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

Nice job!!

Was your head unit trim originally black?

Also - do you think it'd be possible to tap that USB into the head unit, so Car Play works from the upper port? I was thinking to do that, or to try and re-route a cable to the top, so one isn't dangling around.

 

Finally got the Christmas gifts all installed over this past week. New additions are the Sherpa Crestone roof rack, Sherpa MaxTrax mounts, MKII boards, and a pair of the RhinoUSA heavy duty D-Ring shackles. I do really like the mountain cut out near the rear of the roof rack that goes along w/the rear window decals.

 

Converting to LED, I decided to touch a headlight bulb and power It up.

 

LED's increase your carbon footprint

 

Hell yeah! Although, for me it's a contrast issue. The LEDs I got, cheap-assed ones, barely seem to out-distance the stock halogens. The big difference is the contrast, especially on black asphalt. With recent Southern California rains, I realized that I couldn't see potholes with the yellowish lights even when I was close to them.

I just wish I could get a 4700k-5000k LED and not pay a walletful of money.

 

What are we looking at here?

 

Yep I believe the 2020+ head units have black trim rather the silver.

and yes its possible to reroute the head unit USB up to the top port but its gonna take some work to do so, you would need to find an aftermarket stereo usb port adapter similar to

$15 PAC USB-TY1 Toyota/Lexus OEM USB Port Retention Cable

https://www.amazon.com/PAC-USB-TY1-Toyota-Lexus-Retention/dp/B00F0YJ49O to plug into the original cable and use

$10 BATIGE 2 Ports Dual USB 3.0 Male to USB 3.0 Female AUX Flush Mount Car Mount Extension Cable for Car Truck Boat Motorcycle Dashboard Panel -3ft

https://www.amazon.com/BATIGE-Female-Extension-Motorcycle-Dashboard/dp/B01N66N1JK and find a way to power the 2nd port.

I went a different route and did wireless carplay and did USB A+C wired into dedicated usb charger that provides actual QC and PD -

$60 Coolgear Chargeit! Mini 75W Dual Port USB-A & USB-C PD Charger w/PPS & QC4.0 Support

https://www.amazon.com/Coolgear-Delivery-Industrial-Charger-featuring/dp/B084P83JNW +

$14 BATIGE Type C 3.1 and USB 3.0 Car Mount Flush Cable Male to Female Waterproof Extension for Car Truck Boat Motorcycle Dashboard Panel - 3ft

https://www.amazon.com/BATIGE-Waterproof-Extension-Motorcycle-Dashboard/dp/B07TX76VNQ

 

The halogen light bulb that was touched by an ungloved hand and then turned on for maybe 10 minutes in the DRL mode.

I figured that it would be fun to do because headlight bulb packaging always has the warning not to touch it.

 

Ha! I always wanted to test that.
The quartz glass on the halogen bulb gets up to about 500° C (930°F) so any oil on it will burn and create a hot spot and maybe destroy the bulb.
Good demo

 

My hands were pretty clean, not straight off of washing them, but they were clean.

I should note that the black marking in the straight line is because the bulb housing was still hot and it touched the black foam packing material of the LED box...

 

That box tapped off the battery or the cig lighter?

What did you use for wireless CarPlay, and is it stable? All the reviews I have read seem to all have complaints about stability..

 

Carlinkit 4.0. It does have some input lag and connects by itself 97% of time. Not perfect like the wired connection but overall I don't have major issues with it.

The coolgear charger is wired directly into my lithium house battery in the back so its always hot, but I would run a wire direct into battery as it could use several amps to charge the full 75 watts.

 

Flexed it out on a pile of rocks I have in my driveway. Still not maxed out on the rear. The front though I wish had more flex (all wheels were still on the ground):

 

Little late to the winter tire party but was pretty disappointed with the Toyo Open Country AT3's in the snow & ice over the last month so bought some FJ Cruiser steel wheels, painted them grey for that 70 series look and mounted some Continental VikingContact 7 winter tires. Just need to get the center caps for the wheels but having a hard time justifying the price of the caps.

 

How you diggin the Vikings? I put some on in December. SOLID rubber here pretty impressed so far .

 

Quick question: does anyone have or know how to get a coupon code for cartrimhome?

 

Might still be good.

https://www.4runners.com/threads/cartrimhome-discount-code.21478/

 

Capless for the win!

 

Yeah I tried it. No longer any good. Doesn't matter. Like everyone else, trying to save a little money these days.

 

So far so good but murphy's law it hasn't snowed since I put them on lol

It doesn't look bad but I think the FJ60 "Toyota" caps would look pretty sweet.

 

Decided to level out the 2023 ORP this weekend with a Daystar 2 1/2" front and 1 1/2" rear kit and also put the raptor lights in after I installed the TRD Pro Grille. This is how 4Runners should come out of the factory.

 

I like them. But they do block the field of view a tiny bit and make some wind noise over 70 mph. The mounts are very low and solid and even with the above negatives don't regret doing thd mod.

 

cleaned it up for a possible trade in for a 23 T4R

 

Installed this today. Before and after and greased both drive shafts and u joints

 

Great job on that front end change. The change looks really nice.

Rock on!

 

Super white not an option anymore?

 

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site. I recently got the Magunson supercharger and it is FANTASTIC. I'm waiting for my Morimoto XB headlights. I've kind of run out of ideas for upgrades so if you guys got any ideas I'd love to hear it.

 

came to the right place!

 

Bigger tires, rear gear, Kings, roof rack, amor, front & rear bumpers

 

Yeah I thought about the bumpers, but then I really like the zip of the Magnuson. I'm just afraid if I add more weight I would lose the zip of the SC. And I also need a shop that can help me out if I do decide to do body mods. If anyone know of one I the DFW area please let me know.