Page: 4 The Truck Repainted and modifications:1/08
Drooping rear end after leveling kit.I need some helper springs in the future. 1/08

Bed is now patched and sprayed with something similar to Line-X. Its not Rhino Liner or Hercualiner either. The bed rails were sprayed too. 1/08

Just another view of the bed. 1/08

I had to have the bed corners sprayed because the truck started to rust not even a month after I got the truck back. Its always been a Toyota problem. 1/08

Rancho Shocks in the rear $49 each 1/08

Trail Master 2" Leveling kit $125 + $80 Labor

20% Window tint courtesy of Ziebart Boardman OH 44512

20% Window tint courtesy of Ziebart Boardman OH 44512 $180 for both front windows and sliding rear window.

After the Leveling kit was installed and new paint.

EGR Bug Shield $70, Bolt on style Made in Australia.

1 screw aon each side of the hood hold it up along wiht loosing the grill up to have the bug shield slide in.

The screw and clip.

Dad's Titan amd my Tundra

My saggy rear end after the leveling kit was installed. Dad's truck has the factory rake due to the offroad package.

3/08 Rusty bumper pisses me off. Called 100 Junkyards in a 50 mile radius and found only 2. Both of them have small dent on it. One guy wants $250 and the other wants $325

Factory Toyota Tundra step bars Access cab that I bought for $60. Ther were a little on the rusty side but I sanded the rusty parts down and applied some Krylon Rust inhbitor black. Next I applied some Krylon Semi-gloss black paint. They tuurned out alright. I guess. For $60 you can't beat that.

 finally got the step bars installed 6/08

I had to have the step bars welded to the truck because the lagbolts popped out when I stepped on it. I'm only 190 lbs but yeah I know, I need to lose some weight.

Tundra all weather floor mats out of an 05 tundra

K&N FIPK Intake Used $100. Labor $20 2/13/2009 I just traded it for a Volant Intake.

I spent 4 hours detailing the truck the night before 4/6/08

I just spent 6 hours detailing the truck the night before. 6/08

Before paint After paint

This is currently what the truck looks like. I had the leveling kit removed and I spray painted the centercaps black. I got bored one night. My step bar looks like its not sitting right. Well. I had them welded onto the truck and its not completely flat underneath.

2/13/2009 I removed the K&N FIPK intake and went back to the stock Toyota intake. Boy what a difference it was to gain my torque back.

I traded the K&N FIPK Intake for a Volant Intake.

3/15/2009

My driver mirror has been cracked for about 2 months now. It cracked back in January when eastern ohio had a sub zero temperatures for 2 days. I'm going to replace this mirror soon.

If you want an intake system that works better than the K&N intake then I suggest Volant. Try to find one of these volant intakes used. They sell new for about $300-$325. The filter is about $75 to replace. It does not come with a cleaning kit. That will set your wallet back another $20.

I did gain more power in this intake then I did with the stock toyota intake. While going up a hill at 50 Mph, the truck felt just as powerful with or with the stock intake.

So, in other words, I think you do lose a little bit of torque but at hole shot from 0-60mph is does feel more powerful. Also the volant does not have as much of that suction sound like the K&N does. The volant just like the K&N makes the exhaust sound throatier when you jump on it. If money is a problem, which it is for the majority then I suggest just running the stock intake. 

It has a hole that faced the front end of the truck allowing air to be sucked into the truck from the grille.

The filter is just a little bit exposed to the elements 

4 ports.

I did sell this intake. I only put about 20 miles on it and sold it. Had I not have my 300M I would not sell this intake because of the amount of power and torque that I picked up. Dyno tests show that gain up to 11hp.

5/19/2009

The TRD oil cap. I had this on for about a month but haven't got around to taking a pciture of it until now. $53

7/15/2009 

My tint meter arrived and I tested the windows. The front windows with the 20% that I paid for were 14-15% VLT.

The sliding rear window that I had 20% put overtop of the factory tint read 5%. I didn't know that it was that dark out the back.

I plan on removing the front tint sometime in the near future. It looks good during the day but its hard to see out of especially at night or when towing a boat. 

7/25/2009

Here are the pictures from the window tint.

Tint Meter Enforcer TM100 $80.

Sling rear window tint. 

Page 1: The Truck

Page 2: My Hobby & The old Dodge Stealth

Page 3: The Accident

Page 4: Truck Repaired (You are here)

Page 5: Add ons and repair work

Page 6: Modifications list/ Parts FOR SALE

Page 7: The fishing boat

Page 8: Friend's vehicles

Page 9: RUST                                                                                                                           

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