GasCan
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After our second child we needed another vehicle .... believe it or not ... for the nanny. I wanted a rugged 3rd vehicle to venture out to the mountains for skiing. Her husband had a construction company so she always drove hand-me-down pickup trucks.
Along came Toyota red tag days ... timing was perfect. Originally I was thinking a Tacoma, but being 6'4" I couldn't fit in it comfortably. We had kids, so we wanted leather....so we got a Limited.
Nanny only lasted a year before we decided to change our child care arrangements so the Tundra spend most of its days siting in the driveway while I spend most of my time diving my leased, family functional M3 sedan. The Tundra is in the background.
But when the weather turned bad, I drove the truck. When it was time to head to the ski hills!!... I drove the truck.
The only mod I had done, was put on a RollBak cover. In the winter of 2008 we moved to an acreage and were thinking of trading it in for something smaller but both my wife and I manage to drive the Sienna into the ditch during a snow storm and both times we used the Tundra to pull it out. So we traded in the Sienna for a Subi WRX!( I know. ****** was I thinking moving to an acreage and trading in the truck).
Now that we committed to the Tundra the so called genie was out of the bottle....so to speak.
Did a lift kit. Went with a ICON stage III kit which included coilovers, tuned rear shocks and a 3-leaf add-a-leaf pack. Also put in a front diff drop and Total Chaos upper control arms.
Since this was the dedicated winter adventure truck I put Nok studded tires on the factory wheels and ordered some GY Silent Arm 275/70-R17 tires on ATX Mojave wheels from the TireRack. I was a little hesitent to commit to the 285s.
More to come.
GC
Along came Toyota red tag days ... timing was perfect. Originally I was thinking a Tacoma, but being 6'4" I couldn't fit in it comfortably. We had kids, so we wanted leather....so we got a Limited.
Nanny only lasted a year before we decided to change our child care arrangements so the Tundra spend most of its days siting in the driveway while I spend most of my time diving my leased, family functional M3 sedan. The Tundra is in the background.
But when the weather turned bad, I drove the truck. When it was time to head to the ski hills!!... I drove the truck.
The only mod I had done, was put on a RollBak cover. In the winter of 2008 we moved to an acreage and were thinking of trading it in for something smaller but both my wife and I manage to drive the Sienna into the ditch during a snow storm and both times we used the Tundra to pull it out. So we traded in the Sienna for a Subi WRX!( I know. ****** was I thinking moving to an acreage and trading in the truck).
Now that we committed to the Tundra the so called genie was out of the bottle....so to speak.
Did a lift kit. Went with a ICON stage III kit which included coilovers, tuned rear shocks and a 3-leaf add-a-leaf pack. Also put in a front diff drop and Total Chaos upper control arms.
Since this was the dedicated winter adventure truck I put Nok studded tires on the factory wheels and ordered some GY Silent Arm 275/70-R17 tires on ATX Mojave wheels from the TireRack. I was a little hesitent to commit to the 285s.
More to come.
GC
