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

It's not, but go off

 

Why does your C-pillar emblem look weird?

 

Been awhile since the last update. Since then

- Spidertraxx spacers
-Toytec bodylift
-33” to 34” Toyo AT3
-Deeper BMC, pinch weld mod and more plastic trimming
-Exhaust tip cut and welded a straight end attaching a black chrome Toyota exhast tip

 

Those are pretty welds on the BMC.

 

Yes, it does look weird. It was installed incorrectly.



It should look like this.

 

it’s an sr5

 

Imposter

 

To complement what you said, I have tried a couple of different charging cables (with same results). But as others have suggested, I will attempt to clean out any dust that might be inside the ports.

 

Ordered Diode Dynamics SSC2 Pro ditch lights from Hotshot Offroad.

 

This could help.

 

I do this with my phone often since I work in a dusty environment. It's never gotten bad enough for the cable to not seat correctly. USB-C seems pretty good. I hated micro USB-B. Easily gunked up and damaged.

 

In addition to checking the phone’s socket for lint and gunk, check the cable plug. I’ve seen corroded/damaged contacts on the pins of a couple of mine.

 

OEM LED headlight upgrade.

I initially tried to see if I could get away without removing the whole bumper. While I could get to that bolt on the side, I still couldn't get enough flex to get the light out.




A few more bolts, and I had the whole bumper off anyway. It's really not as difficult as it looks.



Didn't take that long for my first time doing it. Maybe 90 minutes taking my time.

 

Got me some X-Act Contour Husky Liners for the front and rear seats.

 

Rolled over 10k, changed the oil and the air filter. I didn't realize the oem air filter has a fiber pre filter on it. Swapped it out for an AEM Dry flow intake.

 

I have the same filter on the way. Should have it tomorrow. Seems to have good filtration while still providing good airflow for a decent price. It seems the quilt attached to the OEM filter makes it a cold climate filter.

 

The factory airfilter is legit. However the toyota replacement OEM filters from my dealer are both thinner, and dont include the pre-filter. I felt bad when I changed my factory one.

 

Really .... interesting, I would have never guessed this was a "cold climate" filter or that such a thing even existed. and I lived in some cold ass places in canada growing up lol.

as for the AEM dry flow, I've run these for years in all my previous vehicles. I prefer them over the oiled alternative because you don't have to worry about messing up your MAF sensor. I've never noticed much of a bump in power other than on my old brz. which is to be expected as 5hp is hardly noticeable unless you only have 160ish to begin with like in my old brz. They've always performed well and they can be cleaned so I'm creating less waste and saving a bit of coin over the life of ownership.

 

How is the light output versus the halogens?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ctor-headlights.589465/page-252#post-26224347

 

Picked up a set of 2022 LED headlights for a decent price. Now I get to play the game of installing them!

 

Lucky you! Been looking for a set for awhile. Let me know if they make much of a difference. Thanks

 

They do. About 3 times the intensity of factory halogens with a wider pattern as well. About 2x the halogen headlights with H9 bulbs installed. See here:

 

What mirrors did you get? And where? I've looked at some at Suma Performance, but I'm on the fence about ordering some tbh.

 

Where are you guys getting your AEM Dry flows from? Didn't know these were good filters.

 

Did you need an adapter to connect these? I thought I read on some other post about needing adapters to make these work.

 

I bought mine from CarTrimHome. They're about 1/4 the price of the Suma Mirrors. They have the blue tint, defroster and sequential turn signal arrows. Downside is they ship from China. Mine took a month to arrive. The quality seems good.

 

Yes. I bought the adapter from FBC.

 

I bought mine from Amazon.