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

That looks awesome! now the magic question... does the safety sensor act up with that? what bumper is that?

 

Not yet but the jury is out I only drove it a little bit. It’s the warn bumper and is supposed to work for 2020’s but again we will see. If it does I think someone mentioned angling the sensor down which I looked at the back of the bumper while I had it off and I can see it’s not hard to do so and to even move it down a little if you’re really good with a dremel

 

Keep us posted! I like the look. Can you post a pic straight on at the height of the top the bull bar and a side shot? thanks

 

I Installed a Victory 4x4 Roof rack the other day. I think it looks cool.

 

I will get some tomorrow I need to get it cleaned up. And finish hooking up the winch and figure out where the crap I’m going to mount this cut off box

 

Looks great! …
Purchased this Warn Bumper last year for about $550 during a 4Wheel Jeep Show here in Nashvile and have yet to install … was waiting on winch purchase …

Question: Did you have much room to install the winch you have and did you have to adjust any of the AC Lines in front of the radiator?

 

Nope, everything fit perfect with plenty of room to spare. I was initially concerned about that because the winch bolts as far back as it possibly could in the bumper and I just knew that without relocating the control box it was going to hit. I’m very please to say it does not. There’s room back there for days.

 

That’s great to hear and Thanks for sharing!

 

No worries.

 

No, not at all

 

Got the meso puddle lights and switch installed, along with my Chinese sequential indicators for the mirrors.

 

Experimented with some vinyl wrap

 

Not exactly done to my 4Runner, but to its housing - my garage.
I made my garage door nearly silent by judicious use of white lithium grease.
It started to squeak and was really getting on my nerves, so I fixed it.

 

Stock air filter changed to dry reusable AEM filter. Cabin filter changed. Interior cleaned from all the dust it was covered in after camping for four days and driving dirt roads.

 

Looks good, I saw others that cover the pro grill part with the letters.
Any verdict about TSS?

 

Haven’t gotten to drive it today. I got in it to take those pictures and my multi terrain light was on again and the sos button was malfunctioning. So I started taking everything off and putting it back to stock then starting over. I found one problem one of the rivnuts for my roof rack was completely out so I had to drill it out and put a new one in. That took almost all day. It’s ridiculous. But none the less it’s fixed now with a bigger stronger one that I can tell bit down and shouldn’t have anymore issues.

 

Took a stroll through hyperspace.

 

I love driving in the snow. My wife thinks I’m crazy.

 

How do you cut the excess? Just a blade and smooth down?
Looks good

 

Has anyone blown out a tie rod on a trail? Debating buying some to keep in the back for the what if occasion but want to know how often it actually happens. I’m running 33’s and a lift so I know it wears down on them more.

 

Current situation. For whatever reason her LCA would not budge to swing it out of the way so now the alignment is all kinds of jacked until tomorrow. She’s getting a 2/1 kit put on and then I need to pull mine apart and put a new spring in on mine to accommodate the winch and bumper. Trying to decide if I should go 650 or 700# from wheelers

 

Doing an oil analysis on the Shell Rotella and switched to Kirkland brand oil.

Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr
Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr

 

Yep, it’s a good spare part to keep with. I keep an inner, outer, and also a spare cv axle.

I’ve bent three... two of which were bad and obvious right away, the third still drove home on and realized later on it was tweaked a bit when doing alignment. For me usually it happens on hill climbs or descents in the snow; hit a stump or something I didn’t see.

 

I just started running the new Shell truck and suv last year. Hard to find but I order online. I’m in the Springs also, Dublin, powers area. Why the switch to Kirkland?

 

Where do you order from? I am right downtown, Uintah and Palmer Park(for now, moving in a couple weeks). I ran Amsoil for a bit, switched to Shell this last time just because I didn't feel like ordering oil. Found the Kirkland brand and it was $25 for 10 quarts. I did the oil analysis on the Amsoil, sending off the Shell and then I will test the Kirkland. I was just curious to see how well they do.

 

The Amazon, it’s not very expensive in my opinion. I was doing Amsoil on my Tacoma and black stone with TBS (also adding achoil 9100, I still use Archoil9100 for all oil changes). I switched to the Shell because of the additive packs and it tested better than the Mobil 1 I had used for years.

EDIT: $34

 

I will have to look into Amazon. Didn't even think of looking there. My buddy swears by Kirkland so I figured I would test it out. Winter time is a good test since I don't drive it very hard, since most my wheeling and camping is done till summer time.

 

I’m pretty tied up in the winter also. I have to change my wife’s 4Runner often for short trips. I also have been using the TRD oil filters. They are a full synthetic media. They look like Amsoil filters. PTR43-00079, Amazon also I can’t find them too easily.

 

I need to order a stock in OEM filter with how often I am changing oil lol. Amazon is a good place to find those filters.