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

I've heard conflicting reports on these. If you look at videos on You Tube you'll find some videos of dyno results that show a mild increase in power and some that show nothing so it may be that some intakes are designed better than others and a spacer helps with poorer designs. Does it help with our 4.0's? Your guess is as good as mine.

 

Very nice. It makes a big difference. Did you use an on/off toggle switch, limit switch, mercury switch?

 

It's using reed switch. The leds turn on as soon as the hood is opened. But I also added a waterproof toggle switch for the times when I'm working on the car during the day and the hood might be open for hours. No point for the LEDs to be on.

 

where did you purchase from..

 

https://aidenjamescustoms.com/colle...s-branded-items/products/under-hood-light-kit

$20 PICO 5588PT Waterproof On-Off SPST Toggle Switch 1/2 Hole 2 6-16ga Leads 12V 25 Amp

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UTFIV0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8

 

That’s a good setup. I used an illuminated latching push button.

 

Vinyl wrapped the roof rack side rails with 3M 2080 matte black.

 

Made it to Moab Utah

 

Got all the winter junk off. First wash and wax of the season.

Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr
Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr

 

Wheels look good.

 

Thanks! Goal is to touch up the rock rash when I do the brakes.

 

Removed the cat back exhaust and installed a stock replacement.

 

I have been wanting to do this since I get the 4 Runner in Dec and now it looks like I will have to do it! Looks Awesome!

 

I see this a lot on the forum, are exhaust on the T4r's annoying or something? I have a Gibson on my 2012 Tacoma and like it a lot, was thinking of a catback for my T4r but with so many removing them it has me suspect.

 

I tried 3 different mufflers to make it quiet. The Gibson a Magnaflow and finally a SUV series Flowmaster. The FM sounded quietest inside then a baffle broke and rattled like crazy. Any one riding with us would comment “is there a hole in your exhaust “ Got tired of it and sourced a good used factory take off. In my opinion the V6 motor needs to remain quiet.

 

Most systems sound "ricey" to me. The only one I personally like is the Borla. I installed a Borla muffler on mine and it's just right to me. Personal taste I suppose.

 

Probably, it liked interesting. I guess I should have looked it up in YouTube to see what others thought about it.

 

I got a free 28" light bar and wanted to make it yellow. Bought a 2"x30" Lamin-x strip and put two layers on the light. Next up is trying to squeeze it in the upper grill.

Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr
Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr
Untitled by redrunner87, on Flickr

 

Got a link for that mod? I love it!

 

Finished installing my dual ARB compressor setup yesterday with the M.O.R.E. Compressor mount. Did a couple test runs with my pneumatic tools and it does great. Delivers quite the punch of air.

I also got my lil b’s front bumper in. I will probably install that next weekend and then show pictures.

The 4Runner is coming together. I brought my 4Runner down and had the company that installed my gears take a test drive with me and he informed me the car is good. The gear whine I am hearing is from the 5 cut process vs. the 2 cut and they sometimes have issues. He ordered another ring and pinion to replace it before I leave but he ensured me the car is good and educated me on the fact that I only hear the gears whine at certain speeds and if something wasn’t set right I would hear it at all speeds. The company also took care of everything that went wrong and did right by me in my eyes. I will recant my prior post on them and say they showed exceptional customer service taking care of everything. Granted the issues that happened were frustrating they sympathized and took care of it.

 

Clazzio genuine leather seat covers, front and back. Quality stuff. I like these more than the Coverking leatherette I put in my previous vehicle, and they really weren’t significantly more in price for the genuine be leather version.

Added some new decals to help those divers that may be struggling out there.

 

A few detail shots after paint correction

 

Drove up to the mountains and I’ve never been up there when a storm is rolling in. Driving through the clouds was absolutely amazing. The view was absolutely unavailable anything more than 10’ in front of you. And if you’ve never been inside a cloud it is freezing in them.

 

Don’t beat yourself up man, i know how it feels. I did a couple good ones on ours right after getting it, but hey shit happens.

 

Did you take the rails off or did you wrap them mounted? If you left them on did you take the crossbars off before wrapping, just loosen them so you could move them around while wrapping or just leave them and wrap around them. I've had the material to wrap mine here since the fall but have been waiting for warm weather to do mine.

 

This was just the test fit. I am going to bring it to the powder coaters Tuesday to have them paint the bumper and skid plate. This is without the skid plate. Installed and all.

Pre cutting:


Post cutting:


Stock bumper removed:


New bumper test fit installation:


looking forward to having this bumper powder coated and everything complete including the winch.

 

Hm... Looking interesting. Did you have to cut the lower grill free from the sensor or is it something that pops out of the grill? I've been thinking about that lately.