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

Black out what? The front and back badges? I removed the side badges. I guess i could try and find some decals that go over the front and back badges...

Plasti-dip never lasts long with me. It gets chipped or peeled off while offroading. If i wanted to do the roof bars I'd need them replaced or painted. More money than its worth most likely.

Black rims are cool, I've had them... But they stay dirty and are a pain to clean. I live a mile and a half down a dirt road that's either extremely dusty when dry or mud puddles everywhere when wet. Too much work with black LOL

 

There is an overlay kit made by Toyota that goes right over the OEM chrome emblems and makes them matte black. Looks much better IMO I agree, stay away from plastidip, stuff is junk.

 

I'm not a fan of the stock rims or the chrome badging on the 4runners.

 

I don't have any problems with the stock rims... Tires are more important to me than rims. I'm not a fan of these stock tires though LOL

I completely debadged all 3 of my last Tacomas... I'm not a fan of chrome badges either. So i certainly look into the overlays.

 

Below is a link to buy the overlays for the front and rear badges.

$73 2015-2018 SOUTHEAST TOYOTA 4RUNNER BLACK OVERLAY BUNDLE KIT 00016-89016

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F42IS20/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought them here and installed in minutes and recommend.

 

Thanks man

 

Mine have been on for 2.5 years issue free. Still look like the day I installed them

 

Nice!

 

Oh yee of little faith, bed-liner spray is not limited to black. Check your local spray shops, if they are good they can tint in a variety of colors...and they do WAY better job than you think you can do at home yourself (IMHO). It ain't as expensive as you might think either.

 

that is 2.8 miles per gallon better than my beast. LOL

 

Took a road trip this week with 4 people in the truck and luggage for those 4 people. Got 18 MPG, I was shocked!

 

Added a little street cred to my truck last night.



LOL. There are soooooo many Wranglers around here and 90% of them are never gunna see anything but pavement.

 

BTW...anyone from OKC? I was down in your neck of the woods last weekend and kinda feel I saw one or two of you on the roads.

 

Turd pros

 

Picked up some new tires today

From this



To this

 

Now swap those wheels out

 

Nope

 

I like them wheels!! Nice rig. What size tires?

 

Nice, what load rating did you have/ go too? Just curious as some say E rated are none jarring and others say they are fine

 

Stock size 265/70/17 in load range C on the stock trail rims. On my Taco I went with the same tire but in load range E and it hurt acceleration, made poor braking even worse and rode like a 1 ton. Sticking with the stock load range they and don’t affect acceleration or braking and ride really well. Even with the same size they look bigger and I’m much happier.

 

I disagree. I have E rated tires under my 4Runner and the ride quality is great. No different than when I had P rated tires under it. Suspension makes a big difference in ride quality so choose your lift wisely. Also be careful of tire inflation. I have mine at 33 PSI even though they are good for 80 PSI Most tire shops are too stupid to know these trucks are not heavy enough to warrant high tire pressure and they will throw 50-60 pounds in them when they mount them. That will drastically mess with ride quality. As far as acceleration and MPG, no kidding a heavier more aggressive tire is going to have a negative impact. I ran Falkens in P rating an my economy dropped just as much as when I ran E rated 295 Ridge Grapplers. Is what it is and it's all part of driving a lifted truck.

 

My trailer’s are “C” rated does that mean 110mph?

 

Good to know, I loaded up my dry rotted spare...

 

So I installed some of the Diode Dynamics HP36 reverse lights (210 Lumens-the middle grade) and I got to say that I am fairly disappointed for the money I spent. They are brighter than the factory halogen bulbs but really not that much better. The backup camera looked much better (still didn't throw that much distance lighting-just like the factory bulb) but looking out the side windows was just meh... I do have tinted windows but I rolled them down. For 44 bucks I feel like I got completely ripped off...

 

Always appreciate honest feedback.
That may prevent others from buying twice!

 

These are awesome:https://www.theretrofitsource.com/921-1-0-profile-peak-led-bulbs.html

 

And those are 20 dollars for 800 lumens...I can tell you who should have done some more homework...

 

Today i installed the fyre fly interior lights. I got their 3014s i think they call them... The more expensive and brighter sets of the 2 they offered.

Definitely an improvement. Not as bright as the MESO lights i had in my Tacoma, them things were insane... but for the price of $45 or so I'm not disappointed. Way better than stock. I didn't bother with the license plate bulbs, they include them... but i feel like those don't help me any LOL

Also threw the husky cargo mat in the back. I like it.


Glove box and center console organizers and tray are also complete... Love them. Very useful cheap mods. I did have to cut the center console organizer to be able to use it the way i prefer... With the stock slide out devider... But easy 20 second job. Now it's perfect.

I'm about done with the cheap mods... Just need to get the badge overlay kit and would like the ajt stick shift too... After that I'll probably just drive it and save for tires and maybe... Possibly... A lift...

 

I wish this forum was more active than the other 4runner forum. I hate the layout of that place. I get a headache trying to navigate it. I guess this place is so familiar because of tacoma world... But regardless here It's easier to find everything and read through posts.

 

Can you share some pics?