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I recently phone-ordered an Extang Black Max tonneau cover for my Access Cab Tundra and the guy said that the cover is the same for T100 access cab. Is this true?
VYU Snow Plow Prep Package (Base/LS)
I'm not suprized that the Tundra doesn't offer
a plow package, its a light duty truck.
He's back with a different username.
Rube - What's your attraction to the Tundra site?
#859 Peeling Paint: Gray paint on the inside of the chrome bumper? I could be the electro plating chemical residue from the chroming process. I haven't checked my truck yet.
#864: Bobby Joe! Well I'll be. How the heck are you??
I keep my vehicles forever and for me I think it pays. If you are going to get a new one every three years, its just added expense.
Using the best oil I could buy seemed to work for me thirty years ago so its hard to change.
I will probably pick up a used 3/4 ton with a plow to take care of the business and use the Tundra for everyday driving. If I do decide to sell I'll post it here first.
If you purchase the higher policy and don't get into an accident, were you wrong in buying it? No of course not, it is what you are personnally comfortable.
There may be a place for the $3 million policy for some people, just like there is a place for synthetic oil.
Thanks,
Kurt
I was a little disappointed by the back seat space in the Tundra when I looked at it a while back. You better try your child seats before you buy one. I'd be very surprised (and impressed) to hear if anyone has crammed 3 car seats in one of the Tundra's back seats.
By-the-way, my misgivings over the size of Tundra cab would be reduced if someone were to post positive comments after transporting 6 people at once.
If, however, you change your oil and filter regularly, and will likely sell before 100,000, the beneficiary of your diligent use of synthetic, will probably be the buyer of your used truck.
I have no experience with the bench seat.
MAD
The subject is listed under tire care and maintenance.What appears to make this vibration worse is that the tundra has rack and pinion steering, which is EXTREMLY sensitive to ANY imbalance or out of round condition.This system also has no steering stabilizer shock that is normally needed when using larger and stiffer truck tires.Another apparent contributing factor appears to be that the cab is mounted on rubber mounts that tend to oscillate the cab more once
wheel vibration problems/bumps in the road occur.
Try this one! Sit in the tundra without it running and slam the door shut. You should feel an unusual oscillation in the cab until it settles out. Toyota sales has told me that this is because of how the front and rear door meet. Maybe? Please let me know if anyone else experiences this same visual wobble with the tires/wheels!
Before you blend the oils I would do two things:
1) Take some synthetic oil and mix it with regular oil in a glass jar. Let it sit for a day or two and see if it separates. Try to see if you can find two different color oils (I think Kendall High Performance is red). If it separates, this is bad.
2) Ask some at an oil company. If you use Mobil or Penzoil, go to their WEB site and try to either call someone or e-mail them. I have called engineers at tire companies and battery companies in the past, and they were very helpful and full of information.
Let us know how this turns out. I'd be interested in knowing if this works.
Thanks for your input. Never thought about your test idea. I stick with same syn and regular oil brand to minimize problems. They all say that they are compatible with regular oils. I stick with same brand of each to minimize problems. Best way to go, I think. Thanks again.....
http://www.toyota-parts.com
As for putting your truck on stands and checking for lateral run-out, and finding some, well something is rotten in Denmark. Hard to believe that a fine tire like a Dunlop would do that on two sets, or that you would have a run-out problem on the rim either. A bent axle would make the whole wheel wobble, doubt it. But whatever it is, if you can see it, you or your tire shop needs to determine the cause I think we agree. As for the cab mount, rubber bushing isolators when you slam the door, well that's just the nature of body on frame construction. Whether they stimulate, or suppress oscillations depends on the condition of the road, your speed, and the natural resonant frequency, or frequencies of the cab/frame drive-line systems. But you are right in recognizing there are certain conditions that stimulate, or even amplify otherwise innocuous vibrations, into undesirable ones. Sounds like your truck might benefit from a balance/vibration analysis done on the Hunter GSP-9700 road force balancer.
Raese: $750 below MSRP in So.Cal.... may be worth the road trip....
I will probably buy a Tundra as soon as there are deals to be made ,one dealer here in Socal has already had loss-leaders on Sr5's for the last 2 weekends .That being said ,Here is my opinion of the trucks
Chevy ,Comfortable ,Roomy ,Good gas mileage ,great options.
F150 ,Great options ,Best price ,reliable,4 doors
Tundra , Quiet ,handles great ,fits in my garage
Reliable,4 doors
This is my opinion ,and others may disagree .
Toyota has made a good effort with the tundra but needs to go farther
I purchased my Tundra, ordered what I wanted, thru www.autoweb.com, had a choice of 2 dealers, there was a big $$ spread between both dealers. Do your homework. Mine=AccessCab, LTD,TRD,Allweather, gray cloth bench 40/60, ABS,6disc CD,hood protector. Toyota is "packaging" if you buy off dealer inventories, so I put in an order towards a future allotment and got what arrangement I wanted. I didn't want leather but I wanted the LTD.
For a great Tundra article, see www.truckworld.com/Truck-tests/Toyota-Tundra/tundra.html, in-depth article with pics.
Hope these sites help someone, happy surfing.