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

Congrats on the Pro! I’m almost at 6k miles! I don’t think you can go wrong with S&B. Heard a lot of good things about it. Check out trdjon review of it on YouTube if you haven’t already. Still deciding if I want to pull the trigger on a PedalCommander, but like you I have spent quite a bit of money on mods these past few months.

 

Full detail on her today, good wash with the foam Cannon and some paint decon, clay bar and then some shine supply sealant topped with there punch it spray. Turned out nice and was glad to get my detail on it since buying it at the beginning of April. I was waiting for the pollen season to dwindle down.

 

Forgot to add I also got the front two windows coated with ceramic tint. This is my first vehicle with leather seats and man are they hot. So far with them tinted and my weathertech sunshade it seems to have helped some.

 

Had new tires installed, Michelin Defender LTX. Took advantage of Costco’s Memorial Day sale and had them installed for $770 OTD. Dramatic improvement in on road ride quality, really excited about these shoes!

 

I have those same tires on my Tacoma and my 4Runner. I would not have anything else.

 

Today, I installed the Brite Box. This allows the fog lights to be on by themselves or with the high beams.

I have been disappointed with the headlights on my 4Runner since I bought it 7 1/2 months ago. I swapped bulbs and they still suck. On the 2 Tacomas I have owned, making the fog lights able to be on with the bright lights or on by themselves was easy. Not so much on the 4Runner.

The instructions stated it was plug and play which is true. It also states install time was 30 minutes which may be true for someone who is mechanically inclined (I am not). A couple of hours and a few expletives later, voila. Anytime fog lights.

I waited until dark to take it out and drive it. HUGE improvement. I still may do something different with the bulbs but for now, the lighting is MUCH better since I can run the high beams and fog lights together.

Another cool thing about it is that it does not affect how the stock headlight/fog light switch works. If I choose to operate the lights in OEM mode, I can still do that, not that I would want to now.

The pics are not great but I think you can get the idea.

 

Cool mod, I like the idea of this. will have to add to my list...

 

Nice! … Love Rago Fab Products … is that a Cigar cutter?

 

Close to 70,000 on my 2016 4RTP

 

Awesome Job! … thanks for sharing the vid. Did you purchase the same switch? and did you have to add tape around the switch body as well?

 

Looks Delicious! … Nice to see people enjoying their vehicle … “Let's Go Places”
Love the boat, please tell us about it?

 

Bro I did have to do the tape job. I used some super sticky and thick double sided I had on hand. Only thing that was thick enough, I just didn’t peel off the other side. The switch though, the one from 4runrun that has the truck and “Raptor Lights” printed on it was sold out. Bummer but whatever. I had to watch the vid several times at different times to fully absorb it. Once I got it all in my head it was easy. I did not solder the connections inside cab. Rather I used spade quick disconnect connectors I had. No need to solder inside cab but I went ahead and did it in engine compartment. What the heck, I have everything I need for this kind of stuff anyway.

 

it is an 18.5 foot Klamath OPW Light fast and stable excellent for trolling because it tracks well at very slow speed using the Mercury 9.9 Pro Kicker going 1.2 Mph has too many bells and whistles dual side scan with GPS Hummingbirds Dual Electric Cannon Down Riggers.
The Best part is it tows excellent behind the 4Runner if I get time I'll post some pictures of the boat.

 

De-chromed the rear 4Runner badging, made it match the front TOYOTA flat silver.

 

Looks great and different from the normal black out approach.

 

Scary people that do stuff with tags are only on the lnterwebs hahah

 

It’s like wheel locks. Ain’t gonna stop a determined fuckface, but it may make them move on to a more opportunistic target.

You can find a lot of information about someone by looking up their license plate in public records.

Like, you could look up the license plate to a nice motorcycle you saw online, find out what the physical location it was registered at and go steal it. Or you could, look up some dude you don’t like on an Internet forum by his license plate and harass him in real life.

Buncha weird fucks in the world.

It’s just good practice to remove any temptation from your random internet trolls.

 

Any parts store sells wheel lock removers...they have kits around 20 bucks that destroy the lock by reverse threading into the lug. I'm guessing most tire stealing punks keep them handy

 

got them wired last Tues

 

finally had time to get the spidertrax 1.25 spacers put on.. slight rub full wheel lock. I may take off the front mud flaps, not sure though.. fellas have any feedback on that? mahalo..

 

Installed the expedition essentials t4rpam the ram wireless charger (clearly you can see the wire) and ordered the replacement ball for my iPad mount the 1” is too small to keep it from vibrating all over the place

 

So something went wrong and idk what yet.
Runner has been fine since the install but this morning she wouldn’t start. She would crank over but no ignition. I know where I’m drawing power for raptor lights switch relay is from inside the cabs fuse box under dash and that the fuse I am sharing using the “add a fuse” is “ign 2”. Ign 2 is what fuses cranking power... maybe a relay for that, not sure. But anyway I unplugged the add a fuse from ign2 and swapped 10 amp fuse the normal factory way. She started right up. So I’m currently in a quandary.

 

Did you trace wiring to see if maybe an extra inline fuse was blown or bad ground or if maybe wiring was stripped anywhere as you pulled through firewall? Could be a bad relay too.

 

Mod fail today...

I like the looks of the white LED strip lights, so I added a set today. Total pain figuring out what fuse to tap into it to have them come on with the ignition (it's the fuse panel inside the vehicle, and not the one under the hood). Spent a couple of hours routing the wires properly and getting everything done just right.

Turn them on and they are beautiful! Exactly what I was looking for...



Then I walk down the street to see how they look from a distance and... Doh! The brushguard obscures them totally. Can't see them. LOL. Oh well, they look cool to semi drivers going by.

 

I’ve done an initial trouble shoot. With more time I’ll look deeper. But I did neglect to add a 2 amp fuse for power into new switch. They did that in video I followed but my switch didn’t come with the inline fuse holder. I did finally buy one at NAPA but had not incorporated it yet. Idk, I guess it’s possible I blew the switch because of that. But if I did idk that would cause ignition issue.

worse comes to worse I can bypass switch and relay altogether and tap power from fuse box under the hood. INJ fuse location I believe. Then lights will be on whenever runner is running, I think that’s is the case with that anyway. But I really want the switch option. Have some digging to do.

 

Did you end up using IGN 2?

 

Had Cooper AT3 4S's installed in place of the Dunlops, stopped by the eerily empty lot of the Toyota dealer.

 

Looks great

 

Damn

 

Those add a fuse taps are garbage, nothing but problems. Find a parking light source under the hood and tap into that.