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

Installed Method center caps

 

Drug tested mine

looks like it hit 4:20 too hard and thought it could actually get 300+ miles on a tank

 

About a month ago I finally got my 2022 SR5 Premium registered and the first thing I did was replace all the interior courtesy lights with LEDs, like I did on my previous 2008 4Runner. I also wanted the roof rack rails to be black and found one locally. After installing the black rails, I had the 2 extra cross rails and decided to install them too. I kind of like the look for now.

 

@4 Sticks
Thanks again for posting, totally copied you!

 

My pleasure, Turned out great!
I used a 1ft Lightning cable that I purchased off of eBay and it’s not available at this time.

 

I replaced most of the lights on my truck with Diode Dynamics LEDs (6000k, Cool White). They were pretty pricey for all 15 of the lights ($150~), but I wanted something higher quality than LEDs I've previously used. Replaced 4 doors, 2 rear hatch, 1 roof, 2 map lights (lower lumens version), 2 headrest mirror lights (lower lumens version), 2 license plate, and 2 puddle lights on mirrors. I hear the glovebox is a pain to get to and probably not worth it.

I was patient with the project and only got nervous with the puddle lights on the side mirrors, but took my time. Youtube helped me out and gave me confidence with that.

I am considering getting some higher lumens LED reverse lights to match the 6000k lights (maybe even 6000k LEDs to replace the stock LEDs on the 2024? not sure if that's worth it).

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Up next this week is to install the Cali-Raised Cat shields that just arrived at my house this weekend.

 

This is a good improvement over stock. And cheap. Quality isn’t bad at all for 10 bucks.

Sirius LED on Amazon

$12 SIR IUS LED - FT- 921 922 579 LED Canbus Reverse Backup Trunk Light Bulb for Car Truck Super Bright High Power 3030+4014 SMD White 6500K Pack of 2

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084F9F2BL

 

Not my 4Runner but my friends 4Runner got new LED bulbs.
(Already used for hate comments, LoL )
https://youtu.be/rA8GwDOMNCw?feature=shared

 

Painted the roof rack black. I'm very pleased on how it came out.

 

About propeller shaft bolt torque, do you ever find that those start to work loose in between tightening?

 

Not yet. I only did it because it was on the 15k mile list. Not one of them budged an iota while I was torquing them.

 

Thanks for the report! I'll plan to continue not torquing mine.

 

BTW, it helps to be in 4WD to do the front ones. I suppose I could have wedged a bar in the U-joint instead, but that seemed like it could lead to unintended consequences.

 

I installed a FITCAMX dash camera and a cargo area mat from YITA Motor. The FITCAMX installed easily and looks OEM. The same for the cargo mat after I cut some slots for the hold-down rings.

 

I'm thinking of doing this myself. Did you remove the rack from the truck first?

 

I'm ditching my Garmin dash cam with a Dongar adapter and replacing it with the FitCamX...
The quality on the Garmin is horrible and the app interface is not great either.

Not looking forward to unistalling the dongar adapter... Should have bought a FitCam the first time.
Live and learn

 

The Garmin had okay quality, but the FitCam can record in 4k. One thing I would recommend, if you do record in 4k, upgrade the micro SD card immediately. It comes with a 64gig card, but I swapped mine out with a 256gig card.

A 5 min video in 4k is 881Mb. Depending on how much you drive each day, that 64gig card would get filled up fast. Sure, it over writes itself and deletes the oldest data first. But that could mean only 2 - 3 days worth of saved video.

I have videos show how great the quality is, if you want/need to see it before making a decision.

 

Nice, will do. And share away! But I already pulled the trigger on one. I had to remove the Garmin camera to do ceramic window tinting. Noticed Amazon had a used FitCamX listed for only $110 so I moved forward with it.

Uninstalling the Dongar adapter will be a pain in the butt... Hoping the quality upgrade is worth the effort.

 

$110? That was a steal

 

It's "used" and comes without an SD Card. But it was the last used one listed on FitCamX's Amazon storefront... If it arrives in good condition I'll be happy.

 

I also bought mine "Used" from Amazon advertised as "comes without an SD Card. I was surprised when it arrived that it was brand new and also came with a 64GB SD card. I hope your FITCAMX package is the same! Thanks to the post from Borracho Loco, I can upgrade to a 256 GB SD Card!

 

The videos default to 1080, but you can change it to 4k so the picture improves:










Here's the 256Gig card that I use (and recommend):

$30 SAMSUNG PRO Endurance 256GB MicroSDXC Memory Card with Adapter for Dash Cam, Body Cam, and Security Camera, Class 10, U3, V30 (‎MB-MJ256KA/AM)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WB3D5GQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

Looks great. Thinking of doing the same.
Did you do anything to prep it before painting? And how is it holding up?

 

Yea that quality looks 10 times better than what my Garmin captures. Thanks for sharing!

 

That camera looks very sharp install!

 

•Relocated grille stripe badge to roof rack wind fairing



•Relocated grille Toyota emblem to garage storage room door



•Installed black aluminum grille mesh
(I may be the first to fasten mesh to the outside of the plastic grille, as opposed to inside. I think it provides multiple more advantages)





•Completed sanding & painting front end inner fenders, fender mounts, and beneath rocker caps. Flat black Tremclad. These used to all be white and clash with the black EZ Flares. Wheel wells look blacked out now!






•custom installed the roof rack cargo basket illuminating off-road light on steel pole. Someone pointed out that the only spot my off-road lighting doesn’t light up is the roof itself haha
-pole sprayed out black, ends capped, ss hardware, drilled a single pivot-point bolt through rack side rail w/ locking wing nut so it lays down horizontal when not in use, and fastened a black metal L-bracket w/ foam tape (for rattling) which acts as the poles resting position holding bracket.
Not wired yet, more photos tnite.

 

Welcome back. How was your time in the clink?

 

Thank-you sir
It was great, but I truly miss this community.
I got a spanking for being contumacious again, so after reflecting for a month, I decided to make these improvements…to my 4R! ^^^

 

Yes. Very easy to do, 4 bolts on each side. You remove the plastic end caps first with some type of plastic pry tool. I watched a YouTube vid to see how that was done. Once the caps are removed, there are two bolts in the front and two in the back holding each side on.

It's best to loosen the bolts a little at a time alternating back and forth between the two until they come out. Don't completely remove one and then the other. Doing it that way may cause an issue in trying to reinstall it afterwards.

This is the paint I used.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qu7Plf8Leo