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

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Works Great.

 

Upgraded my 2017 ORP to a 2024 ORP. I would have loved to get a 2025 but from experience I will never get the 1st year of a new model.

 

It must be nice to be married to a gullible woman, that would NEVER fly with my wife! (No disrespect to you wife dude.) So funny that the FedEx driver had your back!

 

You thought right! I was just giving you shit. I knew you wouldn't take it personal just like I didn't take it personal. It's just words on a screen man. I almost did exactly what you described to my Tacoma. It was VooDoo blue and I was going to slap white or bronze wheels on it with the old school 4WheelDrive sticker on the tailgate.

But I didn't. I was an idiot, and sold it... *sigh*

 

Just getting around to posting this.
Carlink Wireless carplay adapter with Course Motorsports Charging cradle.
I had the Carplay adapter overheat on long trips listening to podcasts. Once I had to get in touch with them to reload software. Not bad support actually.
Anyhoo, So I designed a lil enclosure for it running a fan off the pass through USB port on it.
Tucked it all in and wired a USB-a to C cable with a power switch so I am not always charging the phone along with an angled USB plug for neatness.
Happy to send the print files to any with that adapter and a 3d printer.

 

when you tagged @Borracho Loco - I think you may --- may --- have tipped him off to your intentions. :-D

 

I try to find sime history before I buy.

Heat corrosion probably from hot lean exhaust.

 

Installed a TRD skid plate yesterday but wasn’t a fan of the now open gap that’s between the plate and the bumper. Seems to be the radiator/evap would get dirtier easier.

So I grabbed the stock plastic cover and modified it. I think this will work!!

If a legit PRO (not a poser like myself ) sees this, I’m curious how yours looks, would you post a pic? Is it just an open gap or does Toyota put a cover there?

Just used the 2 screws on the end. The center screw was kinda in the way. It worked but the plate was pressed against it so I just pulled the center one. You’ll see that in the pics.

 

I saw that after I replaced my Chinese made junk with original plastic one. I have never had a problem with the plastic one, but I change my own oil. I don't understand how it breaks. You don't actually tighten it after it seats. The O-ring contact is what seals. When it stops turning your done.I do synthetic grease my threads and it's good to do it by hand to make sure O-ring doesn't bind. The metal one was junk and filter didn't fit right. After it stops turning and is seated completely don't tighten with a wrench. My wrench has a couple slots that lock into the outside ribs on the side of filter housing that keeps it from slipping. Never an issue.

 

Nice like the huskies stickers.

 

4th brake light so they know what they are buying as they slide into me.

 

Oh she didn't believe it for a second. She just rolled her eyes at me... She knows I'm like a kid with a new toy and went through me upgrading my Tacoma for years. She thinks it's funny.

 

Nice. I considered doing that but it meant that oil changes would be harder to start and finish. Seeing that Toyota didn’t bother to install it on the Pro, I decided it must be ok. Even the instructions instruct to discard the plastic cover.

 

I wanted to clean up the uncovered bolts and tie downs in the cargo area, so I found these on Etsy for kind of cheap. It's a nit-picky thing, but I like a clean look (more items to follow to clean this area up by the way).

 

@Borracho Loco You're better than this. You know we need links.

 

Yeah I was in the same boat. Just found out the PROs have the gap and so I guess in the end, it’s fine without it. I actually believe I can leave the plastic part where it is during my oil changes but I’ll find out when I do my first one.

 

I use the tie down regularly so I won’t be needing to cover these but I’m definitely interested in the link for the uncovered bolts

 

Found them - https://www.etsy.com/listing/152399...1&variation0=3977765778&variation1=3996134989

 

Sorry man, didn't mean to cock tease!

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Color filled the 4wd shift knob

 

If I’m not mistaken, it gets in the way of a filter change.

 

Do you have KDSS? I believe my skid plate came with 2 different sets of spacers depending on whether you have KDSS or not. I don't have it, my skid plate doesn't have a gap.

 

That’s correct. Oem skid plate needs to be removed for both oil and filter

 

I don’t have the KDSS. I was referring to the space between the skid plate and the bumper. If you look underneath, you’ll have a space that exposes the radiator. On the ORPs, the stock setup has a plastic air dam that fills in the gap between the stock skid plate. When I swapped out the stock setup for the PRO plate, you remove both the skid plate and the plastic air dam.

Not a big deal, but ended up using the stock plastic air dam and modified it to work with the PRO skid plate.

 

I misunderstood. I was thinking the skid plate was sitting lower than it should be.

 

Yeah, I figured when you said that. I guess stock PROs have that gap so it’s not needed. Just got bored was all.

 

Thanks. They are actually our huskies... in sticker form. Uploaded images of the huskies to the decal place and they scanned (?) etc and made the decals.

 

When I saw the Husky stickers, I immediately recognized them and said I bet that's @HuskyMike then I checked the profile avatar. They did an amazing job!

Also, that Nautical Blue as a canvas, WOW! Each time I see one, I think I need a blue to go with my red. and a couple of huskies.

 

Here is the handwork from my dang husky yesterday when I was at work. She is 5 years and still thinks she is a puppy. She was going after a mouse in the vent system....ouch. Maybe not the best place to post this one since nothing to do with the 4Runner.