Any Tundra Build Pics?
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WASURF63
Adventurer
Try scrolling down 8-10 posts below this.
jim65wagon
Well-known member
I would recommend letting him visit the Tundrabirds thread.....until then, I can give this:
It's not the most built truck in existence (heck, it's darned near stock!) but it gets our family and gear to lots of interesting places
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and it's done it's truck the stuff job for 180,000 miles.......
It's not the most built truck in existence (heck, it's darned near stock!) but it gets our family and gear to lots of interesting places
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and it's done it's truck the stuff job for 180,000 miles.......
bigwapitijohnny
Adventurer
Are 2nd Generation pics O.K.?
Here are some pics of my 2011 Tundra...
Loving it!
Regards,
BWJ
Here are some pics of my 2011 Tundra...
Loving it!
Regards,
BWJ
Clutch
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It doesn't take much...maybe a 2.5-3" coilover suspension lift, upgraded rear springs, a topper and call it good. Simply sleep in the topper, or backpacking tent.
One needs very little to "expo"...or "exped"....:ylsmoke: I don't care for awnings attached to the truck...prefer a free standing shade structure like an Ez-Up, and actually no need for tent...just use the Ez-Up with walls, at least that is what we do.
My Tacoma stayed stock for a very long time...and traveled all over in it, had to upgrade to bette suspension because I broke the stock components.
This black Tundra isn't mine, but I like very a clean SnugTop, ARE, Leer topper, plus I don't like too much "bolt-on" BS items...more into the "stealth" look, cleaner the better. Keep everything hidden inside the topper. It wards off would be thieves. I have black curtains, that velcro to my SnugTop's carpet liner, so no one can peer through the windows and spy on my treasure...
Not a Tundra...but this style is just about perfect IMO.
Maybe an AutoHome Maggiolina roof top tent so it can me removed when not traveling.
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dyogim
Explorer
There's several 1-Gen Tundra builds in this forum. Here's a series of pics of my rig from beginning to how it sits now.
After a couple of months of purchasing back in 07/2000. Lights, wheels and tires:
GY Wrangler tires and custom beefy rear bumper and other mods:
Changed out the rear bumper for a high clearance one and other mods you can't see:
After my accident in 2004. I decided to do the solid axle swap instead of rebuilding it back to stock.
Added a custom roof rack for lights and to store items.
Fast forward to this year. Running an ARE utility shell and 37" tires. LED lights, winch and removed the roof rack. Most likely will not add the roof rack back over the cab. Thinking over the shell.
After a couple of months of purchasing back in 07/2000. Lights, wheels and tires:
GY Wrangler tires and custom beefy rear bumper and other mods:
Changed out the rear bumper for a high clearance one and other mods you can't see:
After my accident in 2004. I decided to do the solid axle swap instead of rebuilding it back to stock.
Added a custom roof rack for lights and to store items.
Fast forward to this year. Running an ARE utility shell and 37" tires. LED lights, winch and removed the roof rack. Most likely will not add the roof rack back over the cab. Thinking over the shell.
Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
Something maybe like this....
2.5" lift, heavy duty Deaver rear springs, emphasis on stealth work truck appearance.
Clutch
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Yerrrrp! Plus a topper, to hide more gear, and keep it out of the elements.
I tried living without my topper for a couple months...it was cool at first, then I really missed it. Because I ride dirt bikes, trying to stuff the moto-gear bag(s) in the front to lock up while out riding, well....kinda sucks...compared to dropping the tail gate, opening the hatch and tossing it back there...
Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
We have an ARE topper and plan on using it when it's all four of us on a trip. We'll sleep upstairs in the Maggie and the kids can crash in the cap on the sleeping platform. But when it's just Michelle and I, the cover/rack system works really well for storage, I don't see a loss of mpg like I would with the RTT on top of the shell and I can keep the center of gravity lower. The topper/cover rack set-ups allow us a lot of flexibility in our roll out set-up.
Clutch
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Yeah different stokes for different folks...funny I was just thinking..with the topper could sleep 4 "comfortably" or put the wet dog in the "basement"...:ylsmoke:
At least that is what I did when I had the Wildernest, which I sold and going the Autohome Mag route...so I can remove it when not traveling, that and switch-out between our vehicles as well...have an Isuzu Trooper in the quiver now...
JCMatthews
Tour Guide
looks pretty stock
Does not look like much. It has a Bilstein 5100 adjustables on the front to level things out. I sleep under the tonneau cover hoping for either a cap or pop up camper. I pull the M416 to carry the gear for five including bikes as you can see. I would like an ARB Bull Bar, a full 2 1/2" lift, rock sliders, and some kind of a good rear bumper, but that will probably never be realized.
Does not look like much. It has a Bilstein 5100 adjustables on the front to level things out. I sleep under the tonneau cover hoping for either a cap or pop up camper. I pull the M416 to carry the gear for five including bikes as you can see. I would like an ARB Bull Bar, a full 2 1/2" lift, rock sliders, and some kind of a good rear bumper, but that will probably never be realized.
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jim65wagon
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Wow! I'm really digging this long travelled, hood-scooped ride! Kinda what I always envisioned for my own truck, but never willing to throw the cash down......