she wants to camp!
The truck hasn't changed much, the BFG KM's finally failed after about ~35k miles:
I ended up replacing them with Milestar Patagonia A/T's in 245/75r17. It's a very mild (and cheap) A/T but has honestly surprised me.
I finally got around to taking care of the frame rust I had. I used Corroseal Rust Converter and then top coated with Rustoleum. The results were amazing and have really held up well, I can't say enough great things about it.
This is what I was starting with:
The end of the frame rails were the worst part, the previous owner had tie down points for what I believe was a slide in. As I was taking them off it looked like they had been trapping water at the the top, it wasn't pretty, and it was a total pain to remove.
This was applying the Corroseal, it turned everything black:
Not the best picture, but this is after top coating with the Rustoleum:
I still have to do in front of the front axles, but by far the worst parts were around the rear bumper.
We ended up not moving to Seattle, buying a house in Tampa, I got a great new job, and my daughter is to the age that she wants to camp!
The truck hasn't changed much, the BFG KM's finally failed after about ~35k miles:
I ended up replacing them with Milestar Patagonia A/T's in 245/75r17. It's a very mild (and cheap) A/T but has honestly surprised me.
I finally got around to taking care of the frame rust I had. I used Corroseal Rust Converter and then top coated with Rustoleum. The results were amazing and have really held up well, I can't say enough great things about it.
This is what I was starting with:
The end of the frame rails were the worst part, the previous owner had tie down points for what I believe was a slide in. As I was taking them off it looked like they had been trapping water at the the top, it wasn't pretty, and it was a total pain to remove.
This was applying the Corroseal, it turned everything black:
Not the best picture, but this is after top coating with the Rustoleum:
I still have to do in front of the front axles, but by far the worst parts were around the rear bumper.
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TwoTrack
Buy Once, Cry Once
So today we went on our first offroad outing in almost 3 years. (I haven't been camping since.... 2016? ?)
My daughter loves anything nature, we actually called today a "nature ride". We ended up hiking to some caves:
We drove a lot of trails that I haven't seen in years, most looked much different than I remembered. We found a nice little spot for lunch and my daughter ended up playing in a mud hole.
Next to where we ended up eating was also a pretty large washout, which must be well known. While we were there we had a group of Jeeps come through and play for a minute, which was fun to watch. A second group came through while we were packing up, we were blessed by a late model Subaru Forester entering the washout, proceeding to floor it, and in the process peeling every piece of plastic from underneath that car. He then exited the vehicle and was embraced by his group with fist bumps and manly sounds as they all gathered up the debris field, it was truly a sight to see.
After that entertaining episode, we ended up giving it a try in the Tundra. I had to fix my line a few times but it kept on moving forward. I was most impressed on the last washout we climbed, the bottom was very soupy and I truly didn't think the tires would be able to get enough traction to climb out (my wife wasn't so sure about it either).
We all had a really great day and we're excited to start doing this more. My daughter has been begging to go camping but its just to hot in Florida right now.
I still need to do something with my rear suspension, it doesn't flex and it's brutally harsh. I think I might start by removing the helper springs to see what that nets me. Other than that, I think we're just going to keep doing day trips like this to see how things shake out.
My daughter loves anything nature, we actually called today a "nature ride". We ended up hiking to some caves:
We drove a lot of trails that I haven't seen in years, most looked much different than I remembered. We found a nice little spot for lunch and my daughter ended up playing in a mud hole.
Next to where we ended up eating was also a pretty large washout, which must be well known. While we were there we had a group of Jeeps come through and play for a minute, which was fun to watch. A second group came through while we were packing up, we were blessed by a late model Subaru Forester entering the washout, proceeding to floor it, and in the process peeling every piece of plastic from underneath that car. He then exited the vehicle and was embraced by his group with fist bumps and manly sounds as they all gathered up the debris field, it was truly a sight to see.
After that entertaining episode, we ended up giving it a try in the Tundra. I had to fix my line a few times but it kept on moving forward. I was most impressed on the last washout we climbed, the bottom was very soupy and I truly didn't think the tires would be able to get enough traction to climb out (my wife wasn't so sure about it either).
We all had a really great day and we're excited to start doing this more. My daughter has been begging to go camping but its just to hot in Florida right now.
I still need to do something with my rear suspension, it doesn't flex and it's brutally harsh. I think I might start by removing the helper springs to see what that nets me. Other than that, I think we're just going to keep doing day trips like this to see how things shake out.
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blueranger501
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I have the AAL and Icon 2.5 resi replacements. Ride is fantastic. With you on the flex though.
