Worklog - Road RagE II (2007 Tundra)

[PS-RagE]

Thanks!

Yep, they make my house payments too. Its called salary....

Actually, I use the truck for work so have to have it lettered to get into industrial properties. I get reimbursed by the company per km and write the lease payments off on my taxes.

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[Ohiodish]

How do you like the Toytec? Truck looks good, are you in the Nascar Truck series? J/K

Originally Posted by PS-RagE

Just got back from holidays - thus the lack of update posts - and got some pics of the latest mods that were completed before I left. Had a Toytec 3" lift put on, installed some Toyo Open Country A/T 305/55/20, debadged and the lettering done:
















The guy did an awesome job - took him 18 hours! The logos and lettering of Motorola are actually cut-outs so the blue showing through is the paint.
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[shadyskins]

Originally Posted by PS-RagE

Thanks!

Yep, they make my house payments too. Its called salary....

Actually, I use the truck for work so have to have it lettered to get into industrial properties. I get reimbursed by the company per km and write the lease payments off on my taxes.

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Moto should start using your truck and your pics in ads.... your pics are great!!!

[zpaul]

That is the best truck on forum!
Nice job!
Why did not you install d205? I think it would be better looking, same price.
How do you like the tires? You have them on stock 20, any rubing? It seams they should be installed on 9-10' width rim, stock is 8'. Any concernes?
Thanks

[PS-RagE]

Well, I decided I didn't like the Alpine D105 unit. It was too heavy and "squishing" the little tray under it. Also, it was difficult to control the touch screen high like it was - especially while driving. I'm sure in a single DIN application it would be awesome but in a double DIN like this one it just wasn't right.

Anyhow, today I exchanged it for a W205 double DIN unit.

I had a minor panic attack at first as I was installing it as the sleeve wouldn't fit in the dash kit. Then it occured to me to check how the original unit was installed. Sure enough, it had some nice little brackets that bolted right on to the Alpine. Pardon the pics today, the D2 is at home so I had to use my old Ricoh:





So now it fits like a glove and looks factory. Gotta say I am very pleased:





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[PS-RagE]

Originally Posted by Ohiodish

How do you like the Toytec? Truck looks good, are you in the Nascar Truck series? J/K

I like it! I wanted it to look just a little more burly and the three inches did the trick perfectly

[PS-RagE]

Originally Posted by zpaul

That is the best truck on forum!
Nice job!

Thanks!

Why did not you install d205? I think it would be better looking, same price.

I just did!

How do you like the tires? You have them on stock 20, any rubing? It seams they should be installed on 9-10' width rim, stock is 8'. Any concernes?
Thanks

I like em. There was a slight bit of rubbing on the skid plate at first but it was easily corrected. The guys at OK Tire recommended these as the biggest tire that would fit on those rims so I have no concerns.

[zpaul]

Originally Posted by PS-RagE

I just did!

I like em. There was a slight bit of rubbing on the skid plate at first but it was easily corrected. The guys at OK Tire recommended these as the biggest tire that would fit on those rims so I have no concerns.

Thanks for the response! Nice head unit

[john480]

d205 is it a navagater unit?

[seadragon]

Holy Sh****t!

I am speechless!

That is one damn fine job you've done. That truck looks absolutely amazing.

Some of those pics gave me shivers up my spine with all the wires everywhere. Nice to see someone understands it all!

Great job!!!

[PS-RagE]

Originally Posted by john480

d205 is it a navagater unit?

Not on its own. You can get a dock kit for Alpine's "Blackbird" portable nav unit or you can connect the advanced NVE-872 like I have

[willy]

Would you please come and move into the house next to me? I'd mow your lawn in return for you installing all that cool stuff in my truck.

Anyway, great job and thanks for all the posts and details. You're inspring others and giving us ideas as to what available out there.

[zpaul]

Originally Posted by john480

d205 is it a navagater unit?

Sorry for that typo. I was looking at d105 and wrote d205, however it is w205. Here is the link Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.
I really like that unit, I have it for almost 6 month at my wifes highlander. It plays even European DVDs. The only problem with it is the quality of radio signal that I get. With the stock unit I did not have any interference. Installed it professionally. Tried aftermarket antennas, no luck. Alpine tech support confirmed that they have some issues with stock antennas on toytas.
Nav system is an optional add-on! I did not get the nav, because I got Garmin before Alpine and I use it in rental cars on ocasion.

[zpaul]

Originally Posted by willy

Would you please come and move into the house next to me? I'd mow your lawn in return for you installing all that cool stuff in my truck.

It seems it should be easier to move next to PS-RagE and then negotiate the home improvement projects for him

[PS-RagE]

Originally Posted by seadragon

Holy Sh****t!

I am speechless!

That is one damn fine job you've done. That truck looks absolutely amazing.

Some of those pics gave me shivers up my spine with all the wires everywhere. Nice to see someone understands it all!

Great job!!!

Thanks!

Yeah, it is a nasty tangle of wires right now but once my speakers finally come in, I'll be able to eliminate the interface box and all analog lines. There will be only a single optical fibre running from the head to the sound processor in back.