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

One of my buddies gave me some cool door lights

 

Those lights are cool and it’s pretty amazing they can do such a clear projection. But other folks have installed similar lights that had internal shorts and blew up their BCM. There’s no fuse in that supply line. So to anybody considering these, be careful, test each bulb with an ohmmeter or a 9 volt battery before installing.

 

Good to know, I’ll definitely check into that

 

I installed the OEM Blackout emblem overlay kit on my 2021 TRD ORP in Classic Silver, in-between rain showers. Looks great.

 

I can't believe another person struggled with installing this. I installed one on my Wrangler and that one was impossible. I had to get a chick with tiny hands to do it. When I tried it on my Pro, it was so easy I couldn't believe it. Glad you got it done and its a must have mod for the 4R.

 

Added some smoked turn signals today.

 

4 new Falken Wildpeaks, 265/70417

 

Installed Spidertrax adapters
Before


After

 

On a quest to build some cheap limb lifters

 

Looks good Mall Crawling. It’s all about curbside appeal baby!

 

I must be blind as I don't know what I'm looking at! Enlighten me, please!

 

Wheels are wider. I believe he installed spacers

 

Ah, thanks, I see it now.

 

Installed the rear shocks this morning in front of house

 

The always controversial wheel "spacers" lol

 

To throw more rocks and crack more windows!

 

Wider track width = more stability

 

G zilla brackets and awning. And some hardware to make limb risers

 

I’d mount that resi on the frame, I would have that thing knocked off there first time out? It that just a plastic clip?

 

May pop in. Mines done that hitting the ground and it all went back in, Maby not tho

 

Time for a steel bumper. Use the insurance to put a little more coverage around your ride. A couple suggestions:

- hefty fabs (aluminum rear bumper for light weight and stronger than plastic)
- C4 (steel bumper, heavier but stronger).
- fix/replace plastic and dents and just wait for it to happen again.

 

Someone backed onto me at a few weeks ago. Same damage. 1 well placed self-tapping screw under the edge of the light fixed mine. One clip went back in, the top was broken. Hence the need for the screw. Can’t even tell now.

 

Sorry to drum up an older post …. Im curious in this. Was metal or plastic mesh guard used? Also more importantly, how is it retained on the back side of the grille?
zip ties is all i can think of but i dont see any in the pic.

contemplating this is why askin….

 

Other people had mentioned this. It's aluminum. I'll look into that...

 

Eibach Springs TRD PRO and Baja Designs Ditch Lights





Thanks @dcsleeper408 for the install

 

Decided that I want to put my winch 12v lead through a switch. Dont like the idea of my winch being hot all the time.

Found a nice 300amp continous/700amp cranking rated switch at napa for 35bucks. But I needed to figure out a mount for it. After some head scratching, I came up with this using 1/8 steel stock I had around:











Pic is kind of dark, but it basically mounts inside the battery tie down strap, and uses one of the tie down bolts to hold it down (i have a bolt beneath the bolt holding it down to help locate and lock it down). I can close the hood with no interference. Just need to paint the mount and wire everything up, but too damn cold out lol

 

did you have to bmc?

 

Not yet since i haven't decided if I'm going to keep the adapters. If i do keep em then yes i would need to do bmc. In normal street driving it slightly rubs the driver side bm on full lock going reverse. Haven't tried offroad yet but it will be much worse and pass side will most likely rub too so bmc is a must.

 

Link to Napa part? I wouldn’t mind doing that as well because my winch caused some electrical problems when it wasn’t even in use.