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

I am going to get one of those for my wife so she does not hit her head on the extreme wheeling, lol.

 

Look behind you..


Just kidding, Just kidding.. She is not..

 

Condolences..

 

Did a few things to the front end. Had the center portion of the bumper and grill vinyl wrapped. Added a tri color grill badge, and added yellow Lamin-X fog light covers.

 

I like it! Even if it wasnt for astrophotography, it makes a whole lot more sense than the some of the crazy 500lumen bulbs they sell for interior lights. If you drive on dark roads regularly, you know a passenger accidentally flipping one of those on could durn near get you kilt before you get your night-adapted vision back. They are supposed to be dim for a reason.

Also, the “prepare for deep submergence” look is automatically cool

 

I like it. I think I saw someone did it to the rear hatch too. Maybe @Agent_Outside . Supposedly keeps bugs away too.

 

The whole vehicle would require the lower door lamps, rear hatch, and the center light.

Red can be a difficult light to work in sometimes so I just did the map lights for now (I do have the others if needed).

 

Awesome for camping and they're switchable. I love mine!

 

"Roxxxxanne! You don't have to put on the red light!!"

 

This happened today. 3" lift and 285/75/17 Ridge Grapplers.

 

Ordered a set of 5 General Grabber ATXs in 275/70r17 today, the tires will arrive tomorrow, but, sadly I won't be able to make it over to the the tire shop to get them installed until Monday.

 

How are the switchable? and where did you get them?

 

I dig that. Got a link to the lights you used?

 

Arclight LED makes the good ones

 

I have the Arc Light LED icarus switchable lights for the front, the middle, and in the hatch. I also have a stand alone red rear foglight and a red and white interior tent lights. The red doesn’t keep bugs away, it just doesn’t attract them like white light does. Red light is a longer wave length that bugs have a hard time seeing. In people the rods in your retinas responsible for night vision only really detect light intensity, but for whatever reason they are almost totally blind to picking up intensity from the red light. A bright spot of white light from a flashlight or something can reset your night vision and it typically takes 15-30 minutes to readapt, but red light doesn’t effect it.

 

Awesome Never knew that we planned on putting the switchable ones in the hatch lights so when we’re opened at night we can still see and have to deal with less bugs. Glad to know not to expect zero but less

 

Perfect explanation. Are you in aviation? I learned that years ago from a private pilot.
Great info!
Ryan

 

I’m not in aviation. I do validation testing and development of preproduction and prototype vehicles and technology

 

Finally washed it and yesterday noticed I broke 9,000 miles. Not bad for just over 2 years! At this rate the thing will last 50 years easy!

 

i put red in my map lights, white in the dome (for the kids so they can see when they need to, plus it nice to have the red offset the white when the doors open at night) and red in the hatch. i wanted to do the arclight switchables, but they were out of price range at the time. i put red in both hatch lights, but was thinking of putting white in one since there is the option to turn each one on and off individually. still may, we'll see. i like the red, though, it is a big help for night driving and not attracting bugs is a plus.

 

I checked the Arc stuff out. But the cost is just too high and you have to drill. I did like the dimmable feature-regular red LED's don't need to be super bright and could likely get away with three, instead of 5 or six, LED's.

 

I like your style!
Pictures of mine below. Similar.

 

You bastard! Just added another "upgrade" to my list. Telling the wife it's your fault!

 

In case anyone is wondering. Canvasback liners are awesome! Had them now a few months and went to vacuum out the inside today. I do a wonderful job at keeping all the dog hair off the carpet! Not unreasonably priced either. I highly recommend these if you have dogs who are always riding with you.

 

nice badge! just change the front plate to 49ers, LOL jk. cheers!

 

Replaced the grill lights with the smoked version and antenna and mount for my ham. Need my license still. Will take exam soon.

 

I got a bunch of stuff from Rago today.



I added a couple small tool pouches and a bottle pouch to my Rago molle panel setup. I already had the haters thing.



I also got a bunch of quick fist and Rago mount combos. I painted a pair for my new Krazy Beaver shovel. I had enough paint leftover from the panels last fall that I could cover these two mounts.

I also spotted that Rago had a blemished rack system on sale (powder coat problem) for just a few bucks more than the old raw steel rack, so I snatched that up real fast. I'm going to strip the powder coat off and rattle can spray it the same color of the panels. Yeah, I paid a few more bucks so I could do a little more work, but it'll be the way I want it. Combine it with the miniscule laser cutting problem of my blemished panels that I saved a bunch of money on last fall, and I'll be super happy with everything.

 

looks really good.

 

Finally ordered the Prinsu full length last Wednesday. It got here yesterday, and put it on yesterday. I love the way it looks. I'll have to figure out placement on the rails to see what where I can reduce noise. But Im happy with it.