What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

installed the heritage emblem too

 

After 4 years of being stepped on, I replaced my Weathertech mats with a set of Oedro mats. In addition, one of my rear blinkers went out so finally upgraded to LEDs by Lasfit.

 

Hi, where did you get these from, Etsy?

 

275/70/17 wild peaks and trd off road wheels on today. Install shop thought they rubbed at full turn, I can’t appreciate it though. We shall see. Stoked on it!!

 

eBay has them cheaper.

 

eBay, shipped and delivered in like 10 days tops.

 

Front door parking at the happy drink place

 

A cool shot in the almost dawn fog this morning

 

She got clean today. Power washer to the rescue.

 

Got this super convenient and portable air compressor so that I can air down on my next outing. I didn’t want to do onboard air as it makes little sense to always haul it around when I may need it once every couple of months if I am lucky.

 

Hit 25K miles on my 2016 so did my normal 5K mile oil change.

 

So after some driving, I was rubbing in reverse on the front liner and bumper. Got that pushed forward and the bumper edge trimmed.

now however I think I’m having just a touch of rub while going forward and turning- what are my most likely culprits...

it’s 275/70/17 on TRD pro wheels, I think we need to change them to YELLOW on that famous chart because it seems like 50/50 people getting rub

 

That chart is a guess at best, not accurate at all. I ran a 295/70/17 at 1.5” lift with zero rubbing. According to the chart, that’s not possible. Figure out where you’re rubbing and clearance it. That’s about all you can do.

 

Are you stock height in the front?

 

Yup stock suspension. TRD OFF ROAD

 

Get a heat gun and push in the inside fender if needed. I read where other guys did that.

 

If your lightly rubbing front or rear, a heat gun can push the rear back and a razor knife will trim the front, then tuck it. Front takes an hour. 45 minutes of watching you tube videos and some of them do it wrong, then 10 minutes worrying about making a cut, 3 minutes taping it that's not needed then 2 minutes to cut

 

The fender liner mod is the easiest and most over thought mod anyone can ever do. Remove the 2 bolts that hold the liner to the bumper, push the liner forward, bolt it back in, trim the exposed lip of the bumper flush with the liner. No heat gun needed.

 

Sorry thought I had made it clear, I’ve already done that, and it relieved my rub while reversing. The remaining rub is while going forward while turning

 

Where are you rubbing currently?

 

You might be rubbing on the mud flaps. Just remove 'em and see if the noise stops.

 

Yeah definitely think it’s that see pcicture attached. It’s not all the time, in fact very infrequently but with the right bump or turn the mud flap seems to have a little play in it so moves towards tire and away. Maybe that can be pressed back with heat gun though, either way seems very infrequent. Not nearly as bad as the reverse rub was. Oh well, so happy overall!

 

Have your alignment shop give you more caster. That’ll move the tires forward and away from the mud flaps. Also improves road handling. I still say remove the flaps just because it looks so much better without them but that’s just my opinion.

 

My wife has the 2019 Murano Platinum and the lighting is incredible. Driving hers at night is what made me realize how awful my Runner lighting is. I just installed the H9 and 9011's. The highbeams are incredible, but the H9's just point straight down. I need to figure out how to adjust the height of them

 

^mine was the base model - halogens

 

I concur about the caster. Have your alignment shop push it forward..........especially since you've already done the fender liner mod. Now you have some room to work with up there.

Caster around 3.5 -3.9 degrees should work with your stock height. Do yourself a favor and invest in a lifetime alignment so that you're not paying $90-$100 a pop when you make a suspension mod, get new tires, knock it out of alignment, ect......

Also, you'll be able to keep the mudflaps this way (if you want to keep them).

 

Don’t yell. I know. I read the manual. Tow points, not recovery hooks. It’s esthetics only.

 

Threw on some 35s and did a BMC

 

Looks great! How much lift and how is it with stock 3.73 gears?

 

Check my signature, 5"f/4"r overall with susp lift and body lift. Yes, on stock gearing for now. doesn't seem too bad but havent done any highway driving with elevation yet haha