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

Hurry up sun!

 

I unfortunately didn't make it to Rausch Creek this weekend. It was a rough weekend overall. I feel bad that I took a spot that could have gone to someone else, but life gives you lemons sometimes.

I got these LFD sliders on later yesterday. These are straight .185 sliders with the fill plates. They arrived after four months. I was literally one day from emailing LFD asking for an update, but then I got a shipping notification. It took a really long time. I've seen a couple people buy Cali Raised sliders after I bought mine, and they got them before I got mine. Yeah, international supply blah blah blah, but whatever. They were good when I got them. I don't really have any complaints about them. They appear to be well made and well designed. I looked to the Wanderlost Overland video for a bit of guidance even though they got RSG sliders. (I think they got RSG, definitely not LFD.) The part about removing the emergency brake mounts didn't apply to the LFD sliders. They're designed around the emergency brake mounts which is nice. I did run a tap through all of the holes. That's a new skill I picked up this weekend. For anyone who thinks it's scary, it's really not a big deal. You'd be surprised by what you're capable of after doing it yourself. Back to the sliders, they went on nicely.

I did nearly the whole thing myself with a spare set of lighter duty jack stands and a matching jack. I just needed a little help lining things up before putting the first bolts in. The sliders I got are the beefier ones, so they're extra heavy.

So far I'm pretty happy with the Rustoleum truck bed liner I used. It seems to be a little brittle on the underside where the jack stuff contacted even though I gave it more than half a week to dry, but we'll see. I also learned some more about painting and how the plates make it difficult. I did it the easier and sloppier way, but I still got everything covered. Getting the primer and the liner paint in the nooks and crannies of the plates was a pain. I saw someone else's slider build recently, and they had plates that bolted into place. I think that would be better than LFD's welded plates, but it is what it is. I wasn't too concerned about it looking perfect, but at least I learned a bit.

I also sprayed a fresh coat of Fluid Film on the part of the frame being covered up by the sliders before putting them on.

Now they're on and... they're on. It's now a bit harder to get out of my 4Runner, and the kickout doesn't give me as much of a step as I hoped for accessing the roof rack. I'm still going to be hauling my tire mount step for that. I mostly just wanted them because I wanted them and for a slightly lesser reason of the kickout step, but the kickout step ended up being less than I imagined. That's not really the fault of the sliders, but it is my point of view.

When I ordered these sliders last February, it was either this or spend a few hundred dollars more on an e-bike. Honestly, I wish I got the e-bike. I would have gotten it sooner because it was in stock at the time, and I probably would have liked it more and done more with it. But now I've got these sliders, and... they're good. Whatever.

I feel like a combination of two video game incidents from my childhood happened. In one instance, I could have gotten Yoshi Story (sliders) or 1080 Snowboarding (e-bike). I went with Yoshi Story, and I regretted it. In the other instance, I wanted a limited edition ice blue Game Boy Pocket so bad. When I finally got it, it was ice blue. Sure, it looked cool, but it didn't make my games any more interesting. I would have been better off with a couple new Game Boy games. I should learn from history.

Yeah, call me Gramma Ray all you want. I don't care. It wasn't your $1000, four months of waiting, and crappy couple days for an extended weekend that you took a day off work for.

 

Did you install it correctly? Meaning did you shut the car off and let it sit for at least five minutes and not have the key anywhere close by? It shouldn't throw a code at all unless you disconnected the pedal harness too soon. Also don't understand what you mean by power mode, is that turning power on?

 

It died when I switched from City Mode to Sport Mode. I had the remote 50' away and let it sit for a long time before installing it. All was OK until I switched it into Sport Mode.

 

I know not everyone has problems with the Pedal Commander but i read about more problems than I was comfortable with so I went with the Sprint Booster. I love it and I have not heard of anyone having problems with them. If you decide to return your PC give the SB a try, I think you will really be happy with it.

 

What do you like about the Sprint Booster?

 

Assuming you mean Sport. But it didn't do anything in Economy, City or Sport +?

