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

Crossing over 100,000 kms on the Runner today folks!!

 

congrats...
but 31C...you guys having a heatwave up there?

currently 38C on my back porch in North Mexico

 

They look great.
What is the base color you ordered? “Gray”?
I don’t see a “Black” option.

 

31 is pretty normal for most of Canada near the border, in Ontario we get up to 40 a lot

 

Thanks! I better not miss the photo op
Oh so no it’s currently nowhere near 30°C (it can easily hit 30+ though), it’s actually 20° right now
4R temp sensor for the win!

 

When I ordered mine, the default was black...
then you could select the color of the text...topo pattern, RUNNER, or OVRLND

I messaged him and asked about black with TRDPRO in red...he said he can put anything with 6 letters on it
Take a look at your bolt holes, notice the first and last ones are slightly different...well this seller makes the first and last letter differently so they fit

My first set was black with grey RUNNER

I think they are black, and just the color of the lettering changes

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1523998391/5th-gen-4runner-bumper-bolt-cover-set

 

Bought some glass microfibers, a drying microfiber and some wheel brushes at harbor freight all 30% off.

Scrubbed my wheels and tires down really well.

Ordered cat guards from Cali raised.

 

Added a few new items..

 

So here's what I did today. If anyone can tell me this is dangerous and I shouldn't do it please do and also tell me why. I've been wrestling with this for a lot of months and ultimately decided that the trunk plastics provide the same outcome as the outer shell than came with the inverter. It was important to me to have a pure sine inverter tucked away and a stock-style outlet used.

Welded on a grounding bolt.

Test fit the inverter, cut pieces of it off including the AC outlet - will wire this to the stock AC outlet I have upgraded with a new outlet and thicker wire.

spot welded the tabs of the inverter directly to the wheel well. Welding a nut to the wheel well or any sort of bracket would have made the inverter sit higher and caused clearance issues. Cut more inverter off. Test fit more. Finished spot welding and then painted. The Foil is to protect the interior from the welding sparks.

Waiting for paint to dry / cure and will wire this up with quick disconnect plugs.

The inverter is "backwards" with the AC outlet apposite side of the car's AC outlet because I was able to cut more off that side so it would clear the plastic shelf thing that sits on top.

 

nice to see what the truck looks like under all the plastic...sure some folks will be referencing your pics in the future for their own mods

what equipment do you anticipate running that needs a pure sine inverter?
between the upgraded wiring and new inverter, how much power can you pull from your plugs?

 

Starlink mini, and a toughbuilt box with Oz Tech mounting base.



I wouldn't necessarily drive with it up there (use in motion is not included with mini service anyway) but the included pole mount fits on one of the the Tred mount knobs nicely with a longer bolt.



I don't have the type c power cable yet; it's drawing right at 30w from the Delta 2 via AC.

 

My eco flow battery bank can't charge off the stock inverter because it's not pure sine. That's the impetus behind this. And I'm sure other stuff would need pure sine as well.

And this is only 500 watts instead of the 400 watt stock. I didn't want to have to run that thick of a wire for 1000 watts. Also IMO you need to upgrade your alternator if you're running that much and have an upgraded stereo.

My eco flow could charge off the cigarette lighter but that was slow. So now I can charge that fast and then also charge other batteries like drone batteries with the the USB outlets it now has.

None of that needs the thick wire I upgraded to. This wire is for 15amp like for your house or something. The reason why i upgrade the wire is this inverter can momentarily go pretty high watts and the stock wire to the stock AC outlet is really pathetic and I was worried that it might be an issue while for those brief jumps it wattage.

In short I just looked at the stock inverter as almost worthless.

Edit: the eco flow has pass through power meaning if it was being charged by this 500 watts and if say 1000 watts is being pulled from the battery, then only 500 watts would come from the battery. This would allow me to idle the car and charge the ecoflow if I wanted to run a hot plate or hair dryer for the wife or something. So there is a decent option to run high powered devices and not have the ecoflow drain super fast.

Picture of the stock wires on top of the upgraded plug.

 

I installed a dashboard cover from Amazon. Small potatoes compared to what I see here!
Oh and I dusted off my 4Runner!

Doesn't count....pulled a tarp on the roof of my RV. It's been really sunny and hot here in this part of San Diego (92131)

 

Starlink Mini? Same price?

 

Any link/brand/model for the dash board cover?

 

I’ve only done the front doors so far. I’ll update when I finish all the doors including the rear hatch.

 

Coverking Custom Fit Dashcovers-Poly Carpet $50

 

Just fyi….Not sure if your inverter is UL approved or not as I am not sure if inverters for vehicles are devices that are a category that would have approval. But 120vac products with UL approvals, think pretty much anything plugged in your home, typically have to use plastics with flame retardants where they are used to enclose live electrical components. The plastics will help contain any internal flame if something goes very wrong while having limited ignition themselves.

 

The plastic housing does seem very flame retardant. I was thinking of lining the inside of the cargo are plastics with foil tape or something. I'll look into flame resistant material. Good idea. Thanks for brining this up.

 

after 7 years 10 months since new, we crossed 100,000 kms!
And 14.7 MPG highway is a new high for me with this setup

 

Tightened the bolts on my interior molle panel/rack. Been rattling a good bit of late. Seems to eliminated most of the rattling. Roads where I live are more miss than hit for being "smooth.

 

Tiedowns for heavy stuff, just in case I get in an accident.

 

E-locker breather spliced into diff breather line.

 

Oil change!

 

Installed Victory Blitz sliders on this one for a friend. Pretty smooth/good quality all around. The step plate bolt alignment could have been better and didn't love the captured nuts being visible after install but all in all a nice set up. Shes coming back later to wire it up to the dome light circuit. Should be cool to have "entry rock lights".

 

My 2024 SR5 has a little black plastic "lip" the runs the length under both doors the full length from front wheel well to the rear. Can't tell in this photo, but is that the same on this green 4Runner?

 

Liking those sliders. Adding them to my list.

 

I like the look of them and I like the rock lights built in for sure. I don't know that I would completely consider them sliders. I would consider them tough steps. I have bud builts on my own car and I think that they are a lot stronger than what the blitz would protect. Not knocking that product at all, they are very nice and I really like their look as well. I just wouldn't go that route if you plan on using them a bunch.

 

Are you talking about the plastic trim that goes from wheel well to wheel well? If so then yes, this one has it as well

 

Those Blitz Sliders are pricey! Yes, the same plastic trim.