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

love it. Is it because there's just no good place to put your phone in a 4runner? my wife and I are always fighting for a spot for our phones.

 

Exactly why mywyf wanted it hahahahahaha

 

And finished the Rago shelf

 

thats awsome

 

I have some ideas.

 

Yes, the sports are a better choice if you're going to run them constantly in traffic. Very little bleed over the cutoff, compared to the Pro.

The sport will still be a huge performance/brightness gain over the OEM factory fogs.

Diode Dynamics also offer the "Elite" model fog which is more comparable to OEM in appearance.

 

no airtank.

 

RCI Sliders- installed after a patience testing 3 day (night) process of cleaning, priming & painting. Will take some better pics when washed and daylight

 

rinsed all salt, deep wheel & tire clean.
brought my own wheel brush.
aren’t the wheel nooks and crannies a b!tch








ain’t nobody else running Mickey Thompson²

 

Proudly!

 

Are those Mickey Thompsons on Mickey Thompsons tho (tires and wheels)?
“Mickey Thompson²”

 

Haha… no, i did black on my Tacoma… wanted bronze wheels this go- so only Mickey Thompson (singular)

 

also a solid choice man
just bustin’ ur balls

I noticed the decals now!

 

Getting Mickey Baja Boss AT this week. Toss up between them and Wildpeaks. Mickeys are cheaper, more tread depth, and much better stopping in the snow from what I've read.

 

My experience with the wildpeaks is they get louder over time. They almost sound like a mud tire on the highway and are a bitch to balance. Leaving me looking for new rubber again. They have plenty of tread just to loud. I hear great things about the Mickey T's, have seen some crazy weight listed on some of the online tire sources.

 

I've heard the Mickey's are quieter, too. Stock size they are 2 lbs lighter than the Wildpeaks, 44 vs 46 lbs.

 

We might try the Cooper st Maxx next time. My Tacoma buddy has been really happy with his. Sounds like the KO3's are taking a ton of weight to balance just like the KO2's did

 

Vacuumed the interior! Pretty exciting!

 

You’ll love them!

 

Installed new cabin filter and changed out my TRD oiled engine filter for a Wix filter. Noticed there was a gap around the filter housing with both the TRD filter and Wix filter, so I think this is normal but I would prefer the two halves of the filter housing to fit snugly together.

 

Max’s aren’t 3pms rated though… snowy conditions, but yes… hella good tire!

 

Upgraded audio system. Plenty of pop now. Sounds great.

Front Doors and Dash - Infinity REF9630 Component
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_108R9630CX/Infinity-Reference-REF-9630cx.html

Rear Doors: Infinity Primus 503F
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_108P503F/Infinity-Primus-503F.html

4CH Amp: Kicker 47KEY200.4
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_20647KEY20/Kicker-47KEY200-4.html

 

Grats dude. That's always fun. Makes a huge difference.

 

How difficult was it to install that amp?

 

You nailed it. $5k ballpark with a ceramic coat.

 

Last 2 days had to clean it up from all the snow and shit they put down in the roads.

 

Not too bad. Took about half day (4hrs) with the snaking and such. I am not that electricaly inclined but after 20+ years of DIY I am handy enough to figure stuff out and not break it. I am sure more skilled could get it done faster, plus I did all my adapter wiring day before in the house.

I purchased the LOC cable adapter, 17ft extension and amp kits from crutchfield. More money but just simplified the whole process. I ended up having to mount amp under driver seat - it won’t fit behind dash of Sr5P. So snaked cable down and above pedals then under door panel; probably could have trimmed 5-7ft off that extension cabling. The amp power thru firewall tricky but fortunately I already went thru that with my raptor lights. TacoTunes YT vid very helpful. The amp’s autotune feature cool and helpful. I used to stream Bluetooth with headunit volume at 35-40ish and now my ears bleed at about 25, but bass and sound quality night and day!

 

Drove mine 800 miles to see family for the holidays.

 

Took advantage of the warm weather and gave the TuRD a much needed bath. Unfortunately still a bit to chilly for a full detail and coating.

 

I put in an Arkon tablet mount, glovebox organizer and AVS stick-on wind deflectors.

Also put in an order to get the front shocks replaced with Bilstein 4600's so that'll probably happen in the coming weeks.