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

I know this isn’t Facebook but man I have been on a string of bad luck lately with my 4Runner.

I dropped my 4Runner off on March 22nd to get .488 on my front and rear and I also got the ARB front and rear lockers. The company ordered me the ARB dual air compressor kit as well.

Today I finally picked up my 4Runner after it had been in the shop for almost 2 work weeks. The company I went to had raving reviews and was recommended by many people I have spoke with. I honestly don’t understand the hype because I feel that I had the worst experience ever. I am in a worse situation than when I started this endeavor and feel as though I should have done it myself.

I was told by the shop it would take 3 days to get it all done. Turned into 9 working days and it wasn’t done, I was overcharged $800 (working with them to get that corrected), the gears have a small whine (was told that usually goes away during the break-in period), I previously had a switch pro installed and they didn’t feel comfortable wiring the ARB compressor to it since they never did that before. In which case I had no problem doing it (still paid full price) and I saved them a minimum of 1 hour to wire everything up.

Tonight I go to start wiring the air compressor up so I can validate the lockers work and I see they didn’t purchase the ckmta12 but instead they got the ckmta24. I don’t have 24v in my car.

So today I would say I made my 4Runner worse instead of better. Granted I understand mistakes happen but this has been a disaster. Just 1 problem after another. I just want to adventure and have fun. I feel as though I picked the wrong company to work on my car.

I will share updates (if anyone wants to know) as I get them. If there is anyone in Arizona looking to get a regear and wants to know who I used feel free to message me so you can stay clear (maybe you might have a better experience than I did).

Now I am just twiddling my thumbs wondering what I am going to do about this now.

To elaborate on more bad luck. I ordered my Ironman suspension on March 1st with a delivery set for March 21st. They said it will be March 29th last week. Now today it is estimated to be April 15th. So if anyone has Ironman stuff on order just know they had a bad delay due to international shipping. My new front bumper was supposed to be delivered at the beginning of this week and now it doesn’t look like that is going out anytime soon. Logistically everything is messed up right now. Scheduled to move across the country in April and I am missing everything I ordered. Surely hope it doesn’t ship to Arizona when I am in North Carolina.

 

What kind of molle panel is this and where can I get one?

 

Sorry man. I feel you, trust me. As far as reviewers go......they're becoming less and less trusted(for many reasons) as I go through this process.

"wondering what I am going to do about this now" trust your instincts. Then follow through. imo

I respect the fact you're not burning the company(at this point) because it could be an isolated event.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

I'm old so no idea what the hell that emoji meant

 

I think it just means jealous. Looks nice Fltslr

 

I just did the same to my Tacoma. The work took two days. Had them deal with the leaking steering rack as well-that took a bit longer but that was where Shaffer’s Off-road in Alameda shined. Kept me in the loop the whole way. I went with electric lockers. All good in the hood.

 

Does this shop regularly work on Toyota’s? Shop made the mistake of ordering the 24v instead of the 12v. If it were me, I would ask to speak to the manager (an error such as this warrants being a Karen) and demand that they correct their mistake or that they cover the cost of the 12v twin and labor for another shop to correct it. Other option is going dual battery to make it work, but that’s more time and money I’m sure you weren’t planning on. If you wouldn’t mind DMing me the name of the shop.

 

Darned good looking rig!

 

Its from Victory4x4. Im quite the fan of molle, ... have it about everywhere, and will add more. Cheers mate.

 

Thx!

 

Man... sorry to hear about all the troubles.

I hope you get it all sorted out!

 

OBX?

 

Great color combo Army x Bronze

 

installed the CC ones the other week and love them. definitely gonna go with this one next! pretty sturdy so far?

 

Just installed my Greenlane hatch ladder. Plan is to mount a Rotopax to it, plus one of those canvas trasharoo's, everyone seems to have.

https://greenlaneoffroad.com/14-4runner/5th-gen-4runner-ladder

Note I like a clean work surface before doing things like this...

 

Take it from someone who installed the RCI full package last summer.......get another helper for the main plate. It's heavy and I nearly dropped it on my face. The others can be done with one person.

 

it looks bent lol

 

No, Cresent beach, Florida

 

So far, so good. No rattles either for now. I did put a bunch if Second Skin on the tail gate, and on the panel itself. Had some left over from my audio build. What i also dig, is even with some added weight, the gate still rises on its own, and stays up. So, thats cool. Cheers my guy.

 

Received my canvasback liner today and got that installed. I also picked up a couple items that will help me out greatly when working on my 4Runner, or even my F150 or Patriot for that matter!

 

I need an impact drill in my life.

 

Paid someone who knows what they are doing to re-gear my runner from 4:10 to 4:88.
They were a pleasure to work with and I would recommend them to anyone in the Phoenix area.
Arizona Driveshaft.

 

I came so close to pulling the trigger on that exact model today, but, I went back to the Ryobi since that's what most of our tools are, and all of the batteries and chargers are interchangeable between them all. I didn't feel like messing with another set of batteries/chargers. *laughs*

 

Lol sorry, Impact WRENCH haha.

 

Just finished trimming my body mount on passenger side for the third time and have plenty of clearance now! I can turn full lock to lock and NO body mount rub!

HOWEVER, I backed in my driveway full lock to the right and could hear a slight rub. Went out to look and I think it’s the inner fender well liner as a small part was shiny.

SO, I need to trim that a third time as well! All on the passenger side. Driver has been good.

I also got all my traction controls recalibrated which I am super happy about!

In more exciting news I ordered an RCI skid that integrates with the TRD skid early this week and that comes in tomorrow. Also ordered an ARB awning today and that may come in tomorrow as well. And my Demello sliders are FINALLY on their way! Should have next week! Once those are on I am ready to take this bad boy off road!

 

I knew you were just razzing it’s all good

 

All those that read my essay. Couple positive updates (finally). $800 was reimbursed and the company ordered the correct air compressor. Then today my bumper was shipped. Things are kinda looking up. .


Drove the Runner around today to get some more miles on the new gears. Still whines a little going downhill. Things feel good though. I definitely noticed a change in shift points. 3k rpm and I am at 16 mph in first gear which matches up with what I should be getting from:
Grimmjeeper.com

 

How are you liking the regear? Did you by chance get lockers installed?

 

Dobinsons snorkel ordered