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

Finally got some dirt and rock under the wheels today, and tested a few of the capabilities of this awesome vehicle.

Fuel tank skid plate (I think?) took a little heat on a narrow trail along a right-of-way for transmission lines (second picture). That's already got me thinking about upgrading to some sturdier armor

 

Left draw Glock 43x vedder

 

This. If I put it as right hand draw the grip would be facing away from me. This is a dedicated truck holster. The firearm goes from my iwb to that holster when I am going to be in the truck for an extended amount of time.

 

I get Land Rover to save me~
soft sand under the water...

 

I was also surprised to get a package from fedex yesterday

 

Did you have a issue with the bumper filler plate? Mine was bowed where it attached to the skid.

 

Wow, I'm so sorry you're still stuck there since the Land Rover broke while trying to rescue you.

 

I dropped $2016.87 on my tag, title tax. Thanks Oklahoma!

 

Finally got it washed for the first time in what seems like forever.

 

No, the Bumper Filler plate went in perfectly fine for me. I had a bit of trouble with the Transmission skid however: There was a little burr of metal at the corner where it slots into the engine skid plate and wasn't letting it slot in on that side. I had to file that down and then they fit together properly.

 

Those skids are awesome. I apologize, and might be wrong, but aren't the green valve stem caps supposed to indicate the tires are nitrogen filled? I thought I read that before, but could be way off, but more curious and hope someone else might be able to confirm... Stay well.

 

Yes, you are correct.

 

Yep, I had only recently learned that myself. I had noticed it when I first was checking out the vehicle before buying it and had to look it up. After putting the new tires on, I'm back to normal air in them now.

 

Just installed this mount on mine and am having a horrible time with the swr being high

 

Oh and I installed this today. Rago mount with 5’ fire stick. With a swr of 4+..... and I mounted my homemade cooler slide

 

There up above 3. I ground of powder coat under mount, and in all screw head pockets and bolted a 8guage wire to the part of bracket inside the bumper and attached it to the frame. I have a solid electrica ground but idk if that’s enough. Picket up some 1/2” braided strap gonna fool with it some more, seems like a lot of people are running them, don’t need it to be super low just not so high it’s gonna smoke my final drive in my radio

 

Reposting... misunderstood mounting location in my original reply.

If you haven’t already, run a wide grounding strap from the antenna mount, down to the frame. You should be able to find an exiting frame bolt to connect the strap at. That might help.

Also, you try try removing the tunable tip from the antenna completely as well and recheck.

 

Yep, you want a wide ground strap, not just a wire. You need a ground plane, not an electrical ground. That should hopefully help.

 

yea gonna give it a try and see. Hope to get it sorted out. Making an 1800 mile trip to Moab this week be nice to get it workin. See a lot of pics of people using the mount just no talk of how they got it tunable

 

I didn't want to get reverse rake since the full eibach kit gives 2.75 of lift in the front. It was hit or miss since some people get reverse rake and others claim to be dead level. So far I'm looking level and waiting for it to settle to see if I get a little rake

 

Ride is smooth. No more mushy Stock ride and the dive when you brake is completely gone. No regrets

 

April 3rd, 2021 Springfield - MO Rigs and Coffee get together @ Artemis Overland Hardware + Trail Ride.
https://artemisoverland.com/
Convoy to the trail:






Start of the trail:



A guy brought his brand new 2021 Subaru Crosstrek on the trail ride. I was pretty impressed by it. He stuck around for the 1st 1/3 and then turned back. Probably a good thing, as more ground clearance was really needed, for the rest of the ride.









My 2019 4Runner OR



Couple 3 videos. I'm following a 6 speed manual Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport.

13min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JtJsxDVsEc

5min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFyMvHIm-E

10min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYK6n-9YoZE

 

went with a magnaflow round body muffler.. also added black tail pipe..

 

Vacuumed the headliner. Pic from mid- vacuuming...clean and dirty visible side by side. Amazing how filthy it gets from driving with all the windows open... probably mostly from having the back window down.

 

Keep us posted. I plan on using a ditch light bracket when i do comms, just for this reason.

 

Made a few minor modifications:

• Switched out the shifter for all black
• switched out silver radio and AC control knobs for black ones
• Blacked out emblem on steering wheel
• Changed the battery lock bar

 

nice! where did you order the shifter from? looks more compact too.

 

Doesn't Toyota parts have it? I just searched;

https://parts.frontiertoyota.com/oe...-4runner-2015-2021-tundra-ptr573414102?c=az0x

 

Aftermarket version for less than half the price

For Toyota Tundra 4Runner 2015-2020 Leather Shift Knob Auto Trans PTR57-34141-02 | eBay