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

Good customer service is a thing of the past. If you find good service you better stick with that business because it's a rare find in 2022. And I agree that plenty of customers suck to deal with...

 

This is one of my concerns in buying a 'COVID' car - how many corners are being cut in manufacturing/quality? Not necessarily from Toyota even (but possibly), thinking more about all the vendors they contract with for sub-assemblies. It's a rampant issue in my industry, and I doubt it's isolated to any one section of the economy.

I've been following some of your issues through your other posts and hoping we fare better once our 4R is finally delivered. Sounds like you may be getting close to triggering NYS's new car lemon law. Not a great an option - but current circumstances may warrant that path.

Having spent some time in NY, my guess is your signature refers to Upstate (because that's clearly the better half of the state...) - the good part about that area is that word travels. The behavior you describe from the dealer will catch up to them. Small consolation now, but maybe a sliver of comfort.

Good luck with your situation and please continue to post so we can all learn from your experiences.

 

AVS hood deflector is on. Not sure if I'm in love with the looks, but should be a good insurance against rock chips.

 

Looks great! I'm still thinking about getting one myself just to blend with my ventshades. I still have to mention, what I have before, and there have been no opinions. Question is: what about chips and such on the rest of the fully painted front end?. The front of the hood only accounts for a small sliver of protection. Therefore, to me, it is primarily, just for looks.

 

Just picked up a 2022 4Runner ORP in white last weekend for my wife. Only mod so far was black plastidip over all the emblems, but have a tint appointment on Friday after work and ordered wind deflectors. I will be ordering TRD Pro wheels soon to go with some Off Road tires, and plan on getting rock sliders in a few months. Happy to have a Toyota family now (I drive a 2017 Tacoma Off Road 6mt).

 

Welcome....enjoy!

 

Thank you, now I need to balance my time with the Tacoma forums too. The hard part is making sure I don’t turn the 4Runner into my build, since this is my wife’s ride and I’m “advising” and trying to steer her in the right direction without making decisions for her.

 

Does anyone know of a sliding or disconnect sway bar link that will work with a 5th gen?

 

Toyota doesn't own the dealerships.......they are independent of Toyota.

As such, Toyota pays dealerships for warranty repairs. Dealers actually like warranty repairs because it's easy money for them and usually pays well.

 

This, I must agree with.

 

Yes I’d say. At lease at my family’s Honda,Suzuki and Polaris dealership warranty work creates a large sum of there yearly income

 

Good point. The only real way to keep the entire front end clean is to go full PPF. But that's $$$, this was like <$50. Cheap insurance which I hope will keep my hood chip free. I'm okay with the Bumper taking a bit of damage tbh.

 

Gotta agree 100%

 

Exactly!

 

I found these:
https://www.4runners.com/threads/sway-bar-links-eugene-or-all-gens.10120/

 

They don’t pay well, but to us, we like it because it’s like free money because we don’t have up sell it

 

You are right technically ‘western NY’ I consider upstate the Adirondack region. They put a new front differential assembly in today and the noise is gone and the steering wheel shake is gone to and I looked all over the vehicle and under and I would never had known any work was done. Clean efficient job. $2800 bill if not covered under warranty.

 

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That’s good news.
Na zdrowie!

 

Yea I saw that I sent the guy a message on here and overlandbound and havent heard anything

 

Finally got some new shoes. Waited 2 years for these to be back in stock.

 

They look awesome! I could guess, but, which ones are they?

 

Those looks great, I like think mgm/silver combo

 

Cmon now. I really want to know about the tires & WHEELS!! they look great!

 

Warranty work doesn’t pay as well. Many dealers add a multiplier to book times to account for extra work. Warranty is flat rate only. It is free money and most techs get very good at it. The writer should always look for extra work.

You might want to know that any customer pay work you have done that overlaps warranty, the labor benefit goes to the customer. For example, you have four tpms sensors that will be replaced under warranty, you could bring four tires and have them replaced for free-if there are tire disposal fees, You’ll have to pay those maybe balance as well. But it’s worth knowing when there is overlap, especially if you need something else done.

 

https://summit-offroad.com/collections/sierras

 

That looks super clean, love it! I have the Dakars in bronze left over from my Tacoma. Deciding if I want to put them on my 4Runner or not. For some reason not sure Im sold on the color combo.

Whats your lift set up and what did you have to cut/trim to prevent rubbing w/ those 285s?

 

I think the color combo looks good

 

Led low beams & Fog lights upgrade

 

New suspension and Baja SAE installed today.

 

Wow! ^^^^