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

Yesterday drove to accountant for taxes Tomorrow gonna tow New Polaris Sportsman 570 Trail to Famous Reading Outdoors in St. Clair, Pa. for some riding/break-in time!!

 

Like, you bought another set of KO2's now, or, is this another answer that makes zero sense lol

 

Showed off my newly lifted rig on a Home Depot run today that I picked up yesterday - Dobinson MRR setup based on advice from @Crikeymike , Method 701 beadgrips, and 275/70R17 Falken Wildpeak AT4Ws. Before and after below...

 

Stunning. Slick rig

You after locking your truck at home depot:

 

LOL. @djwantke ! Fo shizzle!!!

 

Small and subtle change but I'm not a fan of chrome at all, just used 3M vinyl wrap here

 

This is on my list. Any technique advice on using the 3M vinyl wrap, @bridgengineer ?

 

Cut a piece about an inch longer around all sides of the logo, make sure you clean the surface first and start applying the vinyl in the center of the logo and work your way to the edges. If you have any way to heat the vinyl it's going to help you a lot (hairdryer, heat gun) to work your way into the crevices once you get the top surface covered. If you don't have any vinyl wrap tools just look for something small and flat that you can use to push and tuck the vinyl into the edges (that won't scratch or damage it, edge of a business/credit card can work well), good vinyl is pretty forgiving so if you need to pull it up and stretch it to work out any bubbles or creases it's not too bad, especially if you can warm it up. The better you can wrap the vinyl around the logo, the easier it's going to be to cut so take your time forming around the vinyl. Once your ready just be careful when cutting taking your time around the curves. Also, cutting slighter over the logo if you can't tell exactly where the edge is can be helpful so you can just tuck the excess into the edges when you're finished cutting.

 

warshed whheels

 

Installed a compact air horn that I got from Amazon. I used this brand to install a set of horns on my 2018 Aprilia motorcycle, so not totally unknown to me. Wired it up so it works with the OEM horns, which I replaced with a set of Fiamm Freeway Blasters. Followed the wiring diagram, using the supplied relay, tested it first with jumper wire leads, and all was good. Figured out where to mount the horn and relay, then wired everything up. Measured the sound output using a dB meter at a distance of 12 feet from the middle of the front bumper. With just the Fiamm Freeway Blasters, max output of four beeps was 99 dB. Hooked up the compact air horn, repeated the process, and max output was 106 dB.

What came in the box:



Horn mounted on the center "brace" under the hood latch. Used a nut to space the horn mount away from the brace, with large washers on both sides:



Relay and relay ground mounted using existing bolts (red is fused, goes to battery positive; white to ground; yellow to air horn positive; blue to OEM horn positive):



Dual Fiamm Freeway Blasters I mounted a while ago:



Set of Farbin horns I mounted on my Aprilia:

 

Knocked out this Ironman lift a few evenings ago. A little over 4 hours with help from the wife to align the UCA bolts. (Good opportunity to exercise those innuendoes..)

Wheels and tires on too and an alignment done.

Before:



During (the fluid is just melted snow...)


During:


After lift:


After wheels & tires:


Method 703's and K02 285/75/17's

***insert Imperial March here***

Still have wheel well trimming to do.

EDIT: is an Imgur ad at the bottom expected for hosting the pictures?

 

I drove back on my property to play in the snow and mud. I pretty much slid down the steep muddy trail, lol. And just a little video of the drive back out. Now it's time to head to town and wash the crud off



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2tGmKXE18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpSPqaTL1eo

 

Sketchy! Glad you didn’t hit these trees ahead. Guessing you were in 4LO? Would be interesting to try again using crawl control to see how it compares

 

Great videos!

 

The part you didn't seed is me stopping at the crest of the hill to make sure I was lined up correctly. I had it in 4H because I knew it would be a slide-fest with the melting snow. I think crawl control would have been useless with the mud.....it was a squishy slip and slide.

Being on my land I knew how much room I had ahead. If I had been on unfamiliar land I likely would have gone a different way. Afterwards, I drove out through the valley because there's no way I could have drove up through the mud regardless of what traction assist I was using.

 

Thanks. I post stuff on the tube just for myself, friends and family.......I'm clearly not a social media videographer

 

That was a nice drive around your property! Loved the sliding down the hill....I even said Oh $#%@ when you went down! LOL

 

Lol, I did too a little. Thank God I was lined up right. It's definitely not hardcore wheeling but it was nice to get out on such a nice Northern Michigan day.

 

Well, a 20 mile round trip to the car wash and it's at least cleaner

 

Looked like you did have a great day weather-wise!

 

Time to get it dirty again with another video!

 

You cannot win from snow

 

I have a few weeks till I get deployed again and I hope to get dirty at least a couple more times before I go

 

Lookin' forward to pics and video!

 

Thanks, @bridgengineer ! Much appreciated.

 

Forgot to post this one earlier....just playin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XD6jctsYw

 

Yup, I'm not a 4-season type of person. Whenever I read these "10-best" lists of places to retire, I factor out any place that snows or gets high humidty, whittles down the list pretty quickly.

 

I will sell my house and retire in Nevada

 

Suck it up snowflake