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

Dude it says litres ahah

 

I hate how we spell liter, litre. Must be those french Canadians no one likes

 

damned metric system.

 

Yeah that's like a brand of gas no?

 

Correct

 

I was supposed to fire up my engine with the new Magnuson blower installed this afternoon. Unfortunately I couldn't flash their tune. I think I messed up on one of my VIN numbers. The folks that can fix that in California at the Magnuson headquarters left early today. Looks like I'll have to wait till Monday afternoon if they don't have Monday off too

So my new Runner sits idle but I did get the Pro grill installed along with the raptor lights.

The silver valance will go away when the Victory Blitz bumper arrives. Already received the Warn Evo 10S winch and Factor55 goodies.....they just need a good home The Morimoto's will get here in a few days too and will improve the front a bit.

 

Bought some Kilmat sound deadening off Amazon. I was able to do under the middle seats and rear cargo area for around $65. Bought the 36 square foot 80 mil package for $50 plus ~$15 for the roller tools (which are absolutely crucial for the install). Took about an hour to remove the 2nd and 3rd row seats and all the plastic panels in the way, and all you need is a 10mm, 14mm, and a panel popper. Vacuumed all the dirt out, cleaned the metal with some Simple Green, and went to work. Spent about 4-5 hours total. Gonna start on the front row and doors next weekend.

Some words of advice: don't be an idiot like me and do this in the middle of July in North Texas.

 

Don’t put the dog kennel on top of the car if you have any plans to ever run for POTUS, just saying.

 

Life changing!!! Well done and enjoy. We’re in TX and it’s 104 but not in the 4R!

 

I need to do some tinting asap ... the 110+ for the last bit here has been a bit much

 

Hey Mike,

The mount is a solar panel Z-bracket (

$12 Solar Panel Mounting Z Bracket Mounts Kits with Nuts and Bolts for RV Boat Off Grid Roof Installation 4 Units

$12 Solar Panel Mounting Z Bracket Mounts Kits with Nuts and Bolts for RV Boat Off Grid Roof Installation 4 Units
from a solar panel mounting kit)

Also used:
- M6 - 1.0mm x 16mm machine screw
- a few washers placed behind felt ceiling panel to keep things flush

I put a slight downward bend in the bracket to fit the Viofo A139 Pro rear cam.

 

Finally installed! Subtle so I like it. Interior wash coming after it stops raining today.

 

Once I get some molle panels for my first aid kit (it overflows that area so I couldn't put the cover on right now) I want to get that. It looks so clean and like it came with the car!

 

That's the main reason I did it. I am still trying to figure out which Molle panel I want to do. My wife didn't like the back window ones we had because it blocked her view.

Leaning towards this.

https://www.victory4x4.com/product/V4RHMP.html

I used the window ones for under my truck seats.

 

Some may remember I was thinking about swing out cargo box. But endup with a roof box. Better than I expected. I was trying hard to listen if there's any wind noise at 75-80mph for about 25miles, but I didn't notice it. (Could be due to my TRD exhaust).

 

Got rid of that damn flapping with some Ark Splash Guards.

 

Runner dump run with the boy
I'm such a romantic, I even picked up my wife a killer purple bicycle by donation

 

Well twice since I bought my new 4Runner I had some neighborhood criminals think about breaking into it.. all caught on my Ring floodlight camera.. So today I removed the roof basket that came with the 4Runner so that I could fit it into my detached garage! It was a tight fit but it worked!

 

I got the dreaded "photos or it didn't happen" so here it is my ARB single compressor install. I also added some truck bed liner to the TRD skid.

 

Looks great! I have the same air compressor and mount. With recent Lo Pro bumper installed, I routed the air hose air chuck to bumper.

 

metallic bronze oem tie downs

 

Greased some front end zerks.
UCA's & OTR's
Gumout brake cleaner hack

 

Ended up getting to a partial exterior clean (didn't shine the tires) but interior is fully detailed.

 

productive day, lost track of no. of beers
fenders soap n water, purple sanding square, Original EZ Flares [1"]. Next is black paint the inner white parts, dremel cut inside fender edge dotted line

 

Since I'm waiting for Magnuson to fix my VR tuner, I managed to install the Morimoto XB head lights. Unfortunately they sent me the wrong harness so I have no actual low or high beams......for now. Got a rush on the correct harnesses.

Anyway, this looks cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENsvEIZ42c

 

Sick house (and Runner)

 

Thanks! Almost 100 years old and we just had to replace the AC with this Oklahoma summer!

 

Is that right eh!? I love brick

 

2in front leveling installed. 275s. That's it for suspension until next yr when switching to a full lift setup.

Side note, what's are you guys running tire psi at with no added gear, I think I'm at 37, I need to chalk test and see how it comes out

 

34-35 maybe. Too high and you can experience some unusually rough driving, perhaps uneven tire wear