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

OOOH YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION

 

100A?!!!

 

Oh ya juice it!

 

Those Chineseium breakers typically trip at less than half their rated current, so you'll need a brand name one (Eaton, Blue Sea) as the twin-piston compressor can draw up to 90A. I run a Eaton P/N BP/CB185-100 breaker in my Tacoma:



It's convenient to press the button to open the breaker and de-power the circuit for servicing.

 

Oops ur right, correct. I thought that was Blue Sea at first glance. They're both sold right next to eachother on the Blue Sea Systems Amazon site for whatever reason

 

Ima buy the Blue Sea breaker, it's "On Sale"
Not a bad percentage off for Amazon
Pretty excited for this feature
Can't thank ya'll enough for the patient guidance
@3JOH22A @Saker @Thacrow

 

For some, $300 seems very steep for some to justify an amp. Some people want to rock out with their c**k out with music. Which is fine. Personally, I prefer to listen to some at a comfortable as a I drive. I listened to a couple different radio stations (newer country, older country, rock, jazz) and it definitely gives the head unit (plus my new kicker speakers) a nice overall volume. And the tone is more clear.

As far as installation goes, if you watched the video from my previous post, it's pretty much as simple as taking the radio out, running the wires, adjusting the gain to what is suitable for you, put radio back in, and off ya go! It's not difficult at all.

If you do have an older 4R with older style set up, they do have an amp for that as well (after doing some digging around). In fact, they have a couple of different set up choices. Here is their YT channel if you wanna dig around:

https://www.youtube.com/@BeatSonicUS/search?query=4runner

 

It didn't seem worth the hassle; I'll take a few seconds to open the hood for now. Good time to check the oil while the compressor is doing its thing.

 

Thanks for choosing us, we are glad your cats are protected! Please send us pics, we would love to see

 

Finally replaced the Limited underbite bumper cover with the trail cover. Had to get rid of the braces look.

 

Scheduled Krown undercoating for next week. Little nervous about the need to drill holes, but understand why. Shop has a very good reputation, so that helps.

 

Just ordered a 2.5 front 1.5 rear Bilstein 6112\5100 ome springs with a spc uca for my 2018 limited. I have 5 trd pro rims matt grey and will be putting 265\70\17 falken wildpeaks at3 on them. Now what to do with my old 20 rims and 1 like new spare tire.

 

Nice, OME springs in front too instead of clip settings? Also, FYI: those Wildpeak AT3's are being discontinued with the new AT4's,just in case you missed the news.

 

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Did not know that, thanks for the 411. I will have to review my tire choice.

 

Anybody notice this on BFG KO3s?

 

Finally upgraded to Icon Suspension with Total Chaos HEIM UCA and 285/70/17 on 4Runner's 40th Anniversary wheels. Went with Total Chaos to avoid having to grease the bushings and the Delta joints every oil change. 200 miles in and dramatic change on the drive. Extremely happy! Alignment in the morning .

 

BFG advertises the tread pattern was designed to capture water! No wonder wet pavement handling feels like a deathtrap!

 

Please excuse my amateur question.

Is there no cap or cover to protect that ball joint from water/mud/dirt?

How often you need to lubricate the ball joint and 2 bushings? Every oil change?

 

Wow such a nice 4R, congrats
I have Icon rear coils only, but love em

 

Capture water?
Visually KO3 seem to have more water evacuation paths.
Tighter lugs seem to have more rubber on surface.
Now even Load C seem to have triple side Wall.

Why I shared it because of that RF thing to prevent theft. Very interesting tires to have that.

 

They’re easy to clean with something like WD40 and then give it a few hits of PTFE spray for lube after the cleaning solvent is dry. They do corrode, so if you live in a state that uses salt, I’d personallly get something with caps.

 

Added an Ottocast U2AIR Pro Wireless CarPlay Adapter. Only had it a couple days but so far so good. Saves me from plugging and unplugging my phone multiple times a day.

 

All the Upper Control Arms I looked at with polyurethane bushings recommended to be greased with a grease gun every 5k miles (loosen the UCA bolt to grease) and the Delta joints also have to get greased similar times. So I narrowed the search to HEIM joints and the Total Chaos Uniball calls for lubricating with an aerosol spray lubricant every 5K.
With Southern Ca weather I can run without caps. Hope to not need replacing for a while finger crossed 60K miles. Also lucky Total Chaos is local.

 

Nice rig! I wasn't always a fan of white lettered tires on T4R, but those look REALLY sharp on yours (might be the setup + rims).

 

If UCA have such easy maintenance not needing grease guns or loosen of bolts that is good news for a lazy guy like myself. (I don't even do my own oil change. Even though I have everything needed at home, lol.)

If a cap is available I would use it so dust and dirt won't get into the ball joint. And these days all the salt dropped to melt snow.

Thanks for sharing the info.

 

After waiting a month and a half for the dealer to get the special tool needed to pressurize the system, got my front KDSS piston replaced under warranty, 5 days before the bumper to bumper expired.

 

I took a deer for a short trip to my house. Way to wrap up late season Archery in PA!!

 

I'll pay you top dollar for any venison you want to sell. I need some ground venison for chili!

 

Very interesting nowadays TRD ORP having TRD Pro price tag. Just 5 years back they were under 40K.

 

Regardless of what kind you get, it’s not a bad idea to have a grease gun on hand when you’re not feeling lazy and hit the zerks under the vehicle.

Here you can see what one season of salt did to an old vehicle of mine.