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

Get in touch with them here on the site. @SOS CONCEPTS Skip has been great to deal with!

 

Looks great!

 

I finally went off roading in my 4Runner for the first time today!

Well, it was just a little U turn thing in the dirt for big rigs to turn around at the end of the dead end, but still!

There aren't many opportunities to off road in Central NJ.

 

I know the struggle! My first car was a Wrangler and there was nowhere to go off-roading! Such a tease!

 

I like that too!

 

Received my @victoryrunner Molle panel and installed it within 30 mins of receiving it. Pretty nice. Wife's mall crawler is looking better and better haha! I am surprised how heavy it is but went in smooth and look forward to mounting up our radio on the next trip.

Victory front bumper is next, haven't decided on the rear yet...

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After:

 

Not all don’t today, but I’m new on this forum. Added 2.5” leveling kit, RRW bronze wheels and BFG 285/70-17s. Plasti-dip front bumper trim and rear Toyota badge. Also just added airlift rear helper air bags and a Tekonsha brake control to help with towing pop-up toy hauler. Soon to come, I will be fabricating my own custom roof rack/basket system as well as installing slider/steps and an OME lift

 

Welcome

 

Drove to work, Towed boat home Sat from storage then it flurried

 

Hi MyWysRnnr - this is a good time to post the rear bumper I just installed on my ORP. If you are interested in how the Victory aluminum Blitz bumper turned out up front with a winch, you can hopefully find it with a search or PM me. I looked at a lot of options for rear bumpers - there are so many great choices out there. I really wanted aluminum, however, basically that is mostly unavailable. I chose a Victory Strike bumper, as you can see here. Victory makes great products and you can't go wrong with anything from them in my experience. They also have a modern manufacturing operation, with a great team, which translates into realistic supply and delivery times for their products. This bumper was an easy, leisurely install, while passing the covid 19 shutdown and I really enjoyed installing it. The plastic body panels are trimmed and partly retained, which keeps weight to a modest 110lbs without the swing out carriers. I have a stock suspension at the moment, and 110 lbs didn't budge the suspension on the vehicle at all. 16 bolts holds it all in place. Pretty strong, and tough. Two stage powder coat, which is important where I live in 5 months of salt, sand, and snow. I'd give Victory a 10/10 on their Strike bumper. I may still add one or both swing outs, I haven't decided yet.

 

looks great and well integrated with the rear end.

 

Cool color

 

Used to be a period in history when it's acceptable to say that to a woman and not get sued, hauled up to HR etc

 

Yeah, haha, thank goodness those days of guys will be guys wisecracks are over. Even as a little kid back in the day I would cringe over some of the dumb things that guys would say about women.

 

Did the new owner mod

 

Added TRD Pro wheels and the predator running boards to my 2018 4Runner. Next on the list is the roof rack. Don’t roast me for the tires - left the OEM tires as they still have a good 20k left on them. Live in Atlanta and do more paved driving. Will swap out to better tires down the road.

 

Yeah, we are definitely doing the Victory front.... As for the rear I'm still doing a lot of research and I do like the victory, however, I really like the expedition one with hidden handles. I am looking at a couple other ones as well and weighing out cost for swing outs, additions, bolt on's etc. I want to give victory some business because they are pretty active on the forum etc. I am pretty surprised that the interior molle panel I just installed is steel and not aluminum. Just looking at the map light, I can see that the weight from the panel is pulling it away from the headliner without anything installed. I'm going to give it some time in a few trips before jumping to any conclusions but I would definitely prefer the panel in aluminum to save weight and strain on the map light that is not designed for it. It was my mistake however. It is clearly stated on their website that it is steel. I just missed it... Got to excited haha.

 

HOLY LEDs BATMAN!

Installed the MESO LED puddle pods:

 

How was the install? Did you go through the back to access or pop your mirrors then pop out the backside? I need to get mine put in.

 

I installed my RCI steel skid plate. Man that thing is a beast & heavy!

 

It was nerve-racking to do the first one. I ended up taking off the mirror although I ended up finding it unnecessary and did not do it on the other side. The trick to taking off the painted top cover is pushing in on the side housing of the mirror while gently pulling on the painted cover to get past the plastic clasps. I ended up breaking off several tabs on the first side but it all came back together okay. The second side went much smoother once I knew where the tabs were and how to pull off the painted cover (no broken tabs this side). You also have to be careful removing the bottom piece that holds the light housing as it is fragile and comes off kind of weird. Again had much better success with the second side once I knew where to pull etc.

One thing I will say about MESO is the lack of instructions was disappointing. I watched a couple of owner videos on YouTube showing how they did the install but they weren't 100% complete. Overall a pretty easy mod to do, you're just kinda on your own in navigating how to remove parts etc.

I used this video for most of my install guidance:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/92OgmQVQbUA

 

I only know as I've done this on my 2nd runner. Mirror pops out easy as can be. Tilt it all the way in and pull from behind. Comes out in 2 seconds. From there the release tabs are easily accessible so none will be broken
Edit...just watched the video. Like I said the mirror pops right off

 

Ya I've done the Rav4 mirror mod, so I've taken them off. It just takes so much force to do all this.......my rig is brand new and it's my wife's so I dare not mess it up. I may end up doing it this weekend because next week I'm having it ceramic coated and I'd like it to be all done before that.

 

I would need to gather some information about a Nightshade version. First thing is does it have KDSS?

 

I’m about to install a new engine air filter in my 2018 and it looks different than the air filters in my Tacoma’s.

It’s got the normal pleated paper filter, but it’s got an additional white sponge-like pad affixed to the filter as well. Does it sound like I have the correct filter? I don’t remember the Tacoma’s filters having the additional sponge pad on them.

I don’t have my truck with me right now, or I’d go out and check myself. Thanks.

 

Yes, my air filter had that. Just additional filtration.

 

Looks good man!

Thanks for the kind words. We appreciate it!

 

MESO's stuff is awesome I just did his 3rd brake light on my truck and have his dome and switchable map lights.

 

Awesome, thanks much.

 

Nice! I've got ARCLightLED's for my map, dome, and tailgate lights. They're incredible!