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

Is it the tires rubbing the sway bar or the coil springs contacting the sway bar? What rims are you running?

 

Hi Gramps, welcome to the site. Yes, I did .Toytec includes those in their kits. Hey Chris, I have the stock off road premium wheels. It's the tires rubbing the sway bar but only going forward. I also noticed that the tires are less than a pinkies width away from the UCAs (and yes...that is an official and accurate means of measurement)! The good news is that I finally got my BAJA rack that I ordered back in Aug. I installed that yesterday!!

 

You need new wheels or wheel spacers. I'm personally not a fan of wheel spacers and try to avoid them. If you absolutely love your stock wheels and don't want to replace them, wheel spacers will be your only option. SpiderTrax or G2 are the only 2 brands worth running. Stay away from the cheap ebay junk.

 

Yeah, I figured I would need rims, I don't want to put spacers on. So I guess after the holidays I go wheel shopping. Thanks for the input!

 

You're lucky you went with a tire that runs on the small side of the 285 spectrum otherwise they probably wouldn't have fit at all. The falkens run small, had it been something like the tires i'm running, they would have been touching the UCA's as soon as you tried to bolt the wheels on. What wheels do you have in mind? Generally stick with a 17x8 wheel, 4.5" backspacing, 0 offset and you will have very little to no rubbing. At worst you'll have to trim the inside lower lip of the front bumper.

 

Now that I've fallen down this particular rabbit hole that was going to be my next question. What backspacing and offset should I be looking at? I get the idea, but am not familiar with the application and since this just hit my radar I haven't had time to really do the forum search. Again, thanks for the guidance!

 

On wheels try to find a 0 offset with 4.5" to 4.0" back spacing. If you were to get spacers Spidertrax is the best although they only make 1 thickness. 1.25" I have been running BORA .75" spacers on my Tacoma for a couple of years now and they have been awesome. I needed them when I had SCS F5 wheels with 4.5" back spacing.

 

Only had her a week, no mods yet, but been researching a ton....thinkin floor mats first! Any suggestions? Eyeing the Husky

 

Rolled over 20k.

Had it seven months. Taken it to California, Oregon, Washington, BC, Yukon, Alaska, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Lots more to come!

Edit, forgot Colorado! LOL

 

It takes me 3 years to put 20K on a vehicle lol

 

Sounds like a fun adventurous first 20,000 miles

 

Hehe, indeed. All my trips are linked in my signature if you care to see.

 

LOL, I actually hardly drive this, except when I do. I usually am on my motorycle. 10,000 of the miles were all at once, going to Alaska.

 

Brand new to the thread and am still a couple of weeks away from taking delivery of my new T4R TRD PRO. She just landed at port and is on a train to VA. While I wait I've been reading every post on this Thread and already have a laundry list of things to spend paychecks on. I know a couple of things I plan to do day one and that's lights in and out. Interior is easy enough based off recommendations found here. Now for exterior I see most people are going for HID conversion kits. I've not seen anyone just use replacement bulbs like the ones I found below. Does anyone have experience with just bulbs or is it just hands down better to get the HID kit? If it's the kit does anyone have pics or vids of the install? Curious about level of difficulty and if there's any mounting work? Final on lights, has anyone done white lows/highs/ and fogs?

https://www.carid.com/evo-lighting/spectras-headlight-replacement-bulbs.html

Kits: XTREME HID vs. HIKARI LED?

 

Next question: Best method for window tinting?

 

find a local shop that does tinting, don't try it yourself, its absolutely worth it.

 

I have a handful of local shops but am really wondering if all tint materials are the same or should I shop for one specific type thats superior? Or is it all film these days? Also, a shop called LA Tint has 4 varieties and I know they're going to try and up sell me on the most expensive so would like to be prepared to get the best value.

 

Stay away from LED headlights. They're brighter however they don't project light even as far as the stock bulbs did. I did the fogs, high, and low beams on my 2016 Tacoma and wasn't impressed. Didn't bother on my 2016 4Runner.

 

What's your recommendation?

 

As of now I have stock bulbs in my 2016 4Runner and honestly i'm fine with them. I will likely upgrade to Silverstar Ultra bulbs though just because...........why not? I have run them in many vehicles and always liked them. Only complaint is they don't last all that long. HID is a great option also but I don't personally feel the need.

 

Interesting to hear you say this. Literally switched out my fogs tonight with and LED replacement. However I was going with an yellow bulb replacement for low visability conditions. The design I went with was 360° and from what I could see tonight testing them on the same driveway as when I had the stock bulbs in they are brighter and do project a bit more. However it's the stock fog light housing, so its only going to project as far as Toyota designed it to. Someday I might move to a Baja designs replacement.

 

My 5 min mod today. New LED fog lights.

SNGL Super Bright High Power H16 type 2 LED Bulbs for Fog Lights - Plug-and-Play - 3000K Gold Yellow (Pack of 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZVGC41/

 

The big question I have is - How much light is aimed upward compared the to the stock Fogs? If much is, it will defeat the purpose of the fogs by lighting up the water vapor and decrease visibility. Fogs should be bright, but project nothing above a certain point. I have to drive on mountain roads in thick fog and have learn this lesson well. If you are using for driving lights and are not concerned, then never mind. Just don't blind anyone with them or you could find your self on the wrong side of the law.

 

Thats because you need HID in the low beams, due their design, the fogs i replaced the houseing with Auer 2in1 led/drl. And hi beams with led are not bad.

 

Overlook Graphics.

 

Just a heads up for those interested in the Xenon Depot HID Kit and Led HB's. There's Christmas cupon code for 10% or 20% off. Ends today.
XMAS10
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ITEM QTY TOTAL
H11 HID Kit | Xtreme HID 1 US $199.99
9005 Xtreme LED Pro Headlight Kit 1 US $154.98
20% Off Your Order [XT-H11][XT-LED-9005-PRO] 1 -US $70.99

 

Christmas comes early!
Baja Utility Flat Rack

 

Texture looks like it should match the NFab Nerf Bars. Will post pics of install later...

 

First 500 miles are down

 

NFab steps showed up today, now I just need time to put them on. Oh and of course I drove my wife’s corolla and these won’t fit inside so I have to wait until tomorrow to bring them home...