Stone_Blue
Adventurer
Great thread, Jim!...Just read thru all 18 pages. You've definately inspired me to try to copy some of your mods.
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TangoBlue
American Adventurist
Looks great Jim. Smart move in the sound deadening/insulation addition. I noted an improvement when I did it.
I also recommend doing the doors and rear panel... I was thinking about getting replacement speakers for my anemic, dull, OEM units. Instead I applied sound deadening to the doors and replaced the foam strip (crumbling to dust) with new weather stripping and the stock speakers sound amazing now.
I also recommend doing the doors and rear panel... I was thinking about getting replacement speakers for my anemic, dull, OEM units. Instead I applied sound deadening to the doors and replaced the foam strip (crumbling to dust) with new weather stripping and the stock speakers sound amazing now.
Redline
Likes to Drive and Ride
Comfortable seating is one of my main requirements for ease of driving/ long-distance travel, as well as overall vehicle ownership pleasure.
Great interior refresh and clean up!
jim65wagon
Well-known member
Yes, its a direct bolt-in if you have the Jeep.....but they sell brackets for various other makes and models. I cruised through Corbeaus site while shopping, found the style and colors I wanted then searched for that seat until I found the cheapest way to get it.
The added insulation helped a bit, the stereo sounds louder and the road noise is down a bit. The rear panel under the back window got the full treatment. The doors and ceiling are a as yet future project.
jim65wagon
Well-known member
JCMatthews
Tour Guide
if you ask me, that is an awesome upgrade to the interior.
jim65wagon
Well-known member
The Tundra Refurbishment Project is still underway. Today was resolving an issue the truck had from day 1 of ownership and I had no idea of how to deal with it.
The first gen access cab Tundra comes with 1 sunglasses holder. It's between the sunvisors and holds 1 pair of sunglasses. I don't know whose sunglasses it would actually hold, because it is so shallow it bent every single pair of sunglasses I ever tried to keep in it - another good reason for spending 10 and not 100 dollars on sunglasses. As a matter of fact, the only glasses that ever fit have been my "hey old man, you need these to read a map" reading glasses. I needed something or someway to carry real sunglasses, and more than one pair at a time; there are 4 of us in the truck at times.
After a mere 10 years I finally figured it out.
Allow me ask a question.
Can an overhead console from a 2004 Sequoia fit a 2003 Tundra? Why, yes. Yes it can.
Is it an easy bolt-in operation? Why no. No it's not. Not easy at all.
After hours of fitting, refitting, making an extra bracket near the back, rewiring a 4 wire plug to a 3 wire plug, more refitting, cutting templates for filler panels, more refitting, cutting filler panels, more refitting, recutting filler panels, insulating the roof, and finally bolting it all up, only to discover the wiring I redid was done correctly on the first try (ie the lights come on when the door opens, automatically shut off, and come on when you flick the switch!). It's finished, all in one day. Whew!
I need to give a great big shout out to my wife Elizabeth without whom I'd still be struggling with the second or third fitment. She's awesome, talented, and beautiful!
Here you can see the original holder/light combination, along with the stick-on "console" I picked up from Grainger to hold 2 pair of sunglasses together.
And here is the after shot. 2004 Sequoia overhead console with multiple sunglasses and other miscellaneous storage. The black filler panels (which match the new interior nicely!) are black anodized aluminum leftover from our teardrop build.
The first gen access cab Tundra comes with 1 sunglasses holder. It's between the sunvisors and holds 1 pair of sunglasses. I don't know whose sunglasses it would actually hold, because it is so shallow it bent every single pair of sunglasses I ever tried to keep in it - another good reason for spending 10 and not 100 dollars on sunglasses. As a matter of fact, the only glasses that ever fit have been my "hey old man, you need these to read a map" reading glasses. I needed something or someway to carry real sunglasses, and more than one pair at a time; there are 4 of us in the truck at times.
After a mere 10 years I finally figured it out.
Allow me ask a question.
Can an overhead console from a 2004 Sequoia fit a 2003 Tundra? Why, yes. Yes it can.
Is it an easy bolt-in operation? Why no. No it's not. Not easy at all.
After hours of fitting, refitting, making an extra bracket near the back, rewiring a 4 wire plug to a 3 wire plug, more refitting, cutting templates for filler panels, more refitting, cutting filler panels, more refitting, recutting filler panels, insulating the roof, and finally bolting it all up, only to discover the wiring I redid was done correctly on the first try (ie the lights come on when the door opens, automatically shut off, and come on when you flick the switch!). It's finished, all in one day. Whew!
I need to give a great big shout out to my wife Elizabeth without whom I'd still be struggling with the second or third fitment. She's awesome, talented, and beautiful!
Here you can see the original holder/light combination, along with the stick-on "console" I picked up from Grainger to hold 2 pair of sunglasses together.
And here is the after shot. 2004 Sequoia overhead console with multiple sunglasses and other miscellaneous storage. The black filler panels (which match the new interior nicely!) are black anodized aluminum leftover from our teardrop build.
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