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

I love it! It’s looking great and the fit for the LE bumper is just right. Have fun out there with it.

I can’t wait to get my 285/75R17s installed for some more ground clearance.

 

Thought I might need new rear brakes. Nope, plenty of pad material left. Cleaned and lubed pins and guides. Do need some sway bar links though..

 

TBH, I don't know for sure. I know these are "fake" bead lock bolts.

I was looking at a lot of other rims online. Most were VERY expensive rims (set/per rim). And I liked those. But considering the price of these Rocktrix wheels, their design, and overall aesthetics, you can't beat these. The brand is geared more towards Jeep. But there are a few select ones that will fit other makes and models.

The ones I really wanted were from ALPHAequipt:




But at the $325 a piece, I could get 2 of those for full price of 4 at Rocktrix.

 

I was just curious because my rrw wheels have fake bead locks and you can remove the bolts. I removed the gold steel bolts and used black plastic bolts mainly just to change the color.

 

Added a blue sea safety hub 100 in to handle high current accessories. Let's me eliminate in line fuses on the ARB and cleaned up the compressor wiring with some blaze offroad harnesses. The Kaon Australia tie down tray for the Prado/FJ fits perfect and holds both the SH100 and a 4 terminal block for the low amp fuses from the blue seas connector plug. The main difference is that this fuse block is ignition controlled by my primary battery as opposed to the always hot 6 circuit blue seas fuse block which is powered from the secondary battery. Because the sdoffroadmt switch pros tray covers my factory fuses, this makes it easy to tap into accessory power. The Kaon bracket is supported by a powertrays dual CB battery tie down which holds a 135a CB into a high amperage relay that is connected to the IGN via an add-a-fuse. Now my Switch Pros 9100 blue wire is attached to the terminal block along with my morimoto DRL power. No more fuse taps. just hook up to that terminal block and anything I want only on when the vehicle is running is good to go. Also that Victory4x4 engine cover is fire

 

Install dummy obd

https://www.dummyobd.com/shop/toyota-dummy-obd-port/

 

i became..."one of them"...

haha drove 2 hours to wilkes barre and picked up a gobi stealth rack. my hardware transfer kit didnt arrive in time so i strapped it to my original rack and drove it home. now its strapped to my deck railing until i get the time to install it! hardware is tracked to arrive today. grabbed it from a guy who had unloaded his 4runner because his wife had a kid. his wife walked out holding the kid when we were in his garage. he pointed and said, "thats the guy that stole my 4runner!" LOLOLLL. very nice guy, hope he gets a 4runner somewhere down the line.

 

It’s about time!! LoL Love the naked look

 

Thanks Matt!! I’am a busy man being retired. I had to squeeze it in my busy schedule. Lol.

 

this is fkn sexy

 

According to Rocktrix, beads are fake and can be removed.

 

Welcome to the bronze rim club!

 

Rock sliders Saturday, BFG AT KO2 today.

 

Did you have to re-arrange your pre lunch and post lunch nap? I get it man, retirement life is tough. Figuring out what NOT to do each day can be exhausting!

 

Dang sure is!

 

I'm looking at tires as well. Hoping the 265/70/17 KO3 in load range C shows up soon.

 

Ditched the front sway bar yesterday.



Truck drives great without it. A little bit of body roll was to be expected but it's really not bad. I think the beefy front coils help a lot.

 

Adder a shifter leather cover for summer/winter temps (too hot/cold). It is stitched on so it will not come off when shifting.

 

Got a really late start on the move plus having to take a detour took us almost 5 hours instead of the two were used to. Knew if a great spot that’s U-Haul and trailer friendly. So we camped there for the night.

 

Something something Costco

 

Extended the AC Drain tube so it's not dripping on top of the frame rail anymore.

 

Got the DT Rocky Mountain tires on saturday. Had a wobble in the steering wheel.....went back and had them re-balanced this afternoon. No help with the wobble. Decided to move into a Goodyear Wrangler AT/S and DT said no charge to upgrade. Smooth as butter driving home and no wobble. Very happy with DT. Good folks!

 

Congrats. What made you pick the Magnuson brand over the Procharger?

 

Had one in my 2000 Tacoma. Zero issues during 10 years of ownership.
Fast forward to 6 months ago. I was lucky enough to drive a 23’ 4R with the Magnuson. Between the much needed boost when merging/passing it was that beautiful whine that sold me.

 

The Magnuson was also Designed with Toyota (it was the factory TRD option previously). I loved my pro charger on my Chevelle but I think the Magnuson was the right call for the Toyota! Congratulations!

 

I hear ya, I went from a 2015 duramax 2500 Chevy to this 2021 4runner. Its painful. I used to idle up the hills at 80 MPH. Now I'm screaming for more HP up hill especially with the camper. Good luck, let us know how it works out.

 

Not something I did, but these parts were shared on another group. Parts to swap silver TRD ORP bumper valance to black.

Matt black - https://amzn.to/4e9NVm1
Gloss black - https://amzn.to/3KPenUV
Carbon fiber - https://amzn.to/3RepDxH

Again, this is not something I tried. Just saw on another group.

 

Put on a mesh grille !

 

Took a claybar to the bugs on the bumper today, then ended up continuing on and cleaned the entire vehicle! Then I finally got around to putting on the black valances. The rear wasn't so bad, but, the front sucked. Some of those clips were not easy to get to, let alone getting them out.

Not keen on where I placed the license plate, but, it'll have to do for now until I can figure out something better.

 

I had my license plate in a similar spot while figuring out a better solution. My ATF temp went up I am assuming from decreased air flow to radiator/transmission cooler. My transmission cooler is located behind where you have the plate.