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

Winner winner, chicken dinner. MGM wrapped in Satin Battleship Grey. Cornfed levelling kit, 275/55/20 General Grabber tires and Fuel Heater D720 wheels.

 

New tires delivered 285/70/17 - install this weekend

 

Now there's a trick photo.

 

They arrived today! I was hoping to get them installed tonight, but, need to hit a car wash and clean up my frame a bit before starting in on the install. I'm also mildly apprehensive about how these will fit along with my gas tank skid. Only one way to find out, I guess!

...and go figure, my Wife already doesn't like them. *laughs*

 

Ooh, love my Cooper Evos

Went to them after some Ridge Grapplers and they ride great.

 

Bought one of the little console organizers off Amazon that is always posted below. About to roll 900 miles in it. Trying to decide what to do first and need to get on ordering my canvasback. Also put in the weathertechs from the GX since they fit.

Drove the other greenish car in the back today though

 

Looks like an Indiana IRL tag?

 

Yep I live in Indy

 

How did you figure out the close feature?

 

Random question. For the touch unlock, is there a setting that it will unlock the passenger doors as well? My GX did that automatically but on my 4R it only unlocks the driver door.

 

wow the rear springs really lifted it up

 

go to your touch screen on dash and it under car settings you can have the passenger door unlock as well..

 

OBDII module from cartrimhome.com

 

Awesome thank you

 

Dobinsons coils 2.5/1.5
OME UCAs
Dobinsons twin tube shocks

 

New goodies, any votes on color?

 

Got the new wheels loaded up and ready for tomorrow, put some grease in the UCAs, and I am right back to square one on which tires I want to go for when I go up to 33s. *sighs*

 

Revtek mudflap deletes. Never liked those long factory jobbies. Looks a little tougher without them.

 

Replaced the Cooper Evo's in 285/70/17 with KO2s in same size C load

 

what hitch mount is that for the spare?

 

Detours of Maine

 

Took it camping again. Thunderstorms all day. Tested the golabs solar generator. After 5 hours with a 5w 12v led lamp we are still at 47hrs remaining. Poison ivy everywhere. Drinking wine from our own cellar. Cheers !

 

Do you make wine as a hobby or professionally?

 

Gave up on the anytime back up camera so I just moved my factory back up camera to the swing out. I’d been sol if my wife hadn’t been able to help the piece of welding wire I was using to fish the wires through the hatch kept getting caught on something and I could see it but couldn’t get my arm in there to grab it. Luckily her tiny hands fit right in. All in all minus the initial run from the bottom of the hatch to the top wasn’t bad at all. And I was able to keep all my factory wires intact minus the actual plug on the camera.

 

Got my new wheels installed today. Love them so far! Sadly, they rub a little bit on the front mud flaps at full lock. (This does not bode well for me when going to 33s...) So, time to dig out the heat gun and re-mold the mud flaps, or just remove them entirely.



Just a bit of poke:

 

I'll have to check those out.

 

Completed the mod to replace my '21 4R right and left mirrors with RAV4 mirrors (w/integrated blind spot mirror). Both sides replaced ~15 minutes.



DIY Video I followed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LVz-WCqmaTE

Ordered from:

Elmhurst Toyota Parts - Part # 87961-42D20-87931-42D50 (both mirrors)
https://parts.elmhursttoyota.com/p-...ot-mirror-glass-retrofit-8796142d208793142d50

[edit/update]
Wow, what a positive difference they made today, while I was tooling around surface streets and the freeway.

 

Nice!

 

Just a hobby. 100 liters every year. Niagara grapes straight from the farm.

 

Her ride...her rules. She probably bought it to have fun. Looks like she is having fun. Probably more fun than you. "Value" is an objective concept. She may (or may not) know that getting it muddy will decrease the resale "value". The pleasure she is getting from off-roading in that manner may be worth the cost to her.

We all have our opinions, but at the end of the day we bought a 4R for our pleasure, not yours. If you don't like mud inside, keep the windows up! She probably doesn't like mud inside, either. But it is the price she is willing to pay for having fun her way.