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

@ElectroBoy
It seems stocks are not that bad after I installed the Pro led fog lights. I’m gonna ride it like this and call it a day as she’s spoken for already before the end of the year.

 

I remember something about going EV… which one are you getting?

 

Where did you get scoop decal? Never seen it with the TRD Pro logo. Thanks

 

Got a Model Y long range with the tow option on order. Estimated delivery date starting Oct this year.

 

Is the custom guy keeping it a secret?

 

Trying to keep it from becoming the next American flag window graphic.

 

It was FINALLY a nice day here in the Fort. Like REALLY NICE… so after some lawn work I cheated On her for a cruise with my other lady who’s red headed after she got a bath.
She snarled at me a little bit when I walked past her in the garage.
She’ll be ok though.

 

LS6?

 

LS1
This car has over 200,000 mi on it and purrs like a kitten…
She’s a driver and gets driven.

 

Changed out the rear diff oil in the 4Runner (front diff oil happening later). Anyways first diff oil change since changing over to .488 gears and an ARB locker. Was quite surprised by how much metal was in there and I even saw some tiny metal flakes. Kinda hoping all is okay…


The last picture is zoomed in really close to my swiss army knife (which needs some love and attention).

 

Amazing camera! That pic of the knife blade…wow! lol

 

Thanks. It is just my iPhone 13 Pro max.

 

Got the roadshower mounted. I was going to mount it cantilever but Prinsu is behind on shipping brackets.

 

Finally got my gmrs radio installed after a week of almost starting on it. I chose the complicated way of doing it, lol






Finished shot:

 

Sure.

He should've kept it off this site if that was the case. Just saying.

 

Is it two stickers (the glossy "TRD PRO" on top of the matte)?

 

I’m sure we can find someone else to make those. Just send the picture to one of the people on Etsy who make things like this…

 

https://www.4runners.com/threads/trd-hood-scoop-vinyl-glare-deflector.25637/
I make these (I sell on Etsy too but look at my thread). I basically do them at my cost for Forum members. I basically do it as a "Jobby" now. I haven't played with gloss on matte before though. Currently I am waiting on a Topo vinyl for a few people that asked about that.

I also make strips to protect from the windscreen gasket on roof racks like pinsu etc
https://www.4runners.com/threads/prinsu-rack-damage.19455/

 

Another easy fog light test for the Limited. Sharing if anyone thinks Limited fog light bulb swap is hard.

https://youtu.be/DL0qXvK1G6I

 

I finally installed the front facing dash cam ony 14SR5.

While I like the features and the picture quality, I have to say that the Viofo brand has poor quality control and, overall, sucks. Being that I've installed four other of these units into the family's vehicles, I'm sticking with the form factor.

Even after testing out the parking mode power supply prior to installation, it failed after I routed all the wires around. So, I had to order new ones that took a couple of weeks to receive and finally found one that works and worked after installation as well. I've only gotten 1/3 of the units to work after installation. Most of them fail during the initial test. I've learned to leave it jumped onto the battery for a few hours because initial power up does not mean anything to these stupid power supplies. All I can presume on this post installation failure was that there was a wire that wasn't firmly connected to a circuit board. I am really careful with stuff, I exposed the wire to no hard to pulling or anything like that.

A tip for dash cam installation: I use post-it notes to Mark out where to install the GPS base plate. I've tried to use things like painters tape and whiteboard markers, the post-it note works best. Nice straight line and right angles on the sheets.

When I install the rear facing camera near the rear gate, I will post again. I have a game plan to mount it up on the headliner using a platform. Not like the videos I've seen from one of the dash cam sellers where the guy put something way too big and way too dangerous sticking down.

By the way I highly encourage dash cam usage on all of your vehicles. Numerous, many, many, many numerous issues have arisen that were captured on camera. One time it caught a reckless driver trying to zigzag through a lane reduction from four lanes down to one and he rear-ended somebody really badly. It also settled my concerns when one of my children had an at-fault accident. I absolutely know that there was no cell phone usage, just speeding (20% over the posted construction zone speed limit) and not following all of the driver's training from Dad and a professional teacher. Because of that accident, I am making $26,000. The gift contract with my children include that the car is free to them as long as they don't speed, use mind-altering substances, etc. So my gift Toyota became a loan... Doh!

 

When ya lead off with saying that the camera your post is about sucks, it kinds makes ya not interested in the rest. Why install it if it sucks? No thanks, homey. Natika is the way to go.

 

Changed the oil. Guess which part didn’t come apart and I hate the most ?
Here is a pic of the part that is always a troublemaker. Am I the only one hating this ?

 

Did mine 3 days ago. Still have a knot on my head from when that small filter plug finally broke loose and I fell backwards under my truck. Ha ... Yes. But not sure it's better or worse than a standard canister filter.

 

Yeah I did that to my wife’s Sienna. The tool that the dealership sold me would not get it off. The dealership that I had change the oil put it on so tight that I couldn’t get it off. I literally broke the housing trying to get it off . So I called the dealership and they replaced the part. The other dealership that put the oil filter housing on so tight sold me a better tool and it fits so much better. Apparently it is a snap on brand or something. So hopefully this should not happen again. Btw the 4Runner oil filter housing is ~$150 whereas the Sienna was $48. Get the right tool and hopefully that will help.

To get her oil filter housing off I used channel locks and I literally had my entire body weight on it. I wish Toyota would stop this dumb design as it is a royal pain. I find tapping app over the place helps as well. I had tried with breaker bar, impact wrench, etc. and nothing worked (not even the channel locks after trying 4x’s. The tapping helped a lot.

 

I’ve never had a problem with mine, but I still have a Baxter Performance spin-on adapter on the way.

 

Yep agreed its Toyota's way of telling everybody go kill yourself. I wish someone at Toyota would explain the logic behind the design. Id also like to have a few minutes with the engineer in an MMA ring.

My apologies, I have suffered too much emotional and brain damage.

 

Westcott Sliders arrived after a few long weeks. Super stoked on the quality and overall look on the rig. Opted for no kick out.

 

Those look great!!

 

Installed OEM crossbars. Trying to decide which roof basket to get. I like the Yakima that comes on the Trail Edition.

 

Check the clearance for the clamps. I have a Skybox and the clamps rubbed the paint. The OEM X-bars aren't high enough.