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

You On Here Bro?
The mod of mods! Just a testament to the durability of these dudes. 600lb springs front and rear, bilstein 5100’s set at 1.5” in the front. Love the tread track running boards. Driver said they are more for body protection than a step. He said the ride is the best in their fleet. My reply? “I bet it rides like its on rails.”

 

Got screwed..
Not sure when I got it. Probably by roofers last week.

 

Ha ha. I didn't even ask them what they did. May be they use patches like Walmart does? (since it free, so the cheapest method used?) Not sure, didn't care.

 

Mounted the Scepter Jerry Cans, cleared garage door by 1/2" hahaha let's goooo!

 

Aw shiet! Just roll with it till the head breaks off, like the lag bolt I ran over

 

Installed aux rear lighting.

 

New wheels and tires mounted up.

 

Tail pipe art.

 

Got everything ready to replace the spindle bearing, now the question is to do it tomorrow or procrastinate.

 

Today I replaced the serpentine belt, spark plugs, and did an oil change. Under 4 hours for all of it.

Havoline 0w-20 6 qt. box from Walmart, and a quart of Supertech 0w-20 for the extra 0.6 quart. Wix filter.
NGK plugs.
Dayco belt.

Not that hard. The belt took the longest, it's hard to route one-handed and blind while using all your might on the tensioner. I can report at 115k, the tensioner has about 30 years of life left!

 

Applied ceramic trim coat that another forum member had recommended. I've owned my 4runner seven years now and the blacks were fading. This was just a test. I'm going to mask it off, get some proper gloves, and do the rest of it next.

I had painted my sun visors first thing on ownership, too, but looks like it's time to touch them up.

 

Best thing i have found for black trim is the Cerkote trim restore.

 

More foofy stuff

Before


After



Getting closer to my all black.

 

5 Toyotas, and this is the first time I’ve had the wheels I actually want. I’ve always ran stock wheels!

 

Got me a Teton shifter and it is freakin awesome, seriously tho I can’t take my hands off this thing. I feel like I’m driving a tank.

 

Added some black stick ons on the rear logo and the letters. Together with the updated tail lights, this 13 year old truck looks 2023.

 

For those of you who wash your own car and do your own detailing...

In response to a complaint I had made to Costco about their microfiber towel labels (super large tags, will scratch, and you'll destroy the edge hem if you pull the tag out in its entirety), I was notified by the regional Costco office by email yesterday that they would be discontinuing the Costco microfiber towels and replacing them with a future product that does not have that big, scratchy tag.

Their response was that the label was required for importation purposes. They went on to say that they are reclassifying the product category and they will start to sell them without those stupid, scratchy labels.

Surely, they already had this in the works, but it's nice to know it's coming up.

 

If I got one like that, I'd be tempted to plug it myself for practice. I'd take it in if that failed.

 

I just finished the platform for the cargo.. see post here:

https://www.4runners.com/threads/18-orp-build.5141/page-4#post-495026

 

My approach to labels like that is to cut them off close to where they're sewn in, and then pick out weft threads one by one until there are none left sticking out. It's a waste of time, but I end up with what I want.

 

I tore, I precision cut with Japanese sewing tools, tweezers, etc. Tearing got all the label out, but the hem gets damaged and they unravel in the wash and over use.

Best towel, worst label.

 

Did some 60k maintenance. Oil,
Akebono front pads, greased driveshaft, and topped off coolant. Also finished installing the RCI skids I got from the labor day sale. I'll say that it's possible to install the trans/tcase skids by yourself, but I'd wait for the wife next time.

 

I love that setup. Please give me more information about that skid plate. Also, is it compatible with the kdss? Thank you

 

Yes they have a kdss compatible version.

 

With everyone down here in my neighborhood getting their roofs redone, (still deciding if the hail damage was severe enough to have mine done), I'm just waiting for the day I have to patch one of mine.

 

Yup! Keep my repair kit always with me and my air hoses too.

 

Might be easy when the entire neighborhood doing it so insurance have a hard time pushing back not approving certain repairs. I think the adjusters work for multiple insurance companies so they look at one house and then just glance on others and approve everything. Roof, gutters, siding, fence, deck,etc.. So far my roof is done and painting my house and deck should be starting soon. First thing I told the roofing guys are "if you can deal with insurance and do everything. else forget it.". So they did everything, calling insurance, talking to insurance adjusters when they come, etc..

 

Yeah, the guys down here do everything too. I've already talked to my insurance agent and my deductible would be just under $3k for a new roof. I jokingly told the agent on the phone that I was hoping to use that money to get lockers and all I got was crickets. Some people just don't understand! LOL

 

Well I haven't decided if I'm having the roof done this time or not, I went up and looked at it and I didn't think it looked as bad as the guy said. Plus we get hail here every spring well into summer so I may wait till next years storms come through and then have it done. Lockers will still have to wait until 2024 though as I have a senior in HS applying to colleges, gulp!

 

Done and done.