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

Helpful info. Thanks for sharing. Would you look at my WeBoost antenna setup above and share if it's a good or bad setup? While it works, I'm curious if it can be better. Thanks.

 

Not to active on here, more so on TW but after my Taco took an ill fated trip to the dealer….RIP lol



My wife’s 4runner got some hand me down Ray10s looks damn good! The 265s rub a bit in the front due to the offset, but a small trim should clean it up.

 

Not sure yet! Was planning on holding onto the headlights at least for a while in case I have any issues with the morimotos. Tail lights / fog lights I will probably try to sell.

 

Love the ray10s. Super sharp. Nice rig!

 

Did they not tighten the lugs?

 

What lugs? 'Yotas don't need no stupid lugs...

I guess somebody didn't train the monkey at the dealership well enough... Or they were rushing their underpaid employees...

 

Did the first oil change on the 4r and noticed a bolt was different. Can't trust dealerships!

 

I would have them mail me out a new set. It's cheaper than paying somebody shop time... Right?

Because it's not threaded long enough, there's a chance it could do damage to what few threads are actually making contact with that short thing.

 

RIP

 

How are the EZ Flares holding up? I like them but from what I've seen it's only held on by adhesive, is that correct? I wonder if you could secure them with some clips or something in addition to the adhesive. I'd be worried about them coming off eventually especially when you're kicking up rocks and chunks of mud

 

Ceramic tint!

 

I hear your concern, holding up great the 3M is legit, I heated it up a bit too. BUT, I "sent it" with some screws I bought specifically in black + rubber washers. I should mention, I also cleaned and sanded the fenders properly first too. No going back haha I plan to paint the remaining white black

 

Ah okay, goodin. Nice call going for the black screws and rubber washers, blends in nice. 3M is good shit but I can't wrap my mind around only having adhesive holding it on ya know. Did you go with the standard size or the XL flares?

 

No ya you're right, you'd think it could tear off potentially. It could still tear off on me from some kinda impact but I have extra hahah
I did 1" standard size, non-XL. I think XL is 2" brother

 

Those Morimoto lights look amazing. Did you have any issues with the install? I’m ordering a set this week for my 2023 trd pro. Still blows me away it didn’t come with sequential leds from factory

 

Thank you! The install went great!

To get it to work on a 2023 you just need to be sure that you have the LF531H harness (optional).


Without this harness you will have all sorts of strange issues.

Additionally, you don't have to connect the DRL fuse-tap wire to the fuse box at all. I wired it up to the headlights as instructed but zip-tied it and tucked it out of the way so its actually not going to the fuse box (did this in case later on down the road I discovered a reason I would need it). I believe you could omit it alltogether.

When wired this way, the DRL work just fine on the lights using the stock control stick when it's set to the DRL position, and you avoid any issues with fuse-taps such as tapping into a critical engine circuit or dealing with EFI2 coming on randomly after the car is turned off. If I had to tap it into the fuse box I would probably go into the cabin to IGN2.

 

Called a local Automotive shop known for good alignments to set up appt for next friday. Gonna get tires rebalanced/Rotated too. The lady said "we only do 4 wheel alignment" Ok But how do you "Align" solid rear axle?
Is this where the match front to rear??

 

Bought it just hit the ground

 

On my taco, the short bolts are for the little plate (recovery plate/towing eyelet) that goes on the SR5 & sport models. When you add the oem tow hook, you take the little bolts out & the eyelet off. Then replace them with the longer bolts & oem tow hook.

Seems Dealer installed option was poorly executed. You should not be using the short bolts with any oem skid plate!!!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tow-hook-for-2nd-gen.739474/

 

Congratulations. Another white one to join the legion.

You got the Bridgestones too. I paid just about $300 to switch over to the Bridgestone Duelers because the reviews for the Dunlops were so horrendous. I must say, the Dunlops are a smoother and quieter ride. I just hear horror stories about the AT-20's wet traction even in Southern California. While the Bridgestones are not the top-ranked traction tires and they are definitely for paved-road use, they are considered much better. I also saw a chart where it had better rolling resistance than the all-terrain Dunlop tires. Until the country gets a different energy policy, $5 a gallon gas makes me want better gas mileage even more.

Toyoguard? That does not look like the Toyota Financial Services VSA...

 

Thanks, These tires are coming off and Copper ATS are going on. Toyoguard is some dealer BS seat protection.

 

You dont align the rear unless you have adjustable rear suspension components. But since we have factory upper and lower arms and non-adjustable panhard bar thisdoesnt come into play here

 

Installed the Toyota OEM rock rails. Not sure how functional they are but they are mostly ornamental. I definitely wouldn’t go rock crawling with them but seem ok for incidental contact.

 

i like those better than my Predator bars

 

I couldn’t get rid of the predators. I was about to take them off and throw them in the dumpster and someone on marketplace offered me $300 and I agreed if he removed them. I should have said AND help me install the rails because they are fairly heavy and awkward with one person.

 

I have these also. They are not to bad, okay for occasional off road use. I like them better than the Toyota running boards I had. I put 2 inch plastic caps in the ends of the tubes though. Idk why Toyota leaves the ends of the tubes open.

 

Are these the ones that mount on the frame itself? The frame mounted versions seem stout enough for actual rock sliding.

 

They are frame mounted, they could definitely take a hit.

 

Do they stick out far enough to stand on so you could access things on top of the truck/luggage rack?

 

They don’t stick out at all