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

We put a thousand miles on over the weekend, visiting friends, eating well, and breaking clays.

 

It is...except the buttons don't work. Re-installed the factory board and emailed and going to see what they say.

Looks like they did make a board that didn't work for 4runners. Might be whats going on here.

 

I contacted Meso Customs about that control for mine because their web site didn't specifically list compatibility for the '24 model year. I got a response saying that the replacement control isn't compatible with my '24 [because something in the OE wiring harness was different from previous years].

I don't know at what point the compatibility changed, but I do see this message on their web site: "5TH GEN 4RUNNERS(2010-2023) - SOME MODEL/TRIMS ARE NOT APPLICABLE, WE ARE CURRENTLY TESTING THIS PLATFORM."

 

Oh wow! Yeah website says tacoma tundra. And my order from June says the same. I was initially using a keanwood floating head unit with a maestro, and the maestro fixed the buttons.

I think past me bought the meso thing just for the button. But now I switched to a Dasaita which doesn't use a maestro...

Dang. Well there ya go. Thank you super sleuth!

 

If that's your real name, then we are distantly related somehow, since I'm 1/2 MacLeod. If you took the Highlander as a screenname, then disregard my post.

 

proper wiring to get some amps to the trunk mounted air compressor... (I know you guys like it under the hood, but that does not work when you live in the desert - it must kept inside).

 

Looking good. Can I ask for a picture of your switches? I see you've added some and moved some around.

 

To be honest, I got it wired this way already. But from what I've seen, these are easily interchangeable. I have already ordered a matching button with air compressor logo to wire the relay to power up this air compressor (and fill out the last and final blank spot next to the brightness adjustment gauge).

 

Looks clean. They also have these same style buttons but with two buttons in 1 slot.

 

I also installed in the rear cargo area.

 

Glad to help!

 

Man, I feel your pain. I am a bit OCD about this kind of stuff and could NEVER get rid of some areas inside that would show up in certain lighting conditions etc. Tried to figure out what the right cleaner to use etc. no luck. Then this past weekend my wife said she saw some thing on windshield cleaning on social media somewhere and told me about it.

Not sure I got the steps 100% right, but my 2018 windshield (inside) looks the best it ever has...

1. Wipe with liberal amount of rubbing alcohol on a microfiber cloth.
2. Dry/wipe with dry microfiber cloth.
3. Wipe with window cleaner on a microfiber cloth.
4. Wipe with dry microfiber cloth.

All of that said, the outside is pitted and 'sandblasted' all to hell. The joys of New England roads and winters.

 

I use a foam window cleaner in an aerosol can and a squeegee on the inside and once a month clay bar the outside.

 

Ahhh... Clay bar outside, good call.

 

Here's my "Anytime " Fog light switch I mentioned in another post

 

Added this ICS holder for my SwitchPros panel -

 

i believe its supposed to be that way, always stars pushing forward.

 

its always a battle in the concrete jungle!

 

Think of it this way: You have a [fabric] flag, on a flagpole, on each side of the vehicle. The vehicle is in motion. Now which way will the flags fly? The stars will be forward ("anchored" on the flagpole end of the fabric) on both sides of the vehicle and the "loose end' of each flag will be pointing toward the rear of the vehicle. (That is, of course, assuming the vehicle is moving forward.) So when viewing the moving vehicle from the passenger's side, the stars will be toward the front of the vehicle, providing the flag that "backward" look.

Want to mess your brain up a little more? Think about pennants on a [forward-moving] sailboat. The "loose end" of the pennant actually points toward the bow, rather than the stern. Why? The wind inflating the sails and moving the craft blows the pennant.


(Image grabbed from freepik.com)

 

Now you're just giving me a headache.

 

im good, i know which way they go as I already have them on my 2022 and never had a second guess about the passenger side.

 

Stop bringing logic to this thread !

 

All of this would make sense, if it werent for the fact that the masses of air move in circles due to the fact that the earth is flat. The rest is just an optic illusion.

 

Ahh yes, this reminds of me of that famous quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt: The only thing we have to fear is....SPHERE itself!

 

Lolol, nice.

 

I just ordered it after seeing your post. Thx.

 

Drove the 2011 to our Granddaughter & Grandson, Grandparents Day Special at school.

 

Sorry. It's the engineer/nerd in me.

 

So I tried the seat heat. I could feel the heat, not super warm like and old Jeep Grand we had, but I am sure it will feel good once the temps really drop.

 

Thank you for the update!!