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

Had a big chip in the pass side dash trim, found that Tuffskinz sells an easy to install vinyl with rubber grip texture on Etsy. Fit like a glove and was easy to install. Looks just like the rubber grips on my pistols.

 

Used the 4R Craftsman mobile compressor to save my stupid Ford work van dead in the water.
Good to go for an emergency service call in North Vancouver.

 

Everyone, we should really break up this thread into two threads like the .org 4R site.

What have you done with your 4runner today....

https://www.4runners.com/threads/what-have-you-done-with-your-4runner-today.19031/#post-543927

 

Installed front cam. First useful mod in a while. Lol.

 

No but it's fairly simple. Used 2x 16ft 12v 5mm amber strips. Cleaned the arms with IPA, cut the strips to size and stuck them in place, adding tape wraps at each end to discourage peel-up.

Ran a single pair 20awg through the main awning extrusion and solder spliced everything together to a single female jack, with extra abrasion protection where the wires might rub. Powers off the cigarette lighter or the 12v jack on the bluetti.

It draws about 90 watts and is crazy bright; I ordered a dimmer/remote to try. Parts linked below.

$10 DC5.5x2.1mm Male to 12V Car Cigarette Lighter Plug 18AWG Cable, DC Car Charger Auto Power Supply Cable， YOUCHENG for Cars, Trucks, Buses

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08H21T5LR

$20 MALIIGAZA Golden Yellow 12V COB LED Strip Lights, Flexible Gold Amber Color 5mm LED Tape Rope Light, 5m 16.4ft Decorative LED Ribbon for Office Home Indoor Decor (DC12V, Without Power Supply)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B1X5WF1H

$8 2Pack Male to Male DC Extension Cord,90 Degree 5.5mm x 2.1mm,DC Power Extension Cable for Security Surveillance Camera,CCTV,Plug Right Angle DC Male Plug Patch Wire Supply Adapter 3FT 6FT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C5DVSZSD

$10 RF Mini Wireless Remote Controller for Single Color 3528 5050 LED Strip Lights, Wireless Remote Control with DC Connector, RF Dimmer for 12V DC LED Ribbon, Shelf Lights

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08D6FC2T6

 

Installed LFD crossbar kit, blackout emblem overlays, pro grill and pro grill lower valance, 2/1 lift Bilstein 5100/cornfred, baja design squadron pro ditch lights, pro wheels and Toyo ATIII 275's, and Go Rhino rb20 slim line boards. ok ok not today but all in the last week! Have the Solidify rear storage, Husky liner full set, and Cartrim home front skid coming this week then I'm DONE!

 

Impressive, busy man this week! Congrats on all that. If you have a wife, don't tell her that total cost

 

Not sure about older model, but my 21 has an “eco gauge” setting with that has more bars that light up the harder you press on the gas.
The fact it’s labeled ECO gives the impression you’re being more ECO if you have more bars lit up lol. I have a feeling Toyota did that so you could choose to believe that if you wanted haha

 

The wife was the issue, on the drive home she was telling me to get to ordering when we got home as these tires SUCK.

 

Drove the SR5 to work this morning........filled up with gas at noon.........drove 'er home! Loved every mile!

 

I’m going to be the fuddy duddy that’ll say it does matter, although it’s not the end of the world in every situation, so i probably wouldn’t bother rectifying anything until the weather warms up.

For full strength you want those plates to contact everything flat and even. If it looks like flat contact after you tighten it down, chances are the frame wall itself did some amount of yielding to accommodate the hard plastic’s thickness.

Also, if you live where they salt roads in winter, it’s worth doing everything possible to get those plates to be hard up against the frame rails, with no pockets behind them, so you don’t get salt/crud build up behind there.

If you remove those plugs, then you can put a thick layer of wool wax on the area, and because it’s flat, the wool wax will get squished behind the slider plates forming a nice greasy seal. That keeps water out and rust away. Even with the plugs removed, my passenger side sliders were’nt perfectly flat due to some weld beads on the frame I didn’t want to grind off. But personally I think it’s worth trying to get them to contact as flat as possible.

 

Good deal. I agree. I use wool wax as well. So will do that this spring . Appreciate your advice brother.

 

Smart man, good points to consider indeed, even if it ends up being a non issue.
I had the same issue with weld beads when installing recovery points. Made a tasty Wool Wax (fluid film) sandwich between them while torque wrenching

 

Tasty! Hahah. I did use copper antiseize to prevent rusting on top of wood wax. I’m not sure my sandwich would have taster as good. Hahah

 

Mine got the eye brows done today:





And ordered the MESO rear hatch lights.

 

I got it done today. Sorry for the redundant posts all over the place but I am trying to be helpful. Blind spot monitoring sensors work perfectly fine with IronMan4x4 steel bumper, something they themselves advertise that doesn't work.

 

Tomorrow....Greenlane Roof Rack and Ladder arrive.... I know what next weekend's tasks are.

 

Very helpful indeed, NICE RIG!

 

Nearly week later but here is the ark delete trimmed to my nguyenworks bumper.

 

Smoking BC stuff, farting around mounting amber roof rack pods.
Limited by an Amazon rack, and bull bar clamps, I can't flush mount lights but I like this orientation so far best I can do (for two in the front).

 

If you wanna use that shovel, how long does it take you to get to it?

 

A minute

 

When did you order it?

Im still waiting on my sliders from Dec 29

 

this is actually very cool looking. I might have to try this.

 

details? install, where did you buy this? looks very discrete!

 

Just a cheap Amazon camera. I did the install in maybe 45 mins. just fuse tapped into KDSS open fuse, since i have 2WD. Easy peasy.

Drilling was the slowest part, was a bit hard to get nicely drilled hole without a right angle drill.

$46 AUTO-VOX 180° Front/Backup Camera, OEM Mini Style, Screw-Free Easy Install, Side/Rear View Camera, IP69K Waterproof & 0.1Lux Low Light Back Up Camera for SUV/Pickup Truck/RV/Van/Camper/Car

https://www.amazon.com/AUTO-VOX-Fisheye-Correction-Waterproof-Universal/dp/B0CMBXWCBL?crid=13VXMJ2HQNNXP&keywords=front+camera+for+car&qid=1706624917&sprefix=%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-5

 

How about the rear cross traffic alert, does that still work as well.

 

They do not work to close the door. Had a passenger grab it to close the door and "pop". Easily put back on however, would imagine the adhesion on the tape would wear out if done too many times.

 

Me & the mad scientist got together & installed our skid plate.

 

Had the afaternoon off so decided to crawl under the SR5 and check out the grease zerks......don't think grease was ever put into them.....greased 'em all up then gave 'er a good wash to get the salt and crud off 'er!