dyogim's 00 tundra build

[dyogim]

I was having a hard time finding one as well and was literally looking at welders to build my own....Previous owner said this one was made for a 1gen tundra. :ylsmoke:

 

[dyogim]

Picked up the shell last night. Need to center it onto the bed, cut some plexy to fit in the front window, replace the shocks on the side doors and clean up the spiders inside. Once the rain stops, I'll be prepping for paint.

 

[dyogim]

Shell has been painted with duplicolor truck bed paint. On order is a new front sliding window, shock for the side doors and a pair of LED strips from amazon. Going to see if the LED strips will be bright enough to light up the inside of the shell.

Link to LED strip: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QQ1YOM/ref=ox_ya_os_product

Pick of the painted shell

 

[jim65wagon]

Looks good Mike!

 

[WASURF63]

Looks good Mike!

x2!

Great combo. Had one of those on my '00 Tundra with barn doors and driver side toolbox. You'll love it.

 

[dyogim]

Got some work done on the shell while I'm waiting for the shocks and front window from the dealer. With this new LED kick I have, I decided to purchase two 16 ft LED strips from amazon for just under $13 a roll.

Amazon.com: Flexible Light Strip 300 SMD White LED Ribbon 5 Meter or 16 Feet By Ledwholesalers, 2026wh: Home Improvement

I was a bit hesitant about how bright they would be but, for the price it was worth a shot. I also purchased one of the dimmer switches but decided not to install it. I ran a wire from my blue sea fuse block (using a 5amp fuse) in the engine bay all the way down to near the tail gate where the switch is located, then ran two 75" LED strips along the ceiling frame from front to back. The backing uses some 3M adhesive and cutting the strips was easily done at the specific locations with scissors. I then connected one end of each strip with some 16 gauge stranded wire. Wanted to use 18 but, 16 was all I had. The other end of one of the strips I ran additional wire to the switch and ground (+ to the switch, - to ground). The switch was a simple 2 prong toggle switch (able to handle 20amps). The decision was also not to use a relay because of the low amperage the strips used. All the connections I had to solder myself. Which is no biggie as long as you take your time. Enough reading here are the pics. They were taken with a blackberry. Apologize ahead of time for the crappy pics:

Here's the switch:

Pic with no lights. In the top left, you can barely see the street light shining through the shell window.

With a flourescent work shop light. Again the top left shows the same street light for ref.

Here's are the LED's lit-up.

 

[Derek24]

That is so cool! I'm ordering up some today! You think those LEDs would handle being rock lights under the fenders?

 

[dyogim]

That is so cool! I'm ordering up some today! You think those LEDs would handle being rock lights under the fenders?

I wouldn't use them for rock lights as they are not protected. I could easily see them getting hit by rocks or debris.

 

[dyogim]

Finished adding the LED strips to the shell door. I added them to the top of each of the 3 doors (near the hinges):

 

[Derek24]

Cool! I should have mine here in a couple of days. I got my rock lights yesterday!

 

[Petrolburner]

Wow those lights are awesome!

 

[dyogim]

Installed some of the rock lights underneath the truck. 6 in the rear and 4 in the front wheels wells. I'll get more pics tonight. Here's a pic of the rear taken with a blackberry bold

 

[Derek24]

Those things are bright!! Mine are still sitting on my table. I did get my camper shell lights hooked up though!

 

[dyogim]

Those things are bright!! Mine are still sitting on my table. I did get my camper shell lights hooked up though!

Mine have been sitting on my work bench for a while. Took a good part of the day yesterday to wire it all up.

 

[dyogim]

Some additional night pics of the metal backing LED's from bigredkacy(P4x4).

Side shot:

From the front:

Looking down from one of the lights in the front wheel well.