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

I'm 4X4ing every chance I get! It's awesome! I just did some light off roading in one of the Englishtown Auction parking lots that doesn't see much use these days in order to give my 4X4 low gears a workout, and it was so much fun! Except for some cars near the entrance to the flea market, I had the whole place to myself. This was so cool!

Unfortunately the photo doesn't capture so well how dirty my 4Runner is, but whatever. 4X4!!!



My Antics Design 3D printed footwell fuse box cover also popped off on its own today. I thought it was secure, and it was solid for a month, but it popped off while I was driving on the road, not while off roading. I can see it's doing the 3D printed thing where the plastic curves out of shape, so I'm going to see what I can do with the box from here on out. Maybe I'll buy another official Toyota fuse box cover and use it as a base with better clips for the Antics one. I could glue the Antics one to the Toyota one and cut away what needs to be cut from the Toyota one. I just hope the glue holds up.

 

Bad advise. Mechanics do not change oil at dealerships. Unskilled labor does. I've read 100s of horror stories from the free oil changes and not just Toyota.
Stripped oil plugs, skid plate bolts stripped, to much oil, not enough oil, no oil= blown engine, broken mirrors, scratched body parts, cigarette smell in ride, and many more. No thank you. I asked my dealer of I could supervise for the above reasons...said no. I asked if they could give me the oil...umm no
Gladly bought my own and changed it = peace of mind

 

My previous car took me about 6-7 hours to replace my alternator. Shroud, fan, intake, rad hoses, expansion tank, serpentine belt, pulley and top off coolant. Glad Toyota doesn't over engineer the way the German's do haha

 

No way in hell I'd let a dealer drone do an oil change and most likely cross thread some bolts, not tighten the plug, mess up the filter or do any other of the multiple mess ups that others here have told about. Their oil change "techs" are for the most part clueless and shouldn't be allowed to touch a wrench.

 

Caught a rock with my windshield while driving on the highway today...ugh...

 

just had mine replaced

 

Quick wash. Hopefully my c4 bumper ships Monday

 

Did you go with OEM or aftermarket?

 

local company, aftermarket. The tint and everything looks exact OEM. $289

 

Added a little “flair”.

 

Added caliraised relay holder (no picture) and a back window barrier for the pups

 

FYI. For warranty purposes I just buy a filter from them with the milage in the information box. The GM of the dealership said that is sufficient. They can check milage or an oil sample. I do it ever 5k except this year...
Maybe yearly with no travel.

 

That sucks! I do not know what the 4Runner windshields cost, depending how you have your insurance setup, the deductible is some times close to just buying the windshield yourself.

 

My insurance will replace at no out of pocket cost to me.

I would have to pay if I want to insist OEM. Doubt I will though. I've had Safelite do my last few vehicles that have needed one and have been happy with the results.

Just was a little concerned on the 4Runner because of the heating element in the glass for the wiper de-icer.

 

I took off the roof rails and bed linered them. Happy with the results. Put butyl on the rubber gaskets and used blue Lock Tight on the bolts. I hope there's no leaks. I'm tired now but tomorrow I'll give it a wash and look to see if roof liner is wet any place.

 

Between yesterday and this morning, I did what I could to reshape my Antics footwell fuse box cover for 2020. It had fallen out while on the street yesterday. I used a couple old Neo Geo MVS video game cartridges, a hifi ferrite core clip on thingy, a couple jars of salsa, a hair dryer, my fingers, and my brain. I was able to get the 3D printed style bend mostly out of the unit with weight and gravity and reshape some of the plastic with my fingers after getting it really hot so the clips will ideally hold better. I put the cover on this afternoon, and it went on easier this time than it ever did when I first got it new. I'm hoping that means it'll remain in good working order this time.

 

I let the paint dry for about an hour before installing the rails and they slid right on with no problem and no scratching either.

 

Sorry, I didn't take any pics.

 

Alpharexx Luxx Series headlights and BAJA SAE fog lights installed this weekend. I love them so far!

 

nice street tires tho

 

Replaced the already corroding original rear license plate screws with titanium ones (used a tiny bit of anti-sieze).
I have about 3500 miles on this vehicle and couldn't believe how bad the OEM ones looked already.

 

Still researching lift kit and spacers. Once those are picked out meatier tires for sure. But Definitely not gonna waste money...still have 6 good months on the stockers. Nice try tho

 

just bustin your gonads

 

I know it love it!

 

My c4 bumper was suppose to ship tomorrow, now they’re saying another 2-3wks. A little pissed because I asked them about people having to wait 11wks and they said oh no way it’ll be 11wks. Well, it’s gonna be 11wks.

Whatever. She be lookin good tho

 

I have pretty dark tint just photo playing tricks and rear hatch window down

 

The older I get, the more I hate it.

winter comes, we complain
Summer comes, we complain

we get maybe 2-4 weeks of beautiful spring weather

 

Yes! I love my BD SAE amber fogs too, they're so bright, makes up for the lame headlights LOL

 

Which is weird because the Baja SAE fog lights are actually dimmer than stock halogen fogs.

H9 bulbs are a great replacement for factory H11 low beams. Nearly double the output with factory-correct optics. In case you're interested.

 

....State Farm, zero deductible. just sayin.