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

After taking over my new-to-me 4R last month I fixed all the wrongs, missing bits and bobs like engine clips, broken second row 12V cover, and broken trailer plug connector. Found/installed missing cargo slide tray, Rad Rubber for missing engine splash guards, lil' paint touch up on some fender chips, Meguiars Scratch-X on the door pin stripes. Treated myself to blackout badging on liftgate chrome, black TRD shift and 4WD knobs for the chipped silver ones, and new floor mats n' cargo liners. Put LaminX on fogs for a day, but then decided to take it off. Anyways, practically good as new...now I can go mess things up on it my OWN self!

 

Wait, so the box is just sitting on the roof, not cross bars?!

 

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during your time of need.

 

Well, you know what they say, if it was easy to get into Duke, they'd call it NC State...

 

Haha. I can't talk too much shit (or really any at all), my team got knocked out in the 2nd round. I'm a huge KU (Kansas Jayhawks) fan. We played like ass this year, and I'm shocked we got a 4th seed.

 

So tell me something...why do they have conference tournaments AFTER the season is ended? Why can't college basketball be like college football, and use their records at the end of the season, instead of going thru all this conference tournament nonsense? The conference games end, here are the final win/loss records, select the teams. My guess is it has to do with money, like most everything else?

 

While we are the topic of money. Anyone with ~ 2/2.5 inch of lift notice a change in the amount of time your RPMs go down after letting off the throttle? Like rev hang. Seemed to happen after the kit (or at least I noticed it after the kit was installed). OEM size tires. I posted a separate thread but didn’t get much action. TIA.

 

Black Hood Scoop, OEM.

Dumped my Nitto Terra Graplers and installed Falken Wildpeak AT4Ws. Alignment on Wednesday.

 

I haven't noticed anything like that. 2-2.5" lift and stock tires and wheels.

 

I recently went 2.7” in the front (6112 with b8) and 1.5” in the rear (5160 and b12) and haven’t noticed what you are describing. And I’m still OEM size, but with AT3s.

 

went to install seat jackers and couldnt get one of the bolts loose...i ended up stripping the head a bit so i think i need to go get an irwin bolt grip set and see if that works :/

 

I haven’t seen these released yet? I am on the signup list as well.

 

Thanks, @HuskyMike & @94hokie. Not sure what it could be. Seems intermittent.

 

I’m sure once they release there will be an email, stay tuned. I’ll be picking up another for sure for my second key.

 

Pretty simple really. 20 minutes and done. It took about three months to get it though.

 

Are these better than the AJT ones? Just different maybe?

 

Red Dot is lightest spot on tire. Should be next to valve stem for balance purposes.

 

I’ve not noticed any change. Been running the 2”/1” lift on 275/70R17 for 1 year now.

 

Kudos to discount tire for that. To be honest, I didn’t like their work very much. Not the way they lifted the car (four jacks) and not that they used two of my green valve stem caps and two new black ones. But… balance came out pretty good to be honest. No shimmying.

Also, those dots erase and it’s bound to get lost over time (wheel repair, etc). So… I just wonder why they would ignore it.

 

Indeed! LOL!
You know me. You’ve seen the pics of my daycare drop off. You’ve see my mod addiction. I have nothing to prove, But I’ll be finding one of those cheap prybar tools.

 

lol i’m using the oem cross bars.

 

I glued it down

 

I guess it's hard to see but the cross bars must sit up in the bottom of the box?
You glued what now lol

 

incorrect, the yellow is the lightest spot on the tire. Red indicates its high spot

 

Took three tries before my youngest was accepted to their School of Nursing...hope Purdue throws a beat down on NCS!

 

lol!

 

I gotta have my tunes.

I fondly recall getting my parents old 1988 Buick Park Avenue in the early 2000's. Drove it for a couple of years before the injection control unit died. Red velvet interior with the 3.8 V6. I loved that car. Hella sexy. My wife haaaaaated it. Such a grandma car but it had the premium sound system and it was quick. I was able to direct swap the head unit into my S15 and even with the stock S15 speakers, it was so much better.

The new 4R is also being compared to the last car I drove, a Ford Expedition XLT. The Expedition system is also much better sounding than the 4R. Much more low end available and clearer mids and highs.

 

Saw this on the Book of Faces. Seems valid tbh.