seanpistol's 01 Tundra
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FJR Colorado
Explorer
I have to hand it to the crazy surgeons here... 
They have more guts than I do!
Looks freaking great, Sean!
They have more guts than I do!
Looks freaking great, Sean!
wreckdiver1321
Overlander
Just a little bit of cutting and welding. :Wow1:
Geez, you first gen Tundra guys... You doing all this and Rickashay planning a bed bob. Mild is not in your vocabulary, is it?
Geez, you first gen Tundra guys... You doing all this and Rickashay planning a bed bob. Mild is not in your vocabulary, is it?
seanpistol
Explorer
This job was a very tedious pain in the ***. The 16ga sheet metal I used is much heavier duty than the stock 22 ga sheet metal and not quite as easy to work with. However, I was able to manipulate it easily by welding the bottom to the 3/16 plate on the lower door jamb, then beating on it with an 8 lb sledge and tacking up the sides as it came into shape. I've seen where some people just spot weld and then fill it all in with seam sealer. I completely welded everything, then seam sealed anyway. The first side took me about a day and a half and the second side took half a day to complete.
Still need to trim the kick panels and get them reinstalled. Still need to trim the rear passenger wheel well and reinforce both of them. Still need to color match snaps to fill the holes in the fender when my paint shows up. Still need to paint the white underneath the fender, and still need to see if I can make the fender liner work. I rub the frame slightly at full lock (with 3.25" backspacing) and the washer reservoir at full compression and full lock. Than can easily be remedied with a heat gun.
Seam sealed and painted with a rubberized undercoating from Rustoleum -
On the passenger side you can see how far back I cut into the firewall -
Since they're pretty worn, the mounted MTRs are a full inch smaller than the brand new MTR I used for the tub(and now have mounted in the bed as my spare). I took 2.25" out of the majority of the front fender, and 1" out of the majority of the rear wheel well. It's slightly excessive, but with my backspacing I rubbed the lip of both the front and rear fenders. Plus, I just like how it looks. The truck has somewhere in the vicinity of 2" lift in the front and 1" in the rear.
The power loss is noticeable, but not terrible. I'm excited to regear. I'd like to sell the stack of 5 Duratracs with 5,000 miles on them before I fork out that cash, but I want to get it done the first week of July.
Here's full compression/full droop just for poops and giggles.
Still need to trim the kick panels and get them reinstalled. Still need to trim the rear passenger wheel well and reinforce both of them. Still need to color match snaps to fill the holes in the fender when my paint shows up. Still need to paint the white underneath the fender, and still need to see if I can make the fender liner work. I rub the frame slightly at full lock (with 3.25" backspacing) and the washer reservoir at full compression and full lock. Than can easily be remedied with a heat gun.
Seam sealed and painted with a rubberized undercoating from Rustoleum -
On the passenger side you can see how far back I cut into the firewall -
Since they're pretty worn, the mounted MTRs are a full inch smaller than the brand new MTR I used for the tub(and now have mounted in the bed as my spare). I took 2.25" out of the majority of the front fender, and 1" out of the majority of the rear wheel well. It's slightly excessive, but with my backspacing I rubbed the lip of both the front and rear fenders. Plus, I just like how it looks. The truck has somewhere in the vicinity of 2" lift in the front and 1" in the rear.
The power loss is noticeable, but not terrible. I'm excited to regear. I'd like to sell the stack of 5 Duratracs with 5,000 miles on them before I fork out that cash, but I want to get it done the first week of July.
Here's full compression/full droop just for poops and giggles.
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marathonracer
Adventurer
Very nice.
wreckdiver1321
Overlander
So much travel.
Looks awesome!
Looks awesome!
adrenalated
New member
Been following this thread for awhile now. Thanks for all the awesome info and pics.
Question - you still have the fender flares you pulled off the truck? I'd consider taking 'em off your hands if you'd let them go reasonably cheap.
Question - you still have the fender flares you pulled off the truck? I'd consider taking 'em off your hands if you'd let them go reasonably cheap.
spazstic
Lives for the weekend
Looks great, can't wait to start on mine Saturday. You said you rub at lock on the frame, I'm hoping that isn't a big issue with me. I have Fox 2.0 air bumps mounted on the frame (they act as secondaries) that I think will be in the way, but I plan on removing them to put bypasses on. I'll be doing that Sat as well.
Thanks for all the great pics, it looks **************!
Thanks for all the great pics, it looks **************!
seanpistol
Explorer
285s, PMed.
Thanks! Yes, it rubs the frame at full lock. If you have less backspacing it should rub more. You asked earlier what I used for seam sealer-
Yes I do, PMed.
Thank you! About 9" of travel.
:smiley_drive:
Thanks for all the kind words!
No you don't... never seen it done on a double cab!
EscapeDivision
New member
Ermahgerd.
Awesome job, Sean. Looks great!
Awesome job, Sean. Looks great!