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

Sorry, I'm new and don't know how to describe it, but it's just above the fog lights but below the headlights... stock-wise it would have been blacked out. How that helps

 

@Juggernaut ya no I figured you meant fog light location, all good.
They're sequential fang LED's from the powerful 4RunnerLifestyle.com.
What's cool is they have a white start-up sequence. As well as an amber locked & unlocked sequence. Plus turn signals.
https://www.4runnerlifestyle.com/pr...e-led-fang-lights?_pos=1&_sid=74bfb01ad&_ss=r

 

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Thanksn those look amazing! Fang, I just learned a new term.

 

yeah, I dig them too!

 

Hah! Thanks. To achieve that you do have remove the front bumper, and then front valance off. I only struggled on achieving solid continuity with the stupid t-taps.

 

Not bad eh. I have an advantage being an audio visual technician. Got a little crazy in the thick of the wiring for sure, didn't help some switches ran different colors

 

c4bumper rigid radiance light and x20 gen 3 winch

 

Nice lights! Which kit is that?

 

Is that a Cali Raised bumper?

 

Installed Morimoto puddle lights and wool waxed the KDSS

small but satisfying

 

@jason5641 sick , any wool wax photos?

 

Finished applying surface shield to the frame and underbody. Pulled all the skids and spare tire to get everything the best I can.

Also ordered a skid....I told myself I'd put one on with oil filter access before I need to change oil.

 

c4 fabrication bumper

 

Today my buddy gave me a hand installing air bag helpers (I tow a camper). We found a creative way to get the valves inside, I didn’t want them on the bumper/under the hatch like most seem to do. Got them in a great spot and he quickly crafted together this carbon panel. I will post some details in a thread in the towing section once I get a a couple more little things squared away, one of them being getting more aesthetically pleasing valve caps ha!

 

Ditto, air compressor remote outlet (ARB twin under the hood):

 

@MAXIM
Holy! And the fire extinguisher

 

New tune. 59 mpg!!

 

Got one thing out of the dining room today. Installed RCI rear diff skid plate for KDSS. What a b*tch trying to loosen the rear lower control arm bolts, and then trying to tighten them. Also, one of the nuts for the lower bolts for the bracket is very difficult to access. I would suggest (as facing the truck) do not install the left lower one until the right lower one is tightened, as it will have to be accessed from the left side.

 

how do you add fluid if you do a diff change? Take it all apart?

 

3d printed this mounting piece few weeks back finally was warm enough to get some spring maintenance and work done on the truck.

Was using a plexglass sheet before and worked great for last few years but wanted to clean it up

 

Would probably need to remove it. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it as I’m only at 6,000 kms / 3,700 miles.

 

So got a few things done on Friday.

1. Got my MESO puddle lights installed (with minor victim in process):



The victim: the mirror during re-install. Push a little too hard on it, and it cracked.

So if anyone wants to contribute any funds for it's replacement, inbox me and I'll send ya my cashapp or you can buy directly from Cartrimhome (has signal built into).



2. Got my N2Designs remote start installed. With a little technical support, they were able to help me get the smartapp hardware installed. Once installed, fired right up.

My Baja Design replacements fog lights finally came on Friday, but didn't have time to install before bad round of storms moved through.

And finally had an off weekend, a good lady friend of mine and I went down the road a few hours to Rolling Fork, Mississippi to survey the tornado damage. Y'all it really was an eye opening experience to see the amount of destruction. My town got lucky this past Friday. We had bad cells move over the area on Friday night/Saturday morning without any issues. But I just can't imagine knowing all life's conveniences were gone in a matter of a few seconds/minutes.



This is a BEFORE picture of a wood carving of bear resembling Teddy Roosevelt (the area is famous for his bear hunt in early 1900s). The bear was holding a selfie stick (taken by me in late July, 2020).



These were taken on Saturday:



For historical reference:

 

Nothing fun... cleaned the MAF and throttle body. Both weren't really bad at all with almost 120k. Next is new plugs.

 

Yesterday I knocked off a few things from the uninstalled list.

Finished off the rear cargo area canvasback setup. Fully covered from setbacks, sides and cargo door.

Installed heritage grill.

Front seat jackers driver and passenger.

 

Picking up my Fuel wheels today to have them ceramic coated before the tires are mounted.
Lift kit and tires should be in sometime next week (hopefully).

 

1. I was looking at those MESO puddle lights. I replaced my bulbs with LED's a while back. I'm wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to those or not. Did you also get the 3 way light switch, or did you just do the bulb swap?

2. LOL, I always worry about mine breaking too. For some reason I've disassembled my housing a bunch of times.

3. Holy poop, those pictures were incredible. Nothing like a good disaster to humble us all. I watched some videos over the weekend. Mother Nature doesn't mess around.

 

@5thToy nice, hey do seat jackers for us tall folks support your legs better but lose what's already low headroom in T4R's with sunroof? Thx

 

Could say the same about any skid protection, even control arm/steering skids will jam you when you want access for maintenance and replacements. I have 4 skids, wish my engine skid had oil access cover for sure, but I'm investing in rear diff skid next for protection knowing they gotta come off for rust proofing and service

 

Installed new engine splash guards from eBay. The front left OEM one was completely torn apart, and my front right had a rip down the middle.

The good:
• Price, $16.58 shipped.
• Material is about 3x as thick as the OEM ones.

The not-so-good:
• The clips they provide look identical to OEM, but didnt hold as well, so I reused my OEM ones.
• Rear-most hole on the "rear" pieces was off by about 3/4", no biggie, punched new holes.
• Rear "left" piece is another "right" piece (see the backwards "R" in my pix), just mounted in the reflected position. Guessing this was done to keep costs down?

They held up to some puddles over the weekend, so I suppose all is well?