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

Still tracking down a cold weather creak noise in the drivers upper windshield area.
Does not do it when warmed up an expanded.
Trying to determine if it is windshield sealant under the trim contacting the window/body frame. Gently slid the windshield trim back and applied silicone spray underneath to see if it could change/muffle the area to narrow it down.
Will be in the 30s in the A.M to test out.

 

That option is slowly creeping up the list, Raimie

 

Did Carbon Fiber faux on the trim above glove box, around radio, both vents & Toyota steering wheel symbol, Ceramic Tint on DS/Pax windows, Red TRD TD Vinyl on the out side Pillars& Lift gate. Waiting to be done this Sat Any "Time Brite Box" fog lights. & Amber Raptor lights.

 

Added Cornfed 1" spacers. Came out exactly as I wanted. Still a slight rake, just enough to deal with the couple hundred pounds of deer corn I haul every so often. They should come this way from the factory.

 

Deer corn!! One if the perks of having a farming uncle. Arrows are just to d**m expensive in this day and time.

 

Drove it to buy more Christmas gifts

 

Wrap it up as soon as possible, is what I say.

 

Thanks for this dude, those are rad ima buy some in the new year. With the rest of the fender mount sprayed black underneath it'll disappear. Better look I think than the clearance cut valance rocker cap, thanks janky.

Thanks yeah I bought extra yellow clips and blue clips and fender screw bolts from dealership on da low

 

Done some dirt, rough roads and big potholes with the new springs and I'm really liking them compared to the front preload/rear spacers. Feels like I have all the travel again.

Not as firm and a little brake dive has returned, but I'll take it.

 

Yes, I went with the “Anytime” option. I too like the option of using high beams and fog lights.

 

I used a switch that I purchased with the kit. I installed it in one of the blank slots on the dash left of the steering column.

 

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Extended the AC drain pipe to throw water on the side of the frame directly below rather than on it.
I have read that it eventually causes rusts though I am not sure if AC water will do that. But , I had the pipe lying around.

 

Safelite does an Air Hose trick to see if the windshield glue has been compromised.

Use the air compressor to blow air on the perimeter of the windshield on the inside. If you can feel it outside the windshield (may need a friend to help) then you know you need to fix it

 

That is a good idea -- my last vehicle had them completely rusted out, when I had to remove it to xfer plates. Do you just buy these from big box stores? Any other screws besides license plate ones that should be replaced?
I am gonna do it too -- I love the idea.

 

@Quadjeeper can you tell me about the electronic air horn?

 

I've had it for over 20 years, transferring it from vehicle to vehicle. It is a Whelen 100w horn/pa system for EMS vehicles. I don't use the PA part just the horn. It is not a siren. It is quite loud to say the least. The amp unit is intended to be mounted inside but with a splash shield and mounting away from high heat it holds up where I have it. The speaker is large and very heavy but with a homemade bracket was able to be fitted behind the grille. I did have to use a zip tie (!) to steady it from vibrating and possibly cracking the brackets. I did install a relay as the current needs are pretty high. And I wired it so it works with the stock horn but I can turn it off if I just need a beep instead of a blast.

 

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Those are my new Toyota OEM TRD rims that I bought on Toyota's black friday sale.

 

Got my C4 skids painted up

 

Nice wheels, NOW you need some real tires to go with those wheels. Like.....say, Falken Wildpeaks. Bro, those street tires have got to go!

 

You have no idea how much I hate you right now for saying that, haha. My buddy has been giving me SHIT since the second I got the swap done today. I dont think the Dunlops look that bad on them! But, yeah, I will be forced to get something more aggressive soon I guess, lolol

 

Bro, be honest. If you have to say "It's not that bad", it's because it really is that bad. LOL

The day I picked up my 4runner, I drive it STRAIGHT over to Discount Tire to put better tires on it. I had it for less than 20 minutes before I upgraded it.

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who needs a Tacoma for work when I already own a 4runner. I have been running a smaller trial version
of this work setup for a few months now even though I have a contractor box van I work out of daily.

I am going to run this setup starting today full time while starting a new venture till I can move up to a Ford F250 with a 8' bed, steel cap
and same bed-slider arrangement. before you say that is a lot of pack-outs, that is only 3/4 of them. the other contain fittings, fasteners
and other consumables will just have to live in a trailer or job-site.

also, what you can't see till I slide the platform back in is a 3 drawer pack-out on one side and 2 drawer pack-out on the other side both
accessible from the rear door.

 

Nice setup. After years of the thing I needed inevitably being on the bottom of the stack, I threw out every packout that wasn't a drawer or cabinet.

 

Funny you say that. I have a "day pack" that is more of a bug out/get home bag. It has tons of useless crap as a day pack and when I tried to find something in it on a hike a couple of weeks ago, had to unpack the whole thing to get to it. I had just repacked it a month or two ago so wasn't familiar where everything was but made me think... maybe I just carry too much shit

 

Can you tell me about that CD player in the glove box?

 

Hello from a fellow Mainiac!!

 

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Got an alignment today and was greeted with this gem:



So now what. And why does the silly thing disable traction control when the slap on PCS freaks out?

 

I think any problems disable traction. My gas cap was loose and the CEL came on. My traction and crawl control was disabled.