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

Damn! You cats are scaring me! At what age does this shit start happening? I am 60! Stay healthy my friends!

 

Hahaha! HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema), HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema), and altitude sickness in general have little to do with age, as far as I know. The last time I was up on Pike's Peak I saw a boy about 12-years-old with altitude sickness, and his middle aged (and out of shape) mother was doing just fine. I know sometimes when I go up to elevation I get headaches, and the next week I can go and nothing. It seems to be quite random. A few years back I went on a group ride with some of my motorcycle buddies from California up Pikes Peak, and out of 7 of us, one guy got it, and he was the most physically fit of all of us. When our scout troop would climb Mt. Whitney (14,505'), at least a couple kids in the group would get it. So again, it seems to be random, at least in my experience.

 

Gotcha! I have been skiing and mountain biking out west and the altitude definitely affects some people differently! Great to hear that you are enjoying the outdoors!

 

Me either, increases the chance of someone running into you.

 

I mean, I get it, it goes along with the blackout look. I think it looks good and have thought about it in the past on several vehicles but... cost and practcality stopped me from pulling the trigger. To each their own - its a cosmetic upgrade more than practical upgrade unless I'm missing something.

 

I'm new to this... where did you get that shifter knob? Love it!!!!

 

i have the same one but no 4R logo on it.. i got mines through AJT designs along with audio/climate knobs to match..

 

thanks for the info

 

It's completely cosmetic. Amazon price was right. Having said that, I was just curious what the local tint shop would charge for tinting the rear tail lights. Suffice it to say, sticker shock hit me real quick. I was think somewhere between $75-100.

Nah.

$250.

I said, "Thank you," and hung up.

 

is that amount of rust normal? Looks he has a 2019 ORP. That amount of rust in 4 years?

 

I removed the TRD Pro exhaust and put the OEM one. Peace and quiet now and zero drone. I'll be selling shortly the Pro exhaust - Houston area.

 

I can’t stand the silver that shows up when not in use. Granted, it’s not ideal (or even illegal) to reduce the brightness of them. For me I want it to be darker but keep the same brightness for driving and braking.

 

HikeIt X9 installed, and it vaporized my skepticism. Found out that the remapped throttle response directs Mission Control greater than just a heavy foot can. Totally improves the driving feel (no added power; just feel of course). Still experimenting with settings. HI 9 is ludicrous; great acceleration but too touchy in normal driving. Auto is good for now. Any suggestions on settings?

 

That seems a bit high. How are they tinting them? I don't think a film would hold up for long.

 

I had the Dasaita unit previously. I grew tired of the issues with it, so I switched to the Pioneer DMH-WT7600NEX. I originally used the Metra mount. The trim piece would not fit as tight to the dash as I would have liked and the mount being plastic, was flimsy. I decided to try using the factory metal mount to see if it would work. It worked without needing any modifications. The unit sits farther into the dash. There is a trim piece which slides over the mounting area for the screen after it has been attached. This piece will not fit now. There isn’t enough space between the screen and dash surround for it to slide in. It doesn’t bother me. So far I have no complaints with the performance of it.

 

Good question. But considering they are the ONLY tint shop in town, they can sorta get away with it. Other shops are nearby, but have drive a short piece.

OAN:

Got my Cali Raised LED grille lights in. Choose the dark amber ones. Pretty straight forward install.

 

Did the rear seat mod changed it up a little bit because I didn’t like seeing the foam. So I wrap it in snow camo. Took the jack out of the rear cargo area mounted my stream light and wrapped in behind that with snow camo so you didn’t see all my hushmat.

 

4runner lifestyle third brake light. Lights up and stays solid. Slightly brighter than oem. Matches the tailights

 

I'm just curious why there is no flashing 3rd brake light aftermarket for 5th gen. Is it illegal to have flashing 3rd brake light?

I've had my Rav4 rear ended while I was at a red light completely stopped. May be if I had a flashing brake light may be I could have pressed the brake again to flash the driver to show that the traffic is stopped for the red light?

 

You could wire one of these in

Check this out!

$10 iBrightstar 9-30V Flashing Strobe Blinking Controller Flasher Module for LED Brake Tail Stop Light High Mount/3rd Brake Lights - 2Pack

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S9G4WW6

 

I honestly don't know but the odd thing is that some of the reviews on the 4runner lifestyle site say these blink 3 times and Stay solid. The one I purchased from the same website doesn't blink. It's stays solid and is very bright. It also has an extra wire that can be tapped into the reverse light and act as a 3rd reverse light. I just zip tied the additional wire and tucked it into the hole since I didn't feel like tapping anything or running the wire. Too cold for that but maybe I'll revisit in the summer time. I know in my state any flashing or blinking red light is for emergency vehicles only. Regardless, I've seen plenty with it.

 

Fix'en the booboo

 

KDMAX-PRO-9.0 tune installed today by @MaxWorx Tuning in Las Vegas.

 

Notice the difference?

 

@SnakeDoc I definitely notice the throttle response difference. I will update once I put more miles on the tune. But it feels more responsive and peppy.

 

I don't think it's illegal. The new Explorers the police use have the flashing brake lights

 

Air in tires

 

Gitrdone! This the first time you tackled something like this?

 

Added the Dongar dashcam mirror cable piggy back. Nice and tidy, OEM look … almost nothing to see here type set up. Thanks to this forum for even making me aware of this product!

 

Gitrdone! This the first time you tackled something like this?[/QUOTE]

Yep'ers...I mean I've replaced bumpers/inside door panels/speakers/radios but never pulled dents small or large ...acutely once/twice using hot glue on small body dents