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

How much did you pay for them?

 

Yes it does. It's from nguyenworks

 

$930 out the door.

 

Put the rear cargo area to work! Winter time so it’s not loaded down with gear at the moment!

 

Sounds like you could have gone another 60 miles.

 

Drain and fill transmission. Was a tad overfilled from the last time. Drained 4 qts, filled 4.5qts, set level and 1 qt came out.

 

Went on a little trail ride this morning after the storm blanketed the area under 6” of fresh snow. At 50% tread life the M.T. Baja Boss ATs did what they do best and I had a blast bombing through some 1’-2’ snowdrifts.

 

nice! How did you determine trans temps to check the level plug?

 

OBD Fusion app and Veepeek OBD bluetooth adapter. I have infrared thermometers too-it's within a few degrees.

 

The spring tool gives me anxiety just looking at it!

 

I'm getting a $57,126.93 check for my former 2023 Off-Road Premium from the insurance company.

My low fuel light always turned on with 5 gallons left, BTW.

 

Yup. It’s not a spring tool. I just improvised since my spring compressor wouldn’t fit these coils.
Super sketchy but it worked

 

Drove us to watch grand daughters field hockey game.
Tomorrow same town for ugghhh Taxes W/new accountant.

 

I upgraded my H9 2018 lights to a set of 2024 LED, trust me you're making the right move.

 

I let my 4Runner drive me to get a root canal followed by a visit to my Dentist. 3 hours 45 minutes total time in the chair!
It's tough being 70+ years old and the effort to save my teeth!

 

I can support this opinion, as well. I appreciate the H9 and LED's both for different reasons. My hang up lies in the fact that the LED's are just a marginal improvement. And there's something to be said for the color temp and reach of the H9's. Honestly, it's kind of a wash in my mind.

The LED's are an improvement over the H11 halogens. But they're not a giant leap over the H9's. Would I pay five hundred bucks to go from H9 to OEM led? Not a chance.

I'm not arguing with ya. Just kinda thinking out loud.

 

Not with the wife in the car....... lol

 

Yesterday I got my dealer 2nd "free" maintenance @3000 miles and 1 year. Inspection, oil and rotate. Since I'm retired and don't commute to work anymore, I went from 20K miles/year to 3K.

 

I'm not retired but work from home & I too went from 20-22k a year to 12k with new job started 20-Apr-20 until they moved HQ to KC Mo. 28-Aug-23 & I started working from home. Last night had 6889 since new 20-Nov-23.!! 15 mos. old 20-Feb-25. Avg. under 500mi per mos.!

 

I just passed 1800 miles.

I got a call from my assigned service advisor at the dealership to schedule my 6-month service. Not sure what they do at 6 months but I’ll find out when I call her back.

And from all the posts here, I see that the consensus is to stay away from the dealer services. Or check their work thoroughly after.

 

sounds like a fun outing…

 

my wifes Mazda CX5 had H11 halogens low beam and 9005 for highs. Horrible even with the brightest Sylvania’s I could find. Swapped them out for 100 watt Lasfit LA Air series LEDs with 10000 lumens and 6000K color. Holy mother of god it is legit 100xs better.

low beams are crisp and reach out far and yes, they are set to the appropriate height. The high beams are no joke as well. Sooo bright and perfect for those dark back roads.

Worth looking into for H11 halogen replacement.

 

Seeing those blocks popped a childhood memory of a friend’s garage. His father was a mechanic and had a wall of cut oil and grease soaked blocks that he used for cribbing when working on his cars. Back then I was like “that’s pretty cool you can use wood like that!”, today I’m still that way just a bit more cautious (wiser?)

 

Paid the $35 for GMRS
Actually that was yesterday but I just received the authorized official digital copy

 

Same here. I don't typically do that but two hours into the job and one coilover disassembly later I realized the spring compressor that worked to remove the old springs would not work with the new springs.
Used the press, a couple large top hat spacers and two blocks of wood to get that nut started.

Once that top nut was started I installed them in the vehicle, jacked the wheel up by the UCA and tightened to spec.
I wasn't about to give up half way through the job. It looked sketchy, but it was actually pretty solid.
Regardless, my friend and I were singing the appropriate song.

 

Excellent song choice!

 

Combined an Offroam mount with a Rockie Talkie cradle to hold my radio.

 

Any further impressions now with a bit more time under your belt?

 

Just stocked up on some Toyota oil filters from Toyotapartsdeal.com