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

Holds up fine to a regular hose, and when I power wash I don’t point directly at it. Usually holds up really well for years if the prep is done right

 

Thanks, yeah, prolly user error on my part...any idea where to get the anthracite color dip other than dyc?

 

Not sure if you have a Pep Boys where you are? They usually have a wide array of colors there. If you get lucky, your local Home Depot might have it too

 

Ok, Im curious, and can’t be the only one who doesnt know what this is for. I figure it catches oil, but from where, and for what purpose?

 

It’s primary purpose is to prevent oil vapor from getting into the intake.

 

Nothing major. Put weather tech sun shades on all 4 windows. Covered the only chrome piece on front grill.

 

nice! I also did the ceramic and upper bar delete from the rack..

 

great minds think alike lol

 

Went to local dealer and picked up a set of 2021 pro wheels. Definitely looks better. Got some off road wheels to sell.

 

5 Oil catch-can prevents your intake valves from looking like this:


Curtesy AddW1

 

does anyone have a picture of the install of the catch can on the 4.0 engine and where to run the hoses to and how long to make them

 

Installed some 1/4-20 riv nuts in existing body holes and Drilled one set of holes in mounting plate and counter sunk them so the bolts don’t stick up. Rear set of bolts use the existing seat bolt holes, hoping to finish up all but coating tm

 

those look like valves from a direct injected engine. I doubt our v6 port injected engines would ever look that bad. (but I am happy to be proven wrong)

 

Is this oil vapor that escapes from crankcase breather tube? Anybody know how the factory breather method is insufficient?

I would be shocked if that is a picture of a port injected engine running as designed. The constant wash of fuel vapor with detergents would keep that pretty clean I would think. So I would be unhappy if you are proven wrong lol

 

so a 5 is your vote for having one - cool with that

Is there a particular catch can out there you use and like/not like? Seems to be alot of options.
Best i can tell mainly want to ensure get a filter and easy to dump. One other website for 5th gen saying only about 1.8oz over 3,200 miles so doesn't need to be a big can.

For those that know - is there possibly any downside to installing one? For example is there lubrication to something that should be getting that 'blow by' oil and such that will be starved and lead to a longer term issue by installing a catch can? I don't at all think there is but being wrong on things is something i do well at

There's an install for 5th gen outlined on trail4runner.com - i'd post the link but i'm not certain of rules on forum for doing that.

 

i forgot to ask...is the metallizer a plastidip product just in the gunmetal color? or is it a seperate spray?

 

Here it is. It’s a seperate can and it’s actually “graphite pearl”

 

Yes. Whether or not you actually need one depends on how much oil comes through the hose. On my car, the amount of oil I capture between oil changes is maybe an oz or two but I can also be higher in the RPM range than the 4R and the higher RPMs mean there's more oil vapor potentially coming through the breather.

Does it really help the average driver? Can't say for sure. But the idea is solid.

 

excellent, thank you!

 

Could save yourself some coin by using any moisture catch from a box store.

 

" Headin' out to San Francisco for a Labor Day weekend show. Got my hush puppies on-I never was much for glitter and rock-n-roll" (apologies to Jimmy Buffett!!)

Unloading my off-road gear, so that I take my OEM rims for my FJ to get new tires and then start prepping for a (highway) trip to SoCal, Flagstaff and Denver/Boulder in two weeks to visit family we haven't seen for several years!

 

Been almost 2 months and finally got the truck back today. I could cry lol

Should have fox 2.5 installed end of the month. Full bumper may get here by December

 

there's 0 downfall to installing one correctly (definitely massive issues if its installed incorrectly) however there may also be no real benefit to installing one unless you were racing your truck and leaving it in high rpm while also experiencing some high g's. I have one installed on my golf r, on older models, the PCV valve was shown to be pretty faulty and the OCC would catch quite a bit, on my version, the PCV got an upgrade and my catch can has never caught so much as a drop of nasty fluid, so the new stock pcv is doing its job quite well. Now folks who buy a OCC that fully replaces the stock PCV, They catch a ton of the nasty things that the stock PCV would flow back into the crank, but since the OCC kit replacing the PCV is literally just adding a plate, it no longer flows things back into the crank and it all goes into the OCC. And those guys are emptying it out monthly and have to worry about the occ fluids freezing in the winter.

 

LOVE that color!

 

What did you use to tint these areas?

 

My buddy has a tint/ wrap shop, he used ceramic for windows. The lights were some kind of special tail/headlight film. I guess similar to Lamin-X but way better quality

 

Thanks. I'm looking into doing the same to darken the chrome brow on my headlights, upper tail & mirror lights.

 

Finished phase 1 of my drawers project.
Started phase 2. I’m thinking over again what exactly I want to do with the other side right there. I think I do know what, but how, I don’t think I have enough materials left for what I do want.

 

And here is part of my shop where it’s all being done.

 

Didn't do anything to it, but founds miles and miles of trails in northern Maine this week. They seemed to go on forever.