 

Gave her, her first bath today. TRD pro grill is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, and researching leveling kits now..

 

Did you figure out how to get to the glove box light? I can’t figure out and I can’t find anything on YouTube.

 

Bad ass!

 

SR5? If so, did you do the valence install? I’ve been thinking of getting a front and rear for my SR5-P, though the thought of drilling holes into the bumper……

 

Mocked up a wind fairing now to just figure out how to actually make it work.

long story short we’ve learned to hate our front runner rack and a 4700+ mile round trip made it even more clear how much I hate this rack. So I ordered a different rack. But I was driving home today and had an aha moment. I quickly gathered some cardboard and went to work and holy crap it is quiet like no rack at all quiet. So now what do I make this out of. I have my attachment points figured out and also what do I do about lighting. I still plan on putting the new rack on but this will make me hate this rack even less until new rack gets here in 6-9 months.

 

My alarm went off just after midnight and by 1am the 4R was getting a bath(it was still 90 degrees out). No big deal when compared to todays high which broke a 40 something year daily record reaching 121 degrees.
Life in "The Skillet"

 

Geez, you and the PNW. Breaking all sorts of heat records.

 

Starboard? Or any HDPE material....
Acrylic plexiglass
PVC foam board

 

You think that will hold up more than 1/8 aluminum ? Because I was thinking of calling the metal shop tomorrow and getting them to cut me a 8”x43” piece and bring it home and round it off and bend it to fit

 

These look good, source for them?

 

@newlife
I have a NiseRack system and I rigged up a windscreen with 1/4 inch aluminum plate. It’s sturdy, but in addition to attachments at both ends, it still needed support in the middle. The wind pressure is pretty strong at 75-80 MPH. The flexing and flutter will hit the roof and remove paint. It took some fine tuning with jig saw and file to perfect it.

 

Sorry to hear you didn't make it to rausch creek, was looking forward to a recap...would still love to organize a trip up there in July with everyone who was responding
1080 snowboard was amazing but it also got too easy, like tiny hawk too easy(ebike would maybe get old?...)
the sliders will come in handy n protect something more precious n costly then games n a ice blue game system(they as well as an ebike will have their glitches, sliders, beefie ones, lifetime fun n use)
Think they look great, you learned a bit(I had to tap every hole for my 4xinnov sliders n the paint got weird on the frame contact as well)

Don't let it get you down n crack on
Damn the man, save the empire

 

Just be careful and protect your paint with whatever you decide to put up for a wind deflector. Obviously I assume you will put Foam but I am talking about 3M clear paint protector (3M Scotchgard Clear Paint Protection Bulk Film Roll 6-by-84-inches https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VFYCZE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_X3WYfrWTEhOiM)

 

Correct. I’ll be adding some flat black 3m vinyl underneath it. Only doing the black because I’ve see the clear turn yellow after a little while.

 

^^^yup yup

Aluminum would be great, just more pricie but if your gonna sell the rack once the new one comes in, probably worth while

I've seen people use the starboard for a lot of things exterior being marine material it's pretty tough but if you consider the bending I think your on the right track
If you mimic other fairings, bent or not, there's right center left support(or better be)

As for the foam, there was someone who's gobi foam died out n they wouldn't tell him what it was or sell him a new one, something or other n he used something similar to a door guard(stronger/cheaper), ill look for it(saved somewhere)

 

I really like the look of this setup. Have any night pics of the lights in use?

 

Had the Sprint Booster in my BMW and loved it. Wish I would have kept it so I could have used it in the 4Runner.

 

Found out my 4Runner has a custom Oreo holder. Pretty sweet. I should probably clean the console, too.

 

No, it’s a venture. The lower valance came like that.

 

Yes from rago fab

 

I had a similar issue with my pedal commander except I also lost my multi function control I took it to Toyota because it wouldn’t clear after several battery resets and they reset something. I sent the pedal commander back.

 

I don't think it would have worked, I believe they are vehicle specific as far as the plugs go.

 

Try cleaning with whole milk