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

I have dropped a world of crap down there. Suggest a solution.

 

PT280-89210-F2

 

I've got these:

$18 LYCARESUN 2 Pack Car Seat Gap Filler, Universal Car Seat Gap Plug to Fill The Gap Between Seat and Console Stop Things Dropping, Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6M58QPV?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Great, thanks!

 

Temporarily mounted a strobing traffic advisor light bar in the rear, under headliner for some short term work with friends. Improvised some L brackets from some left over materials and temp-mounted to top of rear molle window panels. It's working fine for now.. if I do more work requiring this, I'll probably convert to a cali raised top shelf or rago shelf mount, but... that's what I did today.

 

Just let it go Kevin, deep breaths help.

 

Yeah to each his own, eh!

 

Can you blur out real life? "Scammers" can get your plate number while you're driving around.

Trust me, if someone wants to get your info, they'll get it.

 

Got off work early.....came home and relocated the rear diff vent......cleaned up the spare tire.....set the air pressure in it.....found a brand new bag in the jack space with Toyota OEM netting for across the back.....score!.....put everything back together and tools away.....torqued the wheels after rotating tires the other day.......went down to the courthouse and paid sales tax and licensing.....been a busy day!

 

And probably have it already…

 

What have I done to my 5th gen today? Well, I used the heated seat to continue proofing some dough en-route to a friends place a couple hours away.

 

You would make McGyver proud. And the cinnamon rolls look amazing. Bon appetite!

 

That is a really productive day. I want to extend the rear-diff-breather, but to be honest I'm pretty nervous about screwing it up, I've been hesitant to pull the trigger and order the stuff to get it done.

 

I tell my wife to do that when she picks up pizza in her car. Or I do it!

 

Swapped out the archaic radio unit on my 2011 with a 2021 with navigation. It was mostly plug and play. Had to scrape a few connector plastic to make them fit.
The new head unit at least looks modern and it's OEM. The hazard switch did not work and needed to be improvised.
Has android auto but I do not use it. The sound quality has improved though it's still a lot to be desired.
My amps and woofer days are behind me so this should work just fine for the FM listening I do.

 

Ha! I have done this exact same thing. I took some baked goods (don't worry, they were the legal kind!) to a friend and put them on the passengers seat, with the seat heater on high. They stayed oven-fresh & warm until I arrived.

 

I don't have android auto.

 

i talked to my mechanic about getting my 100k service done, along with a couple other things i gotta do. putting her in next wednesday. will be glad to have that done!

 

Well I paid off my student loans and my wifes credit card. I never got my raise this year and this month I will finally get it. Plus 7 months of backpay! Also, I am waiting on my tax return! Sooooo, bought my brake controller for the inferno. Probably going to buy my pop up (206stse) before spring break

 

Easy mod to do! Don't let it scare you doing it!

 

How did you rectify the hazard switch not working? Was not working before or after the radio swap?

Is your runner a SR5 premium or base?
What is the 21 radio out of?
Do you have a PT number for it too?

 

Just put on Dobinson’s adjustable UCA’s for more flexibility with the caster and camber for off-roading and cleaned up the front fenders to cut out the rubbing and creating more space without having to do a viper cut. Front sits at 2.7 and back 2.



Front

Rear

 

This worked! I tried to buy a set of excellent used ones last weekend on FD Marketplace, but the guy wasn't co-operative. With the code, new was only 20 bucks more than he was asking............

Thanks!

 

Since the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer) the actress from My Sister Sam, motor vehicle departments all throughout the United States have stopped releasing information based off of names, addresses, driver's license numbers or vehicle tags.

The only thing that is truly disclosable with a license plate is a VIN. With a VIN, you can find out which plant it was manufactured at, maybe the original sales date and maybe resale listings (if it was at a dealership or if the VIN was disclosed on a commercial resale website like autotrader.com).

They will never be able to trace you back to an address.

When helping people buy used cars, if I can't get the VIN either through a license plate number or directly from the seller, I won't even talk to them...

 

So, I think I mentioned that somebody let go of a shopping cart and it rolled downhill on sideswiped my white 23 Off-Road Premium...

Part of the determination of the condition of the car was washing the car and then using an acetone wipe down.

My graphene coating, which I did at home protected the car really well. The photo is where the handle of the shopping cart scraped. It scraped the coating, not the paint. After using the chemical wipe down, it completely disappeared. I will need to retreat it though.

 

I just realized, I was searching on Amazon for the term "Magic Box," but this was the "Smart Box."

$90 Auimoni Wireless Carplay Adapter, 3 in 1 Wireless Android Auto Adapter with Netflix/YouTube/Google Play/Stream Media to Your Car, Magic Box 2.0 Carplay Ai Box for OEM Wired Carplay Cars

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQT2S22N

So far, not horribly impressed but not too disappointed. To get to wireless Android Auto or Carplay, it does take additional screen taps. If it were cold weather and I need to warm up the car, no problem. But by the time I'm getting Android Auto started, I've crawled a thousand feet.

For $9, a great thing. I don't think I would be too happy at $100. There may be some options so that it starts and connects automatically, I haven't put much mental effort into learning about it. I did try to put a micro SD memory card in it for music and the card slot was bad.

I had a wireless Android auto adapter that worked very well... But stepping over to iOS, I needed to more versatile unit. The one linked has the same number but doesn't look like the one I had ..

$40 DriveLink Android Auto Wireless Adapter for 2016+ Factory Cars Converts Wired Android Auto to Wireless Dongle for Android 11+

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN1CPL4H

 

yup, they are always a crowd pleaser!

Thanks, these are always a crowd pleaser!

 

Caught a rock in the windshield this am on the way to work. Nice lil marble at the top of the windshield. Got a repair kit and filled it in.

 

Got these 2 drawers of of Etsy. They were marked down due to some issues when printed. However they went in with no issues.




I had bought this Magic Box 2.0 a few weeks back. Finally got to REALLY test this thing yesterday on a small roadtrip. YT played on my screen with no issues using Hotspot. So it's worked as advertised. Need to download a few apps to see how that works. But so far I like it.

My only LEGIT complaint is if you leave it plugged in, it'll kill whatever your source of media is. As in my case, I usually keep it on XM radio. But after start up, it goes straight to the Magic Box. Can always unplug it. But ya now, gotta have something to belly ache about.

 

The switch that came with the unit was faulty. So I had to retrofit the switch from my old radio unit since the switches and the housing for the two model years are different. So is the harness.I just opened it to see where I can make adjustments to make it work.
I think I have a base but I do have heated seats and sunroof. So who knows.
The 21 radio is out of a 21 4runner with navigation non JBL.