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

That's what I was told. Probably just more road noise. I agree, I wasn't turned off by it at all.

 

They are fine. There are a TON of folks who runs these without issue for thousands of miles, myself included.
I do wheel my 4Runner too and not a single issue so far. Also, they are whisper quiet, have a ton of adjustability to get your alignment well within factory spec and maintenance is a few shots of grease every 5K miles.

 

Yes I would however in part that's what bump stops are for. Truth be told though, I don't wheel it. I'm 6'2" and having it higher is just more comfortable. Plus it looks much better lol.

 

Agree.

 

Looks like you have the same RCI skids as I do. Have you done an oil change since installing them yet? If not, don't believe the hype. Remove the skid because you're going to have to either way. Did my first oil change after installing them about 6 months ago. Made a huge mess, definitely don't work as advertised. They are nice skids though!

 

I do have RCI skids.
I never once thought I'd be nimble enough to navigate through the hatch.
Fuck man..that's a mess.
I remove the skid plate each oil change.

 

It wasn't the filter that made the mess, that part was definitely made easier. That was because the hole for the drain plug is really not in the correct place. Yeah, i'll just remove the skid plate moving forward lol.

 

Very nice!

Today I did some HUGE mods....traded out the white door led's for blue colored and traded out the red led's I had in the map lights for green.

 

You, Sir...are a freakin' rebel soul...

 

Well, wasn't really 'to' but...'in'..went to the store to get the necessary ingredients to complete ...steak smothered in shiitake's and onions...biscuits and some VA wine...
All while watching snow-mageddon, Jan-2019:

 

Installed a C4 Fabrication rear diff skid and E-motor guard and Lamin-X (T1549) door cup protectors



If you are looking for a Powder Coating shop in the Central Valley (Lodi Ca.) go to Applied Power Coating, great service and great pricing

Lamin-X (T1549)(these are so worth the money)

Was A Good Day!

 

I run RCI skids, but I also installed a Fumoto Oil Valve, so I don't have a drain plug to pull and never remove the skid plate for my oil filter R2. Other than some residual from lowering the filter bowl, it's a clean process...

 

Thx...I’m typically a debadger

 

The whole reason I installed these was because the alignment tech couldn’t get within specs due to the 3” lift. I didn’t figure ToyTec would promote an inferior product.....thx for your feedback.

 

Any Pics of the blue lights in the doors? I have red Philips 194's in my doors- to try to keep bugs away in summer time.

 

One thing I've never liked about the tall farings is if you have long stuff to haul, you have to put it at an angle over the faring. With the shorter one that wouldn't be a problem. 10' long lumber, for example.

 

Both farings sit flush with the cross bars. The correct one for my application just moves closer down to the roofline. There is about a 3" gap at the bottom of this one.

 

Is there a option for mounting a lightbar around the fairing?

 

I don't see why not.

 

I meant fairing and lightbar ... at the same time.

 

Light bar in front of the faring? Not sure why you would need the faring. It wouldn't be doing anything. However, I'm sure you could make a bracket to mount the bar in front of the faring.

 

You bet.
Drives great right?

 

Well we have an ice storm going on right now so I didn't go out to even see what they look like at night. If tomorrow night is better I will post up some pics for you.

 

Still on the lift. I just need to throw the tires on and make some rough adjustments before I bring it to the alignment shop on monday

 

Wish I had a lift!

 

Looks great man! Love that diff skid and how it protects the pinion and U-joint! Glad they make one for the KDSS 4Runner. It's on my to buy list

 

Bout to buy some stuff for it, havent done an oil change yet, which fumoto valve would fit behind that skid plate hatch? i wanted the

$37 f103n with LC-10 lever clip fn-series engine oil drain valve, 1 pack

f103n but not if it doesnt fit.

 

Looking pretty bad ass..!

 

Thanks! I have had this rig for almost 4 years now, and really just started getting it into proper form over the last 6-7 months.

 

Just order a set of 4 Eibach leveling shocks that I am going to use with my stock coils at the .85 setting. Hopefully all the people I spoke to who said the Eibach have better valving than the 5100's are correct! We shall see...and I was able to score a wicked price match at Autoanything which is a great place to do business with.