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

Got some weight reduction done so that's cool.

 

I've had mine from Operation Modout since last Oct. Love the way these look!

 

Good Lord sir! That's a lot of remembering where things go.

 

You are nuts, lol. I’d forget where half the stuff goes.

 

Dude my brother came over and I had to do something else for a bit. I come back and he's got the dash apart and I don't know where he put any of the screws and bolts.


All the interior stuff and zip locked bagged and taped to the parts they go to so that's pretty fool proof.

 

I've seen video's on YouTube about this. The did quiet down the interior decibel level, but not by a lot. Long story short (in my opinion): It's a lot of squeeze for barely any juice.

 

Changed the oil filler cap. It's beyond me why mechs tighten a simple plastic cap with a gasket with all their might. That's why there is a gasket so you don't keep yanking it.
This was the old one.

 

I replaced my moon roof seal. While purchasing the 4Runner I noticed 6 spots where the seal was damaged. (critters?) No leakage to the interior during washing or in rainstorms. Ordered and received the OEM seal quickly. Installation and adjustment took about 1-1/2 hours. Nobody would probably ever notice the old, damaged seal, however it is one of those “peace of mind” things that was bugging me!

 

Taking her to the woods! Trailer pulls like a dream.

 

Hey that's really ambitious work there! I'm looking to put a custom rear cargo light in the headliner and those pics help me see areas where I may or may not have clearance between the headliner and roof structure for the light assembly!

 

I need to do this myself. Any issues with it the replacement process?

 

No issues at all. I watched a video from The Car Care Nut guy which was very helpful espeically the part about using a silicone spray during the seal installation. Even the adjustment portion was easy if you are comfortable feeling where the T25 Torx bolts are. I ordered the seal from a local dealer for $50.84 including tax and shipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4ZN-qNIBs

 

Ordered it online. Guess I'll find out soon

 

Goog luck! Just take your time and you will be fine. I'm not sure what a dealer would charge for replacement, however as we all know - DIY = $$s saved to spend on mods!

 

Let me know if you need any more pics and of what and where.

 

Stock stereo is pretty bad. Any upgrade is worth it. It's not as fun as I had hoped.

 

Fun is not a word I would personally attach to the process I see there haha
Maybe the word exasperation
a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

 

I swapped out the stock speakers for a package from Trail Grid Pro. They're Kicker's, and I slapped an AMP & Cross over on them to max out the sound. Now my stereo rocks. I kept the stock head unit though. I actually like the look of it and the layout of the display.

Plus you'd never know I upgraded the system. It's stealthy.

 

Ran it through car wash yesterday. Noticed a tiny chip on hood. Ordered OEM touch up paint supposed to be here tomorrow.

Reminds me when I was in Corp. Flt Dept. We'd do this every Dec. on the S76-C for the 12 mos. inspection, every 3rd year tare the head apart & remove swashplate, T/R blades for snubber bearing Insp.

 

We have air Finished wiring up the on-board air today. Now on to the next upgrade......

 

Installed Cali raised transfer case skid. I got the powder coated aluminum.

 

Gave our 2024 it’s 1st break-in oil change at 780 miles (was hoping for 777 ).

Also installed the cali-raised cat shields as they’ve been sitting in the garage for about a month.

Glad to finally get my hands dirty with our new 5th gen.

 

Drove the female parental unit to the local K-Rogers.

Then saw this in the lot:

 

I have been thinking about getting cali-raised cat shields.. How was the install? as easy as they make it look?

 

Little more progress today. Configuring and looking at installing the maestro and head unit

 

warshing the truck tnite with the 3 yr old, little brother had his 2nd Birthday party today so he passed out


Anyone else tint their taillights with, dare I say it, decals!? (removable like lamin-x).
These things are 2 years strong

 

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I put some juice in the rear diff. I was going to do the front one, too, but that will have to wait for another day.

 

No pics, but had a chance to do my first tinkering.

- Donger power adapter and Garmin mini dash cam installed

- Put a ProTech screen protector on the head unit screen and the gauge cluster screen…that thing was a real pain to get on somewhat smoothly since it’s curved!

- added the auto dimming sensor in the dash - super quick and easy

looking forward to Clazzio leather seats coming in a few weeks…my fingers are(n’t) ready!