Greetings Tundra/ Sequoia Mud Members.
I am neither new to Tundras/Sequoias or to Mud, however, recently I had the opportunity to pick up an absolutely beautiful Black Sequoia Limited 4x4 from a forum member.
For all of those that snoozed on this deal SOLD - Los Angeles: 2008 Sequoia 4x4 Limited (Black) - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/los-angeles-2008-sequoia-4x4-limited-black.1332501/ Jeepster posted
, you missed out on both an amazing machine and meeting a great dude.
The plan is to get the Sequoia fully maintenanced and then get my 21 Cement Grey double cab 8' bed Tundra fully detailed and get rid of it. It's a good truck, but I feel like if I continue using it as my daily driver and for work that it will end up destroyed. I will still have a payment but a trashed truck. I'd rather get away from the payment and from a vehicle my work asks me to use for work.
I went with a Sequoia because my first gen was an ultra-reliable beast that saved my bacon when I rolled it. It kept running and returned me safely 100 miles to home, then, months later it drove onto the flatbed that hauled it away for good.
As you can see from the pictures in the ad there have been several tasteful upgrades already done. However, as soon as I contacted Jeepster and found out the Sequoia was still available the wheels started turning. I wasn't decided on any modifications until after the nearly 900 trouble free mile trip home.
My first order of business after full maintenance is an ARB bumper (7-13 Tundra 3415010) which I ordered this morning. The next order of business is replacing the window belt moldings of the doors, I already ordered and received them from my parts guys at the local Toyota.
The driver side is pretty well baked and needs replaced, the passenger side moldings were faded but good, I ordered all 4. I will be fixing the gooey hatch handle at some point also.
I was hesitant to do it, since it already has some nice Morimoto LEDs on it, but I ordered 2018-2022 Sequoia platinum LED lights and fender extensions from Toyota as well. I have the necessary components on order to build the wiring harness for the new Sequoia lights. That being said, I will clean up the Morimotos and list them for sale soon.
I am not quite sure on the suspension yet. It all seems quite new and definitely has LOW miles on it. It handles beautifully and was well executed. I'm not sure what the ride height and feel will be like once I load it with the ARB and a winch as well as once I design and build a rear bumper for it. I am thinking of either upgrading to the IMS or just go full ridiculous and get the MRA's like those on my 80 Series.
I will be adding some auxiliary lighting also. During the trip home I had to drive through a winter storm across 3 separate passes. Each time I found the need for something other than the LED headlights. It would have been extremely beneficial to have had some amber lights.
I have a pair of Dobinsons 8.25" Zenith lights, an ARB AR40v2 light bar and purchased yellow Morimoto 4Banger fogs for the bumper. I may add a pair of Amber spots later, either Baja Designs Lp pro or Morimoto BigBanger HXBs. I will be running a Warn VR EVO 12k with synthetic line on the ARB and will make that decision once everything is mounted.
I think I will keep it fairly mild, unlike my 80. I'm thinking 35's on 17" wheels. I may or may not regear it at that point.
I will update the evolution of the Sequoia as it progresses and as I have time. Thanks for reading.
60 miles from the roll and all it needed were rocks cleared from the tire beads and some air in the tires to get me the other 40 or so miles home.
NEXT day. I'm standing taking the picture from where I left the road backwards, if you look really close you can see my friend in the distance where I came to a stop on all 4 tires.
I wasn't the only casualty that night, 11 cars including myself wrecked along a mile of road. Including this Semi that landed on its trailer.
I am neither new to Tundras/Sequoias or to Mud, however, recently I had the opportunity to pick up an absolutely beautiful Black Sequoia Limited 4x4 from a forum member.
For all of those that snoozed on this deal SOLD - Los Angeles: 2008 Sequoia 4x4 Limited (Black) - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/los-angeles-2008-sequoia-4x4-limited-black.1332501/ Jeepster posted
, you missed out on both an amazing machine and meeting a great dude.
The plan is to get the Sequoia fully maintenanced and then get my 21 Cement Grey double cab 8' bed Tundra fully detailed and get rid of it. It's a good truck, but I feel like if I continue using it as my daily driver and for work that it will end up destroyed. I will still have a payment but a trashed truck. I'd rather get away from the payment and from a vehicle my work asks me to use for work.
I went with a Sequoia because my first gen was an ultra-reliable beast that saved my bacon when I rolled it. It kept running and returned me safely 100 miles to home, then, months later it drove onto the flatbed that hauled it away for good.
As you can see from the pictures in the ad there have been several tasteful upgrades already done. However, as soon as I contacted Jeepster and found out the Sequoia was still available the wheels started turning. I wasn't decided on any modifications until after the nearly 900 trouble free mile trip home.
My first order of business after full maintenance is an ARB bumper (7-13 Tundra 3415010) which I ordered this morning. The next order of business is replacing the window belt moldings of the doors, I already ordered and received them from my parts guys at the local Toyota.
The driver side is pretty well baked and needs replaced, the passenger side moldings were faded but good, I ordered all 4. I will be fixing the gooey hatch handle at some point also.
I was hesitant to do it, since it already has some nice Morimoto LEDs on it, but I ordered 2018-2022 Sequoia platinum LED lights and fender extensions from Toyota as well. I have the necessary components on order to build the wiring harness for the new Sequoia lights. That being said, I will clean up the Morimotos and list them for sale soon.
I am not quite sure on the suspension yet. It all seems quite new and definitely has LOW miles on it. It handles beautifully and was well executed. I'm not sure what the ride height and feel will be like once I load it with the ARB and a winch as well as once I design and build a rear bumper for it. I am thinking of either upgrading to the IMS or just go full ridiculous and get the MRA's like those on my 80 Series.
I will be adding some auxiliary lighting also. During the trip home I had to drive through a winter storm across 3 separate passes. Each time I found the need for something other than the LED headlights. It would have been extremely beneficial to have had some amber lights.
I have a pair of Dobinsons 8.25" Zenith lights, an ARB AR40v2 light bar and purchased yellow Morimoto 4Banger fogs for the bumper. I may add a pair of Amber spots later, either Baja Designs Lp pro or Morimoto BigBanger HXBs. I will be running a Warn VR EVO 12k with synthetic line on the ARB and will make that decision once everything is mounted.
I think I will keep it fairly mild, unlike my 80. I'm thinking 35's on 17" wheels. I may or may not regear it at that point.
I will update the evolution of the Sequoia as it progresses and as I have time. Thanks for reading.
60 miles from the roll and all it needed were rocks cleared from the tire beads and some air in the tires to get me the other 40 or so miles home.
NEXT day. I'm standing taking the picture from where I left the road backwards, if you look really close you can see my friend in the distance where I came to a stop on all 4 tires.
I wasn't the only casualty that night, 11 cars including myself wrecked along a mile of road. Including this Semi that landed on its trailer.
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