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

Does anyone else wash their truck before a roadtrip? lol

 

I wash it before, during and after the trip. I'm OCD as fuck.

 

Always. I like to start with a clean slate.

 

Did it!!!

 

Swapped the lower beam from 55w H11 to 65w H9. Also installed H9 in my fog lights.

Unlike 14-20 which came with a 19w bulb, 10-13 came with a H11 55w bulb, same as the low beam in the fog light assembly.

This should give me plenty of light for night driving. The OEM H11 are some of the worst halogens out there for low beam.

 

Not something I did but sure will try next time one of my friend asks.

 

What have I done WITH my 5th Gen??? Heading down to Yakima tomorrow for some NDN tacos with Travis Lucky Boy on the REZ.

 

Its a Thule Motion 3L on factory crossbars. Because the carrier sits so low to the roof (which i love) my sunroof isnt fully functional anymore but I hardly used my sunroof before I got it so not a big issue for me.

 

Great sliders for your nice looking rig!

 

Few days back north CO got baseball size hail. Sometimes I wish I went your route and have aftermarket seat heaters. There are places here that install Katskin (can’t remember the exact spelling) Seat covers with heating. Can get both front and rear seats heated.

 

By chance does anyone know will the chrome lugs on trd off-road wheel work on trd rim or is there another oem lug i need to use?

 

Same nuts…different day.

 

I always wash my car before a road trip then I put on some rain X or hydrophobic spray/ wax. I only do that before a road trip, if I'm going I want an unobstructed view from rain and bug guts.

 

They work. I have them on right now, and they came from the dealer that way.

 

You'll be better off with the H9 upgrade or finding 2021+ OEM LED headlamps.

 

No thanks. LED H11/H8/H9s for me and my friends.

 

Bruh...you live in North Texas. We only need seat heaters for like 4 weeks out of the year.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-hid-vs-led-vs-halogen-h11-projector-headlights.589465/

The 4Runner does worse with those type of LEDs.

 

Have you thought about putting a rack to protect the sun roof? I know it’s not the best if you never use a rack but that’d be one way to do it

 

I have done plenty LED installs on mine and my friend 4runners and compared with stock 4runner LED housing. So I don't care about other articles.

 

That's some pretty sound logic. I guess I can't argue with that.

 

I'd love to have better light output then the h9 upgrade. But from what I read the led bulbs are just a waste of money in 2020 and older light housings.

And it's hard to tell from pictures.

 

My first "upgrade" was to a popular set of drop-in LEDs. They were mildly better in some ways, but worse in others. I then replaced those with a set of Phillips H9s. It was a noticable improvement all around. If you're lucky enough to find a set of OEM LEDs for a decent price, those are noticeably better than the H9s.

 

Drove it home from KPHL after sitting since Monday @ 4:30am

 

Took off the predator steps. It was a great excuse to use an impact wrench, which made it faster and less tedious. Now it will be easier to scoot around on the creeper without banging my head.

 

Filled up with gas!

 

I installed wheel spacers – 1.25” in the front and 1.50” in the rear. I had the spacers from my old 4Runner and I wasn’t positive I wanted to install them on my new one. Glad I did. Definitely like the look!

Rears without and with.


Fronts without and with.

 

FYI, you can design your Katzkin seats EXACTLY like you want here:
https://www.canadaseatskins.us/toyo...024-toyota-4runner-katzkin-leather-seats.html

they ship (for free) from Canada VAT and sales tax free