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

where did you get your AMD unit?

 

Finished painting up the cbi skids. Pulled off my diff skid and painted it to match. Going to let them dry for a few days before putting them on. I’ve had it in a bunch of deep mud lately so while all the factory skids are off, I’m going to pull off the bumper covers,fender flares, and the rocker panel moldings and clean everything real good and apply a fresh coat of wool wax to everything first. Also painted the pallet black per my wife’s request for some sort of decoration haha

 

Added some color to every panel minus the lift gate. Some pretty deep some will buff out.

contemplating moving forward with the wrap now and just knowing the wrap will get scratched too but at least it will take more of the brunt.

 

Thinking about line-xing The Who thing once mine gets bad enough

 

Just de chromed the tail lights on wife’s ‘21 nightshade.

 

Is it an illusion or is there almost no clearance to park in the garage?

 

Illusion haha… park a tundra in there as well

 

Saved $100 ordering individual parts for the TRD Cold Air System from my local Toyota dealer. Amazon won't ship this kit to California. Installed on my 2021 TRDP. Installation was pretty easy after checking out several YouTube how-to videos. The truck runs great.

 

Has anyone changed the door handles, mine are white and like to change them to a satin black?
I tried the covers but in time they started to fall off.

 

What process did you use to de-chrome?

 

Well, the process was pilling the credit card out and paying for them haha. All joking aside, my wife will not ( nor me to be honest ) for for the aftermarket tail light look. Really wanted to keep the oem look considering the brake is led from factory and I upgraded the entire inside and outside lights with HR. They are kinda of pricey but when I got them, they identical to factory. Made buy Depo and sold by USR out of California. There is a YouTube channel where I saw them being put on a 4Runner. Very pleased with the quality and gave me what we were looking for. Again, pricey but in person, it looks correct on her nightshade. I will say that if someone was to buy them, they gave me a promo code. I assume it’s still good.

 

I've been debating on these for a while. Did you go with straight oem or the module "tail as turn" just thinking out loud, I can't see a reason to do the "tail as turn" other than to annoy the person behind you

 

Yeah, I saw that was an option. For me, I saw no need for it. Hell, I didn’t even know what it was when I heard of it until I looked it up. Not for my wife. I bought the housing with no “add ons/extras” because I knew I was replacing the turn and reverse with HR bulbs. Those bulbs will get plenty of attention if you are behind.

 

Installed 1”rear coil spacers. I previously installed 1” front and I decided that a bit of rake when empty is what I prefer.
I may do a whole suspension someday, but I wanted a little lift in the meantime.
I think that small of a spacer lift is well within what the stock setup can handle, and it looks better and keeps the undercarriage out of the snow and mud a little better

Also, I passed the test for my ham technician license yesterday, just have to wait for the FCC to process and I’m an amateur radio operator!

 

Drivers side is nothing worth noting. Passenger side. That ain’t buffing out. We can put our fingers nails in most

 

Well they look well worth it. Great buy. Thanks for the info

 

cannot “like”. Well, she’s a legit trail rig now.

im still getting used to my pinstripes. Guess it comes with the territory

 

Lol. It happens. I wasn’t looking to re design the whole truck but the trail we were on there was no option to turn around we tried multiple times and short of backing all the way out it was move forward.

 

they look so good! need to add these to my list of mods

 

Finally got around to installing my RCI skid plates yesterday. The transfer case skid was definitely the biggest pain in my butt, that said, overall everything went on super easy and I'm super happy with the quality. Plus I clearly needed it because I noticed that one of the cross member bolts was shaved down a bit (that bolt was real fun to take off) and that my stock fuel tank skid plate is already dented ... so I think I know what I'm ordering next

 

How heavy are the plates? Have you managed to lift them by yourself?

 

all together (according to the RCI website) the aluminium plates are 68lbs. I did have to pull out my jack to hold up the transfer skid plate mounting bracket while I was tightening the bolts to the frame (it kept pushing that bracket down so I needed upward pressure to keep it flush on the frame). But the rest I just would put the plate on my creeper, set the creeper at arms reach and then crawl under, grab the creeper and then place the plate. I worked very slowly (had to take breaks to play with the pups) and just slowly moved my way from front to back.

I found this youtube video was very helpful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHhVheh4e8

 

Thanks for the answer. The only question is - can I replace pups with a cat since I don't have any?

 

Absolutely, I ignored my cat during the install, mostly because he was inside the house and he has no desire to ever step foot outside.

 

Replaced the pathetic door speakers with some better ones.

Can't say I've ever seen one as lightweight as this. Magnet must weigh no more than a couple ounces.

Sounds better now ;-0

Jason

 

Looking good

 

"redfield, post: 272514, member: 21807"]Thanks for the answer. The only question is - can I replace pups with a cat since I don't have any?[/QUOTE]

No, you MUST get a "pound puppy" Here's my latest, the "bearded lady"=a pointing griffon rescue!

 

Thanks, chomping at the bit to get them on but I still have a lot of work ahead of me. Need to move to a different region and I wouldn’t have to worry so much about the rust

 

Changed my oil for the 1st time today. Ran out of free dealer changes.

Pleasantly surprised to see that none of the skid plate bolts were stripped, but the factory plastic filter housing was gorilla tight. Needed to use a breaker bar to get it off.

Upgraded the plastic housing with an aluminum housing for a Camry...



Not necessary since the plastic one is so well protected, but I feel better having an OEM metal one, and it was only $35.

My new Motiv filter wrench worked very well...



Filled it up with Mobil 1 5w-20 since it's so hot out here and I tow a fair amount.

Next change should go a little quicker. Nice that I didn't have to jack it up since there is plenty of room with the lift and taller tires.

 

Plastic seems like a poor choice for a part exposed to engine temperature.

Do you have a part number?