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

New 4Runner. Good test today of the Wildpeaks. Lessons learned:

2wd in a rear wheel drive vehicle sucks in snow and ice. Especially uphill.

in 4WD with the Wildpeaks the 4Runner drove great. From accelerating fromdead stop at traffic lights did not get any slip or spin. From starts on incline, no slipping (except my driveway for a second). Going into turns at reasonablespeeds, no slipping.

30 min of driving in this and only had a couple moments of a brief second ofslip/spin. One was going up my inclined iced driveway from a dead stop.

https://youtu.be/-b04cdfSBGs

 

Installed my new set of Method 701 wheels and Toyo MT's in 255/80R17 (on a 2" OME lift).

 

nice. How’s the ride?

 

Thanks! Quiet and smooth, but that's relative, since I'm coming from BFG KM3's. Haha. I removed the front mudflaps and they still rub a bit at full lock, but only on the front plastic, which I'll trim. They clear the body mounts by a wide margin, thank goodness.

 

Nice stance! Looks great! Very functional looking!

 

Thanks Yeti!

 

Got mine in white. I only wish MESO had the red colored buttons in stock again. Oh well.

 

I entirely agree. I was wanting a black case and red buttons but I'm not too upset about it. Definitely a nice product for the money.

 

Put on the avs bugflector II today took. Took no time at all, definitely takes a little more force to close the hood now. Usually not a fan of hood deflectors but they look nice on the 4Runners

 

My RCI has it too

 

mine came with very dark tinting which I like.

 

Ordered some SCS stealth 6 wheels. Now to decide on tire size and brand. Currently running Wildpeaks and they are an excellent tire but a tad heavy and the price has jumped nearly $100 per tire since I bought them. Was considering the Kumho Road Venture AT52? Has anyone ran it?

 

The Trail Grid Pro Kicker speaker set arrived today! Will install tomorrow and post updates.

 

Nice! I'm interested in knowing how it goes. Ours comes Monday. Keep us posted!!

 

oil changes

 

ordered mine yesterday..

 

Installed the 89121-30020 ambient light sensor in my 2021 OR. Definitely worth the $50.

 

These arrived today. I really wanted the RRW RR5-H wheels in 0 offset, matte black but just so pricey getting them shipped to Canada with exchange. Toyota had a sale on the TRD Pro rims, so these actually work out to $140 less a rim. I know 7” isn’t the the safest choice for 285s, but will be cautious on airing down.

 

nice Sherpa..how do you like it?

 

Well with that puppy guarding them you don't have to worry about anyone stealing them.

 

Thanks, I love it. It has considerably more wind noise than my previous Victory racks (because the fairing on the Sherpa doesn't go all the way down to the roof), but overall the design is far superior.

 

I originally installed mine so the bottom of the fairing was flush with the bottom of the rails. This created unwanted wind noise. I then read Sherpa’s suggestion of an 1/8” gap to the roof. After doing that the wind noise is gone. You can definitely adjust the Sherpa to not have wind noise.

 

Thanks for the tip. Sherpa's own youtube video instructions are where they said to make it flush with the bottom of the rails. It would have been nice if they'd corrected that on their video.

 

Maxtrac leveling in the front and 1-1/2” spacers behind the wheels. Lubed drive shaft joints.

big difference on the appearance with spacers.

 

I took an OEM silver valance and painted it. It has 5 coats of black, and 4 coats of clear. It took me 3-4 weeks because the outside temps only let me spray it very infrequently. Now to see how she holds up.



my next project for my next oil change.

 

One side done.

 

How are not talking about the miller lite cans!?

 

Well, in the combination of my excitement of getting the Kicker speakers installed and the frustration of reattaching some of the door panels, I didn’t take as many photos as I had hoped.

I finished the dash tweeters, the front doors and the second row doors. Only ones left are the 6.5” in the rear hatch.

They sound amazing! Bigger, fuller sound (especially paired with the Alpine ILX-507.) I am very pleased with the purchase.

A few lessons learned…..

1. The front tweeters in my 4Runner had two 10MM screws to mount the bracket and two 10mm bolts holding the speaker to the bracket. The speakers in the video on the Trail Grid Pro site looked different. I believe they were JBL speakers and mine were not.

2. Take a photo of the green and white wires that control the lock and door handles. If you get those reversed, you’ll have to pull the panel off and swap them. I didn’t do it on this install but I have in the past!

3. The Trail Grid Pro video instructs you to drill two holes in your second row door frames to accommodate for the length of the speaker mount screws. I just found 4 shorter screws from my collection of unused hardware at the house. Much easier solution.

4. Attaching the rear door panels was a bear. It is definitely not intuitive, however I found this thread on the other 4Runner forum that saved the day for me. Whew. I’m tired now, LOL. Peace out!

 

I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I picked up a pair of Bridgestone Duelers to replace my worn out Cooper Adventurer AT that I had when I bought my 4unner.

It seems like Bridgestone Duelers were typically the OEM stock tires for 5th gens.

I got them used at 95% tread and just needed them for some heavy highway driving for the next couple of months as I will be in the process of re-locating.



edit: Any feedback on these tires?