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

Sweet picture.

 

Where is that? I'd cross the border for a turn out like that.

 

A small town, just north/east of Oshawa in Ontario. We can only dream of what is offered going west from middle of continent.

 

Maybe a 9 hour drive for me.

 

I've used this site for years without registering, and thought I'd return the favor and hopefully help someone out there who had my issue. I bought a Weathertech floor liner for my rear hatch area (I have a 3rd row), and the liner was always sliding around due to my tools also being back there. I've seen people use Velcro and stuff like that, but I wasn't convinced it would work very well. Here's some custom work I did to fix this issue:

Removed the crappy factory hooks underneath the liner on all four corners (picture attached).

Picked up (4) M6-1.0 x 40mm flanged button head bolts (Allen head) off Amazon ($10)

Bought a 12" x 12" x 1/6" aluminum sheet (you'll have leftover) for around $15

Bought some metal D-ring tie downs (total length 1.5" x 1.0") for around $7

I also used some spare washers (1 per corner) between the tie down and the aluminum sheet.

Basically, I cut 4 small rectangles out of the aluminum sheet that would fit inside each of the indentions in corners of the Weathertech liner so they fit snug (you'll have to trim them down to get them to fit well). Next, I drilled holes in the center of each of the rectangles so that the bolt can go through it. You'll want to make the holes larger than the threads of the bolts so you have some wiggle room, but not so large that the bolt head can go through it. You'll do this on all 4 corners, and the holes go in slightly different places on each corner, so you have to fiddle with it. Once you get all the holes lined up so that they go through the aluminum and into the threads that originally held down the hook anchors, you put it all together. You'll have the bolt, then the D-ring tie down, then the small washer, then the aluminum, then the floor liner.

This is a very basic rundown of how I did it, and if people are interested I'll try and scan each one into my computer so you can print it out and use those as a reference for your aluminum rectangles and holes. This process took me several hours to get them to all fit cleanly. After a fews days of running around town, my floor liner hasn't budged a single inch. Hope this helps someone out there!

Thanks to all who have posted on these forums.

- Red

 

Also, I'm not sure if I should have posted this as a new thread or not on a different subforum, so if mods can/want to move it, feel free. I'm not quite sure where I should have put this.

Thanks

 

Finally got around to dipping my SR5 wheels. A budget alternative until I can get new tires and wheels together when tires need replacing. This is Anthracite Grey. Took all day, but wasn't too hard. This Dip Your Car hyper dip goes on fairly easily and manageable even having never dealt with this stuff before. I put on 4 dustings and 8 wet coats and still have a can left. They say to use the all the cans in the kit, but I was worn out and it looked good. I have also recently painted roof rails black and added the side window guards. Next up is likely tinting front windows to match rear and maybe some audio upgrades this summer. Sidenote - I got 25 MPG on way home from work last week. 30 miles, back country roads, 40-45 MPH. It was awesome.

 

Add a Westcott Designs hitch tire rack and propane tank bracket. Still need to relocate the backup camera.

 

Sweet setup, does the cooler bounce back there?

 

Wish you were closer, I would be on it.

 

I sweat up a storm dropping this red aluminum cover over the 4WD shifter.

 

RE: Westcott Designs. It looks like they've effectively lost the use of the Stop/Tail/Turn lights. Do you have any solutions to correct their poor design?

 

Thanks. No, its pretty stable. I'm getting a 105 quart Yeti with the side straps that lock in place better than I've it setup at the moment.

 

Installed Lasfit's canbus ready 1156 LED bulbs in the front turn signals. Really glad they are making LEDs that don't require resistors. They worked as advertised and are very bright. No hyperflash. Gonna get a set for the rear turns as well.

 

Installed the blue sea kill switch and relocated ARB diff breather kit on to c4 fab panel

 

Had an issue with the threads that hold on my front skid plate being stripped out due to careless oil change techs over the years from the previous owner. I didn't want to pay the ridiculous price to replace the two skid plate brackets (I think they wanted around $300 or so). I ended up drilling them out with a unibit, used a jigsaw to cut off the nut that was welded to the inside of the bracket where the skid plate bolts thread into, then used my rivet nut tool to install the new rivet nut threads (2 per bracket, 4 total). The tool was ~$75 and the new bolts (5/16" thread, flange bolt head 1/2"), lock washers, and rivet nuts were like $5 bucks at Home Depot. If anyone tries this at home, make sure the rivet nuts don't have a lot of wiggle room, the tighter they fit into the bracket hole, the stronger they'll be. I'm attaching a picture of the final product. Works great so far and I don't have to use those weird tapered-thread bolts that come from the factory! No more stripped threads

 

Joined team Wildpeaks today! Went with stock size 265/70r17 as this is my daily and sees maybe 1-5% off pavement use. Can't wait to take a trip out to Green Ridge State Forest in MD (closest off roady place near me) and test them out.

 

https://www.arclightleds.com/collection/icarus-hatch-v202-5th-gen-4runner
You'll need to drill a hole in the factory lens for the white/red push button switch.

 

Nice solution! I little custom stuff like this!

 

Thanks. There's so many little custom touches you can make to your 4Runner and I like finding simple solutions to them. That's half the fun of owning one!

 

What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?
I joined the Wildpeak club as well this weekend. Stock size on a TRD OR Venture.

 

My wife didn't think it was as funny as I did but I think Toyota guys (and gals) will appreciate my new license plate -



I know, I don't have a TRD Pro but I can at least claim TRD BRO since it is a TRD model lol

 

Now just buy some badges, if you haven't done so already.

https://natalexauto.com/toyota/toyota-trd-bro-emblem/

 

I have seen those, they are funny. I like the badgeless look of the Venture Edition though.

 

That has been the exciting part to me. I had a Titan for years which had minimal aftermarket support compared to other brands. If you did find stuff, it was often very expensive.

 

Nice setup. Please share what safety measures you have taken to prevent theft on the spare and the tire carrier.

I was also thinking may be a cover on the tire to protect it as its exposed vs running tires are fairly covered been under the car and keep rolling. Back in the day we used canvas covers that also have a pocket for trash.

 

Same here, I've always owned pickup trucks for work (including a Tundra Rock Warrior), and there's only so much you can do to them while keeping them functional. I figured there'd be a decent aftermarket for the Titan though, they made a shit ton of them and you see em pretty often. With 4Runners the sky's the limit as far as modifications, and I'm enjoying it so far!

 

I took off my skids and because the manufacturer did such a poor job welding the nuts to the transfer case Cross member the nut broke off the tacks they had. So needless to say it was “fun”. I went down the nutsert route. Problem is that it is soft metal and you can’t get the screw to the manufacturer torque specs. So I took it apart, welded a new nut on and that is doing so much better.

 

Yeah from what I saw, there were 4 tacks on each corner of the nuts, and that sucks about the cross member. Thankfully I just had to do the threads where the skids went into and not the skid brackets to the cross member. Unfortunately I don't have a welder so the rivet nuts were the only inexpensive option for me.

 

Thank you. That's right, flairs not flares. LOL.

Thank you for the info. I will try to track them down.