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

Does anyone have any Experience with a Wilco hitch gate solo high clearance or similar? Found one used considering picking it up

 

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I learned about the upgrade from this guy's video when I searched for how to do the oil change...

 

Thank you!

 

I cheated and went over to my local tire / lube place and had them install my heavy Shrockworks steel skid plates.
Their lift made it really easy. They have a separate part of the lift to hold up the skid plates. I helped them with the stick nuts and they charged me $50, plus I gave each of the 2 guys working on it a $10 tip.

 

Did a crazy trail on Saturday. Lots of tall ledges. I almost had to break out the winch but was able to bump it up them. looking over my 4Runner afterwards - dammit put a dent in the same passenger side front quarter panel. Almost the same place as the previous dent I put there. No pics or video from the trail as it was a little questionable.

Edit: Actually heard Atrac kicking in. Previously I always thought it was kind of passive. On one climb it really made noise working the brakes to get over a steep ledge.

Aftermath pic. My pinstripe collection continues to grow.


Kind of hard to see but:


Going for that brushed metal look:

 

I just recently installed. So too soon to give any real feedback. But it was highly recommended by the shop, and reviews were good.

 

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Kinda hurts seeing all those scratches but it's great that you are getting out there and using it for what it's designed to do.

 

haha. Im still getting used to pinstripes. But I know Im crazy because I still refuse to take the 4runner to a regular car wash to avoid swirl marks from the brushes.

 

what ladder you got?

 

This could not be more timely, I'm getting close to my first oil change and was going to look into what all was needed. So thank you for this and I've got all these lovely things on order

 

there's always next time

 

added a roof basket, honestly. these are more effective carrying camping gears

 

Moving day.

Loaded the Gobi up with my most precious cargo

 

Green Lane Off Road out of Canada.
https://greenlaneoffroad.com/14-4runner/5th-gen-4runner-ladder

 

not me, but…wow

 

Land/Range Roverish

 

That has to ruin the paint on the quarter panel, right?

 

Maybe a little, but not as bad as it will if that catches something and gets ripped off. Seems like a poor choice for placement.

 

Thanks a lot for this. I will be ordering one very soon I just hit 1k on mine.

 

What did you replace them with? We’re they plug and play?

 

I went in for my 50K (actual 48.5K but it's been too long) Toyota Care Plus this morning. The last one was 13 months ago and last oil was December 2019. I used to put 5K on every 3 month driving to work and my normal next 10k oil would have been June 2019. Then covid came and I no longer had to go in to work and the 4runner just sat except for grocery runs. I have since retired so it doesn't get driven much more but it's paid for.

While I was at the dealer I looked around - not much to see in stock. They had 2- 4runner LTDs that I could see - not saying they don't have more somewhere. The lots were fairly empty and this is a high volume dealer. The show room was scarce except for 2 RAV4s, a Highlander, a Supra, a Sequoia - no trucks and surprise - 2 C8 Corvettes one soft top and one hardtop? Not sure what that is all about and didn't feel like talking to any sales people to find out. Oh, and the one RAV4 was a RAV4 Prime an had adjusted price for market value and color protection of over $64K - huh? Oh well, exciting times for car dealers I guess.

 

Mark ups are insane at this time. I think this is the new norm now.

 

Yikes! That is nuts!

 

CLE congrats on retirement! Year of WFH has been good for the odometer for sure!

 

Nothing special.

Kicker KS 6x9 for the front doors.
Kicker/Subaru tweeters for dash position
Kicker KS 6.5 for the rear doors.

No special love for or experience with Kicker, just bought the tweeter replacements before I decided to do the doors and figured maybe having the same brand/series would give a better outcome.

Used commonly available Metra mounts and wiring pigtails. They're not great, but good enough. . . and I'm pretty good with a file and a drill ;-0

Sounded a little bright so I disconnected the tweeter portion of the 6x9s in the front door. Not permanent, they are wired so that you can just pull the plug on the tweeter lead.

Sounds nice.

Jason

 

I bought the VE and regretted not waiting for the Pro. So some of my changes just make it look more like a Pro.

Added a Pedal Commander throttle controller (so much more passing power)
Updated base speakers to the OEM Audio+ system. Huge difference, voices are clearer and the bass is so much deeper.
Changed all interior and exterior lights to LEDs
Changed to the Catback exhaust - sounds so much better!
Changed the grille to the "Toyota"
Added the TRD bash plate
Replaced the roof rack, with the TRD rack.

 

Sounds pretty nice … Can you share some pics of your new ride?

 

Ha, I was going to ask why you didn’t just order a Pro but I get it. I wanted a Bronco so bad, but the roll out is so bad I found out about the 4Runner from a little research. I am waiting for the 2023 redesign. But I actually love what it is now and am so tempted to just order a 2022. KDSS seems like a set up for a possible failure and one can’t argue with Fox shocks. So I am all Pro as well. Hoping this follow works better then the Bronco did. Chips seem to ruin everything right now.

 

Installed Husky Floor Mats and an armrest console safe. 2 quick bolts and now I have a safe in my car.

 

Installed KDSS switch.

Just picture KDSS instead of ABS lol

On/off on demand