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

They do... just never shift it into 4h/4l

 

5th gen with low mileage looking at around 27k ish

 

New.

 

I was at the dealership yesterday, and looked at one, waited and waited and no one ever came out, no window sticker on it. I just left. I guess they figured I was just kicking tires cause they knew I had just bought a new Tacoma a couple months ago. Little do they know I am on the fence to trade it off.

 

Any hiccups on the install I should know about? Did you set up the DRL's?

 

I dont know about now but I took mine home for 42200 0down
These days tho I ain't sure...do places still have the whole covid rates? If so nows the time to get in on a new runner

 

Plug n play easy peasy

 

Bought my 2016 Tacoma new and traded it in after 3500 miles on a new 2016 4Runner. Loved the look of the Tacoma but the 3.5 is gutless when mated to that 6 speed double overdrive transmission. Couldn’t stand it.

 

Today a picked up a brand new recovery strap from Rhino USA. I used to have a tow strap with two hooks on each end I got from Canadian Tire. Turns out if I don't want to die, I should not use that. So far it looks like really good quality!

 

We bought are 11 4runner limited from a Toyo dealer in Salisbury MD back in August...found one with 63000 on the odometer...when i crawl underneath n took a look at the under carriage n such...i was amazed at how clean it was...n basically rust free (toyota standards lol)...factory stickers everywhere like new. The motor was the same..no aluminum oxidation at all!
Last week i started changing fluids....engine 1st. Mobil 1 synthetic extended milage w/ 300 ml bottle of Liquid Moly.
Trans i did a full fluid exchange with Valvoline Maxlife Synthetic....fluid didnt look bad at all .
Today i changed the differentials with Mobil 1 75w90 Synthetic gear oil....old oil was in pretty good shape...drain plug magntes not bad.
Greased the front n rear drive shafts(i feel they were done before surprisingly)
While i have the engine n trans skid plates down..i decided to clean them up...little bit with wire brush n my pressure washer. While i was at it i decided to drop the gas tank shield n do the same.
Motor n Trans shield repainted n ready to go back on....Gas tank shield waitin to dry to paint.

 

In 2011 the gas tank skid come in 2 pieces? Interesting that's different from what I got.

 

I think the trail n a few others had a full one at least back then...limited...not so...

 

I guess newer Limited owners are lucky to have full gas skids.

 

My '19 SR5 has one piece also.

 

Yes they are....guess toyo gotta enough complaints...maybe

 

Victory window molle panels installed; got them for the cargo basket they offer, but these arrived first, still waiting on the basket.

 

Victory 4x4 Molle Panels - waiting on the shelf:

 

Rhino USA 3/4” D-Ring Shackles in Matte Black and Red Accents.

Any suggestions to fill in the space between the rings? Thicker washers maybe??

 

Washers can get lost. If trying to prevent rattling, remove them and store in your recovery bag.

 

Maybe some sort of suspension bushing with flanges on both sides? As mentioned, anything that won’t stay put will inevitably be lost.

and yes, I’m waiting for the tie-down ring attack.

 

Remind me never to recover any of you ... ;-)

 

1)
cug- I get what you mean but thats been talked to death. Yes those are tie-downs but can still be used for recovery I've yet to see them fail...not that they can't but then again even heavy recovery points can fail not to mention the starps or chains (just saying)

2) flip them around less you want to loose them (fact)

 

The thing is: I don't care too much if a strap or soft shackle comes flying. But someone who's putting a hard shackle around a hard shackle then attaching that contraption to a tie down point is not the level of risk I, as the one in the flight path of the hard objects, am going to take.

I'd take all that garbage off, put two soft shackles around the tie down points, a tree saver between them, a soft shackle to attach to the recovery strap/rope which goes to a soft shackle in a mounting point that is designed for soft shackle on my vehicle. Then a weight on the rope, and that thing is safe even if I'm an idiot and use kinetic energy when I shouldn't ... something might break, but injuries will be extremely unlikely. I haven't done all that much off-roading myself, but I have worked in the unfortunate situation of having to recover or repair too many cars (when I worked at Ford for a year in the early 90s) and I have seen things break that I would have never thought possible. Dynamic forces are a bitch.

 

Well put amd thats why we should stand over or near the wire

 

Hit the edit button George.

 

Gone too far already...eff-ing Shrek fingers and too many brrs

 

I MENT WHAT I SAID!
LMFAO!!!

 

Rattling my brain around another dual battery setup. I had one in the Tacoma and everything was in the bed. I don’t have that option with the 4Runner without loosing too much precious space. What’s the consensus of red arc of the blue sea acr ? I had the red arc in the Tacoma and chose to leave it in there when I sold which hindsight is 2020 should have at least disco’d the battery and pulled the redarc.

 

I have the blue sea; pros are that it’s a very simple, durable, and reliable system. Only cons are 1, only ideal if you’re running two of the same battery; and 2, it does make a very audible click sound when it engages or disengages (so about 30-60 seconds after turning vehicle off it will click and disengage; then about 30-60 seconds after starting vehicle it will click to engage).

No regrets though. The click thing isn’t much of a bother.

I have no personal experience with redarc, but my understanding is that it’s the way to go if you want to run two different batteries (like say an AGM for primary and lithium for secondary).

 

See that’s what why I’m considering going red arc is the ability to keep my factory battery and shave off some of the cost. A buddy of mine pulled his out of his truck and offered it to me for 300.00 with all the wiring and enough to run to the back of the 4Runner for my fridge.

We were originally going to go with a jackery and solar but the jackery takes forever to charge off the truck and if overcast is an issue then no charge. Also the jackery only has so many charges before it’s no longer efficient so it may last a year may last 5 years and then we have to buy it all over again. With the dual battery I may have to buy a new agm battery every 5 years but it’s 200-300.00 compared to another 1000.00 (that’s based off having the jackery 1000.)