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

eBay. It's technically for an FJ, but identical to the 4R knob, except all-black.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193856580205

 

Were did you get the transmission shifter?

 

Why oh why, would you ever post a picture like that let alone take the picture. A Jeep *cringe* pulling a 4Runner out of the mud....shameful...

 

I have to stop watching this thread. Time to get the paint out and prepare for color filling another shifter (4th one) for this little station wagon.

 

Made a Home Depot run to buy a new door. Then picked up some lunch and headed over to Thousand Hills state park. Looked like a good photo opportunity:

 

Looks like a great spot for a picnic lunch

 

Always seems to work out that way

 

We went from cold in the 40s to sunny and in the 80s now back down in the 50s. Just plain crazy.

 

Almost cut the lanyard off the gas cap today. Such a simple thing that drives me nuts, when it gets tangled.

 

Yeah, it's a pretty nice place to go to. They've got some good picnic areas there along the wooded area we were at and some more along the lake. There's a ten mile hiking trail there that I'd love to walk in its entirety someday.

 

Sounds like a great place all around

 

Baja Designs fogs & milage for the red devil

 

Our family phone # growing up/today ends in 666...Good ol’mom always wanted to change it

 

I'm waiting for mine to get to 80085. My old Jeep barely got that far, but it was awesome when it did.

 

Nice baja fogs buddy but that number...no way

 

Destroyed the Duro bumps while mobbing through the Mojave desert. Time for Timbren upgrades.

 

Installed the Diode Dynamics LED foglights also haha

 

Got it washed and installed my new Canvasback liner

now there’s no exposed carpet for the dog hair to stick to!

 

The headliner is the worst. It takes forever to get those out! The struggle is real.
Ryan

 

I use a disposable lint roller. It helps

 

That is the exact place our GSD stands & his head is constantly touching the headliner. Only clean yearly. You have to pick your battles!
Ryan

 

Took a moment to go over all of the recovery equipment I've gathered so far....and promptly purchased a duffel bag to stash most of it in.

 

When it comes to dog hair it will find a place to stick to

 

Installed my ICS dash thing

 

The canvasback is one of the best additions (IMO) definitely saves the day for me with my 2 boxers riding along all the time (1 white and 1 brindle).

 

Made it to our happy place and after a few years of telling my daughter she needed to learn to drive on the beach, she finally asked. After a good stretch she says "this is so much fun,I want one."

 

Made some cross bars for 30$ all in. Still lack the finishing, cutting off corners sandblasting and paint etc. needed some extra strength for the road shower, awning and Thule box till my rack comes in. Since gobi digs there own ore mills and molds there own steel by hand. And takes plenty of breaks inbetween.

 

Bolted on my storage box and Tred boards.
I don’t think I will leave them both on all the time but I want to see how much wind noise I get.

 

A week and a half after ordering my cali-raised sliders, they show up last Thursday. Not bad! I was expecting their quoted 4-6 weeks.



A few blemishes here and there from shipping, but nothing very noticeable


These weren’t as fun and carefree to to install as youtubers make it seem, but not the worst thing ever. Had to install the drivers side twice, because three of the hole were misaligned by 2mm or so. So I had to mark the areas, take it back down, and spend an hour hand filling the holes so they would fit.

Here you can see how much trimming the front two slots needed (dont mind the Fluid Film)

The other slider required no fitting at all, just bolted right on.

Im happy with the end result though. It looks good on the truck. And it’s nice and solid. My buddy is already prodding me to do a “practice recovery” by hi-lifting it by the bar. But Im not sure if Im ready to test i yet lol. Has anyone here proven the cali-raised slider are capable as a lifting area for a hi-lift?