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

@djwantke

 

Those are squeezies. My favorite flavor is apple.

 

That is a a great idea adding bacon to the turkey! Man who would think I could learn that on a 4Runner forum. Hope all of the Canadians had a nice and blessed holiday. I’m taking note of the bacon for our next month

 

Did our 1st roadtrip in our 4runner this past weekend. This was also our puppy's 1st roadtrip and she did great! Went to Albuquerque from Denver for the Balloon Fiesta (around 1,000 miles total... Finally breaking it in and it now has 2700 miles on the dash)

The makeshift barrier kept our escape artist in place all trip while we wait for our Raingler CargoNet to ship... (ETA 12 weeks!). Interesting part of the trip is we had an issue with our AirBnb and we 5thgencamped in a Walmart parking lot for 2 nights. Was a fun experience overall and our puppy was comfortable in her space!

I also was glad to have all of the Canvasback to protect things.

We did have one very loud rock pop the windshield on the way back, but luckily no crack! I did see just one little scuff on the windshield and we got lucky.

I'm thinking of getting 1 Molle panel for one of the rear windows for her things and to add a small fan for additional airflow.

 

Installed some Phillips H9's in my low beams so I can actually see at night!

 

New spark plugs, an oil change, new PCV valve, and fresh ATF in the power steering reservoir on this Columbus Day. Time for a few cold snacks.

 

Looked for a thread on the heated steering wheel, couldn't find one. What did this entail? That is probably my next project.

 

Here's the thread that has some info and a couple of options but basically you'd buy the wiring harness from Old Red and then the parts from your parts department of choice and put it all together. I did have my buddy, who is a wiring wizard, do this job but I've done Old Reds other wiring mods and he makes them insanely easy to understand and follow with step by step instructions. The Clockspring is what worried me about this one the most.

https://www.4runners.com/threads/2010-2022-heated-wheel-retrofit.34762/

 

Drove the 2011 to pick our granddaughter at school.

 

Can you elaborate? Is this the diff oil or tranny? What was the process? Thanks!

 

It looks like engine oil, front differential, rear differential, and transfer case

 

Why 3 pumps?

 

Probably because they always break. Atleast they always do for me

 

put air in the tires today

 

A lot of people don't do this or they do but never check the spare.

 

good reminder, I should check the spare now

 

Just to have extra laying around in case I need in the future.

 

I check my spare before every road trip out of town.

 

Diff oil for the differentials and transfer case.

Process is you drain, then fill until it's overflowing. And replace all your washers and torque to spec.

 

You can add a tpms to your spare. I added a 5th to rotate with my other 4.

 

Need to add a TPMS to my spare, sure would make life easier.

 

It shows up on the display?

 

I like that elevation better. I need to move my up it takes up to much space where it is.

 

The dealer has the software to add it to the display.

 

Drove it to play golf with my youngest son as he was out of school for Columbus Day.

Can't wait for my new Falken Rubitrek tires to arrive from Discount. The ones on the 4Runner now are pretty warped on the front and makes for some bumpy rides.

 

Yes. I went to Bam wholesale and got a price, my dealer matched it and charged me $62 to program it. The extra wheel shows up on the guage cluster but not on the app.

 

Nice, just need to program the TPMS or is there updated software like someone mentioned?

 

Just programming. Took them about 15 minutes. Every dealer in St. Louis was $180 just for the sensor, I purchased a wheel to match the other 4, a sensor and programming all for under $300.

 

How is the lens/tail light clear cover attached? Is it possibly glued together at the factory such that you can stick it in the oven to soften the glue and then pry apart instead of dremel-ing? Asking because I baked my headlights when I had my Tundra and did a similar black-out mod.

 

I upgraded my non-JBL dash speakers last weekend. It was a big improvement and allowed me to tweak the EQ for a much fuller overall sound. This got me thinking about replacing the front door speakers. Does anyone have suggestions for a good front door speaker for my factory, non-JBL system?