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

Took a trip out to Flagpole Knob in VA this past weekend, what a blast! (Excuse the poor picture quality and the pictures of the jeep just trying to get the terrain)

A few spots on the trail required building up some rocks ramping up to the obstacle to avoid tearing off my bumpers or smacking my diff, but we were able to do it all without any body damage (not including trail rash, which I'm sure I'll find once I clean my rig). I did take a little chunk out of one of the steps on my predator steps, but I'm not worried about those. I know they're not legitimate sliders or anything, but they definitely protected

 

Why was the Jeep's hood off? Looks like a nice trail.

 

Iron Mountain Resort in Dahlonega GA this weekend. Lots of camping, trails and an obstacle course. That is the clubhouse in the background.

 

Yes his hood was off, and if you look close, it's strapped to the top of his roof....... The road leading up to the trail was very steep and for some reason that idiot doesn't have an engine fan, he took it out. ...don't ask me why..#itsajeepthing I guess??? Anyway he took his hood off to prevent overheating. Surprising, he didn't have any issues for the rest of the day

 

I meant to say "WHY" was his hood off. I saw it on his roof, I wondered if something broke and he had to take it off and strap it on the roof. The real reason is pretty strange. Why the hell would anyone remove the fan and not replace it with an electric one or something?

 

Yea no kidding! He got an electric fan, but didn't put it in... the quickest answer to "why" is he's just an idiot. Said he didn't think he'd need it...oh and did I mention he drove down from NY like that!

 

It's on T4R forum but here's the pictures that matters the most:

 

Looks nice! I like the nfab racks. I'd love a full length Gobi, but the nfab's are definitely more practical.

What's "t-force"? Is that a variation of their typical rack?

 

Battle Born Offroad took care of me. Prinsu roof rack and Cali raised LED light bar.

 

T-force was a package gulf coast toyota offered in 2016. It was a premium SR5 with sun roof, nitto at tires, blacked out wheels, nfab rock sliders with steps, the nfab roof rock, and skid plate, blacked out emblems and front bumper, Painted fender flairs, and t-force black and red badges. Loved most of it except the skid plate which I replaced with a trd skid.
Would have preferred the basket be black too.

 

Installed KC Flex Duals (Spread) ditch lights - Lasfit LED Pro Low Beams - Diode Dynamics LED interior lights and will install the XD DRL and High Beams tomorrow. Also ordered a Waterport but that wont come until August.

 

I think you would have to take out these 3 bolts that's covered by the plastic tabs (I popped one out on the right) , then that upper panel inside the glove compartment would come off. Then replacing it should be easy. Don't have the tools right now since I'm at work.

 

Dobinsons Lift installed! 2.5 front with SPC UCAs and 2.0 in the rear. What a world of difference it makes!

 

I cleaned up and painted a longhorn hitch cover that a buddy made for me a few years ago. Also ordered interior LED lighting kit.

 

I vinyl wrapped my roof rack, nice little project after work today. 3M air release satin black vinyl.
4 end caps were taken off so the vinyl can reach the very ends and the caps go over to protect the edges.

 

Piling up parts...
Winch, factor55, light bar, awning, body mount chop stuff

 

$25 3M 1080 Satin Black Air-Release Vinyl Wrap Roll Including Toolkit (1ft x 5ft)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSJ3KKT?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

It was pretty easy to work with, my first time. I cut the piece in half length wise and it comes out to 6in width. I then trim the length to about an inch longer than the bars.
Peeled off the backing and layed it down adhesive side up, slide it under the bar and carefully stick one end on the underside. Pull the other end, not too much, and stick to the other end on the underside.
I then work it up on the side, laying it smoothly, don't stretch too much only a little. After all the lengthwise of the side is done then I work the top side then inward towards the track.
Ran a razor along the inside track and trim the edges. Heat gun over the whole thing to really stick it down, the nice thing about air release is that any air bubbles will disappear like magic LOL.
The cross bar will still slide on top on the vinyl with no problems, just take it easy and don't rush it with sliding it around.

 

Here's another pic, I razored it right at the track edge, not inside because there's no way to get them to stick inside plus it would be too thick for the slider to work.

Next up are the gunmetal FnFx wheels.

 

Yes 1ft by 5ft. 6in width for each side.

 

Thanks! Never knew about this stuff.

 

Makes sense. If you end up removing those bolts, post up if it works to gain access to that bulb...

 

Just installed this today... Quick and easy, fully plug and play In 10 minutes.

Went from cold charging voltage of 13.5 to cold charging at 14.5... hot charging from 13 to hot charging at 13.8 Even with my stereo system going, ac on blast, headlights on and all. No more 12.8-12.9 volts even at 2000rpm.

I'll really get to see what's possible once I get my 280 amp high output alternator installed.

Singer bypass voltage booster mod.

 

I've no idea how that works but sounds cool

 

Pretty neighborhood!

What part of the country are you in, if you don't mind sharing?

 

Thanks! I live in Newcastle WA, it's a suburb on the east side of Lake Washington, other side of Seattle.

 

Looks gorgeous!

 

You look gorgeous

 

That's what my girlfriend told me....

 

Hook 'Em Horns!

 

I took those 3 bolts out, no luck with removing the upper panel, I think there need to be a whole lot more to come out first before that panel can.
That bulb looks to be a special type, wouldn't have the LED equivalent to swap it anyways. I'll just leave it be, it probably requires a tool to extract, last thing I want to do is to break it from messing around LOL
Close up pics: