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

Great idea. Thanks for the link.

 

Beautiful! I grew up in Philly and I miss all the water!

 

I finally got my Diode Dynamics Switchback turn signals reinstalled. The driver-side one kept burning out repeatedly, so I took them out. I loved the look but after talking with Diode Dynamics on the phone, We couldn’t figure out why they were burning out...

I read everything I could, and I determined it might have been the cheap wire taps/capacitors they give you to prevent hyperblinking- (they are so hard to reach in the fender well and install and I felt the wire taps may have not been connected properly and created voltage fluctuations resulting in burnout- also I never liked the thought of splicing into existing wires, so always wanted to fix them and clean up the install...)

Anyway I found some plug and play ones from Underground lighting that plug into your existing turn signal socket and have another plug you plug your switchback bulb into...so I took the old wire taps off,
Taped the wires Up good quality electrical tape, and plugged these bad boys in - it’s been a week now and no burn out ... if you are On the fence about getting switchbacks because of the wire tap Issue... I recommend these whole heartedly ( you do have to cut one tab off the new socket plug to get it to twist into your headlamp housing)

 

Delaware Water Gap?

 

Meso puddle lights and Suma mirrors before and after. Took photos best I could in exact same spot. Mirror pic, before was sunny, after was raining. Meso pic was same garage lighting conditions

 

I wouldn’t mind upgrading my puddle lights to led but those a a bit pricy for me. And suggestions on a solid more economical option?

 

Nope. You can try led bulbs
Others had did bulbs and loved them but when they switched to Meso they basically said "wow"

 

thanks. I’m just interested in a good led with some increased brightness and whiter light...nothing to crazy. What bulb are they?

 

nvm..I found it.

 

The Sylvania Zevo (168/194) is a nice bright white led that you can get at the local auto parts stores or big box store. Works great for the puddle lights.

 

No it's in Forestburg in Sullivan County NY.

 

Finished up ditch (forward) light project as the Rigid wire harness finally arrived and painted the light brackets black with Front Runner spray paint.
Will take some night pic with lights on later today.

 

Holy hood glare Batman!

 

Will see how much aiming they need.

 

Painted up my new SOS sliders. Install coming soon!

 

Plastidipped the rear emblems today. I always forget how easy it is to use.

 

Had a blast with my crews today.

 

where in philly did you grow up?

 

DM sent

 

Sort of off topic, but didn’t want to start a new thread, is there anything a little more heavy duty (read:abrasive) I can use on black soften, I had a MTB tire explode (crazy experience unto itself, with the windows up at 70 mph on freeway -I thought a piece of satellite had fallen and landed on the car, it was wild and somewhat scary ) while in the back seat and filled with tubeless tire sealant, got most of it off except for a faint residue of splatter everywhere on the seats... D’oh!!! Tried IsoAlc and soap and water so far...:/

 

If it’s a sticky substance try some peanut butter or maybe some googone ? But it might do damage to the material ? Other thing would be a citrus type cleaner like big orange from ZEP

 

Stans??

 

Hard to describe the substance, it’s latex based designed to stay in a liquid mostly but harden when a leak develops. Most of it was able to flake off when I scrubbed with iso and water but left behind a stubborn faint residue.

 

Orange Seal yeah couldn’t get the tubeless to seat with a floor pump like I usually do, took it to a compressor for high quick blast, forgot to properly expel some air once the bead was seated. Then BOOM. Wild stuff.

 

Oh crap!

 

Installed the Victory 4x4 cargo rack and rear window molle panels..

 

For those of you with roof top tents, get this on Amazon! Park your car and level your tent at home etc so you know your tent where you want it, then take this thing and figure out it's orientation in one of the cup holders and mark where the bubble is. Then when you are out, no more in and out and eyeballing how level you think the tent is, you can just glance down and know how close/where you are at with it. Used it this weekend and it worked like a charm, no arguing with the wife about if it was level or not haha

 

Great idea!

I went this direction for mine. It's not as easy as yours on account of I need to get out of the truck but I like to scope the site out first anyway.

They fit perfectly in the T-Slot of the tent frame, just put a lil dab of silicone on the back.

 

New SOS sliders are now on!

 

I wonder if the SOS sliders will work on my Limited Nightshade???