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Jason Lancaster is the editor and founder of TundraHeadquarters.com. He has nearly a decade of experience on the retail side of the auto industry, and another decade of experience of the part and accessory side of the industry.

2nd Gen Tundra Daytime Running Lights Removal Mod

Do you own a 2007+ Tundra? Does it have daytime running lights? Do you wish that it didn’t?

If so, this is the post for you. Here is how you go about removing the daytime running lights feature from your 2007+ Toyota Tundra.

Five Things You May Not Know About Flex-Fuel Engines

Five facts about flex fuel engines

1. They’re pretty much the same as a normal engines. Aside from a different set of spark plugs, injectors that can pulse more fuel, and a more corrosion resistant fuel system, flex-fuel engines areĀ essentially identical to regular old gasoline engines. To see what “essentially” means, read more below.

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Interviewing IPT – Part Two

This is the second part of a two-part interview of John Lombardo, founder and co-owner of Import Performance Transmissions.

Be sure to read part one if you haven’t already.

Interview with import performance transmissions part two

Question 6: How much wear-and-tear does towing put on a normal, un-modified automatic transmission? Can a transmission rebuild or valve body kit reduce this wear-and-tear? If so, how?

An Interview With Import Performance Transmissions – Part One

Interview with IPT

At the request of Charles, a TundraHeadquarters.com reader, we contacted Import Performance Transmissions to learn more about their performance transmission options for the Toyota Tundra.

Toyota Hiring More US Autoworkers, Yet Criticism Abounds

Yesterday, Toyota officially began hiring at their soon-to-open Blue Springs, Mississippi assembly plant. It is expected that Toyota will directly employ 2,000 workers, with thousands of other new jobs being created as a result of new investment. While this is great news for Mississippi – one of the poorest states in the US – this move is not without criticism.

Toyota Blue Ridge Mississippi

Toyota's new plant will employ 2,000 directly and thousands more indirectly at suppliers co-located in Blue Ridge

Toyota critics argue that Toyota’s 2,000 new hires aren’t actually “new” at all – that they are just cheaper replacements for NUMMI workers who were let go earlier this year.