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

If it's the black stuff from depot, the paint may chip. I had to respray mine with some epoxy and it's been holding up for over 4 years now.

 

Put some ppf on the upper grille for when my bug deflector shows up. Also put two strips on the bottom edge of the tailgate where I normally grab it

 

Well…. I “started” my BMC…. Welder took a dump and now I have 1 cut out and can’t start welding till next weekend!!!!

 

Can you see out of the vehicle?

 

Dude, did you tint your FRONT window?!?!?!?

 

Took her out for a rip.

 

$90 Volam 9'' Apple Carplay Screen for Car, Portable Car Stereo Wireless Car Play Android Auto Car Radio Receiver with GPS Navigation, Mirror Link, Voice Control, Bluetooth Handsfree Call/Music, AUX/FM

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CYQ3RFCJ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

$27 BOOMVATO Cup Holder Tablet Mount for Car, Universal iPad Cup Holder Mount for Truck with Adjustable Arm for iPad Pro 12.9/11/10.5/9.7/Air/Mini, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy Tab/Z Fold 4/3, 4.7-13" Tablets

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CL3979JR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

This Is the saddest of mods but it is legit when the wife and kid don't help you unload the skis... I made fun of a friend that bought it then my wife got it and I use it haha.


Forgot it was on there and drove home 95 miles and stuck in there like a champ!

Note: it is magnetic and it actually works haha!

 

You get outta here with that logic!!

 

Installed Method center caps

 

Drug tested mine

looks like it hit 4:20 too hard and thought it could actually get 300+ miles on a tank

 

About a month ago I finally got my 2022 SR5 Premium registered and the first thing I did was replace all the interior courtesy lights with LEDs, like I did on my previous 2008 4Runner. I also wanted the roof rack rails to be black and found one locally. After installing the black rails, I had the 2 extra cross rails and decided to install them too. I kind of like the look for now.

 

@4 Sticks
Thanks again for posting, totally copied you!

 

My pleasure, Turned out great!
I used a 1ft Lightning cable that I purchased off of eBay and it’s not available at this time.

 

I replaced most of the lights on my truck with Diode Dynamics LEDs (6000k, Cool White). They were pretty pricey for all 15 of the lights ($150~), but I wanted something higher quality than LEDs I've previously used. Replaced 4 doors, 2 rear hatch, 1 roof, 2 map lights (lower lumens version), 2 headrest mirror lights (lower lumens version), 2 license plate, and 2 puddle lights on mirrors. I hear the glovebox is a pain to get to and probably not worth it.

I was patient with the project and only got nervous with the puddle lights on the side mirrors, but took my time. Youtube helped me out and gave me confidence with that.

I am considering getting some higher lumens LED reverse lights to match the 6000k lights (maybe even 6000k LEDs to replace the stock LEDs on the 2024? not sure if that's worth it).

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Up next this week is to install the Cali-Raised Cat shields that just arrived at my house this weekend.

 

This is a good improvement over stock. And cheap. Quality isn’t bad at all for 10 bucks.

Sirius LED on Amazon

$10 SIR IUS LED - FT- 921 922 579 LED Canbus Reverse Backup Trunk Light Bulb for Car Truck Super Bright High Power 3030+4014 SMD White 6500K Pack of 2

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084F9F2BL

 

Not my 4Runner but my friends 4Runner got new LED bulbs.
(Already used for hate comments, LoL )
https://youtu.be/rA8GwDOMNCw?feature=shared

 

Painted the roof rack black. I'm very pleased on how it came out.

 

About propeller shaft bolt torque, do you ever find that those start to work loose in between tightening?

 

Not yet. I only did it because it was on the 15k mile list. Not one of them budged an iota while I was torquing them.

 

Thanks for the report! I'll plan to continue not torquing mine.

 

BTW, it helps to be in 4WD to do the front ones. I suppose I could have wedged a bar in the U-joint instead, but that seemed like it could lead to unintended consequences.

 

I installed a FITCAMX dash camera and a cargo area mat from YITA Motor. The FITCAMX installed easily and looks OEM. The same for the cargo mat after I cut some slots for the hold-down rings.

 

I'm thinking of doing this myself. Did you remove the rack from the truck first?

 

I'm ditching my Garmin dash cam with a Dongar adapter and replacing it with the FitCamX...
The quality on the Garmin is horrible and the app interface is not great either.

Not looking forward to unistalling the dongar adapter... Should have bought a FitCam the first time.
Live and learn

 

The Garmin had okay quality, but the FitCam can record in 4k. One thing I would recommend, if you do record in 4k, upgrade the micro SD card immediately. It comes with a 64gig card, but I swapped mine out with a 256gig card.

A 5 min video in 4k is 881Mb. Depending on how much you drive each day, that 64gig card would get filled up fast. Sure, it over writes itself and deletes the oldest data first. But that could mean only 2 - 3 days worth of saved video.

I have videos show how great the quality is, if you want/need to see it before making a decision.

 

Nice, will do. And share away! But I already pulled the trigger on one. I had to remove the Garmin camera to do ceramic window tinting. Noticed Amazon had a used FitCamX listed for only $110 so I moved forward with it.

Uninstalling the Dongar adapter will be a pain in the butt... Hoping the quality upgrade is worth the effort.

 

$110? That was a steal

 

It's "used" and comes without an SD Card. But it was the last used one listed on FitCamX's Amazon storefront... If it arrives in good condition I'll be happy.