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

Removed the nerf bars, unfortunately one of the weld nuts came loose but the weight of the bar gave me enough drag to remove the bolt. Guess that will rattle around wherever it is in there forever.

 

Put an 18in Diode Dynamics lightbar in the upper grille; no more TRDBRO raptor lights.

Also, my Smittybilt compressor died this week, any rec's for a new one?

 

Finished rear suspension and trimmed the ugly rear mud flaps

 

Do you think the light bar pretty bright? I was planning on doing the same thing I did to my 20 AG. I added the bajadesigns 20 inch amber light bar. I kept the mounts from before. Just need the light. Lol.

 

Extended the rear diff breather. Routed the breather hose along the fuel filler pipe, leaving slack at the front for axle droop:



I don't have a good two-way breather on hand, so I made a loop with about 12" of hose and ziptied it to the fuel filler pipe running up inside the quarter panel. Will add a Uni Filter when it arrives.



Bill of materials (same as Tacoma):
Axle union fitting Toyota P/N 90404-51319
5/16" ID rubber hose
7/32"-5/8" stainless hose clamps
Uni Filter P/N UP-102
Coupler Eldon James P/N C6-5BN (connects the Uni breather to the hose)

 

Wow, clean setup!


If you get a chance slap a couple s.s. hose clamps on the bellows. I trusted the shops zip ties and this happened ↓

 

I joked about one of these recently, then actually bought one for fun
EJECT button

 

2200 miles later. CO->UT->NV->IDBR. Have to figure out my rear brake issue the next couple of weeks.

 

I think it's plenty bright, although not as bright as my buddy's 20in baja. I'm still playing around with the tilt angle but it does what I need. I plan on adding a 30in amber bar when I get a bumper.

Will do! I'll get some pics after work tomorrow.

 

I just did dinky stuff. Laid the power lines for my underseat lighting (pulled from a previous 4R) and put LEDs for the license plate. I needed light and I didn't want to scratch/scuff the rear gate... i used a food service glove to buffer it.


Oh, I also removed the Costco sheepskin seat cover for the driver's seat. I need to fine-tune the modifications needed for it to work with the electronically-controlled seat.

 

Oil change done and a cabin air filter. This is my first change since new (about a year), and it’s a different part (less pleats) from my local dealership (Ontario, Canada).

 

Toyota lists three compatible filters:
87139-50100
87139-52040
87139-YZZ82

Now, as I remember it the OEM from the factory in Japan part numbers never include "YZZ." I think it was The Car Care Nut Channel on YouTube that referenced it when talking about brakes or something a little more serious.

My gut feeling is that the most expensive one is the allergen protecting filter. I recently had to make that choice for my mini fleet of RAV4s.

https://autoparts.toyota.com/search?search_query=Cabin+filter&driveline=Part-time 4WD 4.0L V6 5AT&grade=TRD Off-Road Premium&series_name=4RUNNER&model_year=2022&model_year_code=2022:8672

 

I might need one of these setups for my illegitimate children.

 

500 miles of dirt as the #3 vehicle.

 

Bought an XTOOLs D7S. Car Care Nut, Crazy Scotty Kilmer and a few others highly recommend. I was not disappointed. Mostly got it to pin down a camshaft position sensor error on my wife's outback. Carista was only giving basic information. I also have a VCI cable and "free" copy of Toyota Tech Stream. Never bothered to load techstream based on problems folks have had. I could figure it out, I'm sure, but Xtools, seamless, so much easier. Plug into your ODBII port... scans everything. Bonus: you can add fifth wheel TPMS sensor easily, shows up on cluster display. If I get around to adding a matching fifth wheel and five tire rotation, I will do this. Was about $400. Worth it? To me, yes. Anything to avoid dealer, I will. I think this will program additional keys, too. It's the same one I saw my locksmith used to add a key to my F150.

 

Got new windshield for 2023 ORP with TSS @ less than 3k mi. Had 6”+ crack on driver’s side.

Chose to get glass replaced at reputable independent shop that I have used before.
Cost $100 deductible for glass and install. The shop doesn’t do calibration of TSS, so had that done at dealership ($1040 out of pocket): this cost was reimbursed in full from insurance.

 

Probably one of the easiest modifications you can do. YouTube has a number of videos to watch if you wish. I did it. My panels came in a RAW aluminum (less weight). Spray painted them matted black.

What took the most time was deciding what, where and how to arrange the molle bags!

 

Originally had the Driver Side rear brake pad give up the ghost, which caused me to have to replace the caliper/pad/rotor and have the system bled. Did all that and during this trip, I was getting some bad squealing on that side and that brake was warmer than the other 3. Not like super hot but definitely warmer.

 

Nothing since working from home, BUT I keep looking @ 2023 TRD Pro. Must hold out till spring!

 

OMG - So glad I don't have TSS! Glad insurance covered this!!!

 

I thought TSS sensor is in the lower part of the grille, didn't know it has something to do with a glass ???

 

indeed there's a sensor on the windshield next to the rear view mirror. i dont know all of the functions for it, though. i assume auto high beam and speed limit sign reading if that's a feature in the 4R.

 

TRD Pro skid plate blackout.

 

Whenever I have any windshield work done, I will always now go OEM at the dealership body shop... I believe it was bullet point 6 that the insurance company was concerned with.


Unfortunately, California's stranglehold on insurance companies has cut down on the number of available auto policies. Minimum deductibles have also climbed up for most companies. (i.e. Connect by AmFam is now up to $100 from $50 for modifications to existing policies and new policy sales have been stopped).

 

Jesus H. Christ y'all. I was bitching paying a little over $530 for a new windshield (and that INCLUDED recalibrating the TSS). But as someone posted earlier, I wish I didn't have the TSS. Not a fan of it. But it is what it is.

 

Since the 4R doesn't have all the safety and features that other models have with the optical system, I agree. I like safety, but it adds $1,800 to a proper windshield replacement, it also takes up valuable territory where a dash cam can be centered.

Auto headlights would have been a nice start.

 

Guess I'm old school. Mine has auto bright feature, but I leave it turned off. I live 5-10 mins from work, and never have a chance to use bright lights.

And most of the trips out into the county are short. Desoto Co. Is fairly populated, so usually have oncoming traffic to deal with.

 

I decided to change out the oem taillights last night and added Stealth taillights from 4runnerlifestyle. The smoked out tail lights with the led’s look great and a very easy install.

 

MESO slim key fob, no emergency key. Nice but I wish it wasn't fatter than stock. Add slightly thicker foam to keep the guts from rattling. It opens beer!

Gave up on the high level amp inputs and tried a Kicker Keyloc to flatten out the crazy factory signal. Luckily I ran an RCA along with the double speed cables anticipating it would come to this.

The PAC LPHTY02 harness was perfect for this application with modular breakouts for power+ground+remote, speaker ins, outs, and add on sub. Originally used a $10 cut-it-yourself harness for speakers only.

I'll try another auto-tune switching to the rear speaker outputs (less fullpass voodoo on them allegedly) and a lower max volume to see if I can do better.