Things you hate to see on a 4Runner

Nooooo!! Not like that!

I think a Miata would be a fun little puddle jumper. Maybe throw on a turbo.

 

1. I hate low profile tires and large wheels on a 4runner (things I hate in general, but especially on a 4x4)
2. I sort of dislike the raptor lights, it was cool but now everyone has them
3. Truck nuts (I just hate that these are a thing)
4. Loud obnoxious exhaust, I don't get the appeal
5. Weeb anime stickers
6. Rust, nobody likes rust
7. Funky wheel camber that ruins the handling and treadwear all for "stance"
8. University Washington bumper sticker

I say to each their own (apart from no 3, just why!?), its just my opinion.

 

$8000 in BD lights but no armor

 

I'd hate to have to explain the mechanical purpose of the hood scoop........especially as I was power squinting thru the glare.....

 

And yet there are 440+ posts on the 5th Gen Hood Swap thread, the vast majority of which are looking to find a scooped hood to trade for their flat...

 

I sometimes wish I had traded my Skewp hood before it got a bunch of stone chips in it! .

 

The only purpose I can see in a hood scoop in the 4runner is it readily IDs as an OR model.....just badging.....

To see one swapped to an sr5 is just plain silly.....which is how I view the new TRD sport.

 

Not necessarily. I sometimes think the skewp actually reduces visibility when off-roading. Maybe if I were taller, It wouldn't be an issue.

 

Fakery in general makes me crazy. Wheels with fake bead locks. A hood scoop that does nothing functional, and worse is sometimes a problem due to glare and reduced visibility from the driver's seat. I hated the fake engine sound piped through the speakers in my BMW. Also the exhaust overrun burble. While it was an actual exhaust overrun burble, it was so predictable and programmed in by the computer, just for the effect, that I consider that fakery too. Fake cooling vents around the wheels are another common travesty out there. Fortunately the 4Runner doesn't come stock with much fakery. Well other than that scoop.... Oh, and the fake wood trim on the Limited. That stuff is ridiculous. Not just cause it's fake, and a bad fake at that, but because it's a lame attempt at making the Limited seems luxurious. It ain't luxurious, nor do I want it to be. If I wanted a luxurious truck I woulda bought a Lexus or wtvr.

 

Re: #3 I have always been of the opinion that those who hang realistic looking testicles on their truck for all the world to see (and explain to children) should have to wear them around their fkn necks while they are out of the truck.

 

Spacer lifts, political decals(no one gives a fuck)

 

Yes! Agreed 100%!

 

Full-time rotopacks, highlifts, and traction boards attached to shiny mall crawlers.

 

100% agreed.

 

And no one there has made a successful transaction, I don't think.

 

And yet the thread lives on...

Sort of like for sale ads that are 3 years old, and someone posts "Still available?"

 

I swapped my scooped hood away on that thread. Made a few benjamins and got rid of the scoop glare. Win win.

 

Damn you may be the only one!! I had a few bites on mine but it got rashed up off road pretty quick after I posted it, and then no one would touch it with the proverbial other guy's dick.

 

automatics.....lol......they all should be manuals.......or at least 95% 0f 'em

 

I wasn't around the 4R world back in 2001, but I can imagine the wails that were heard when it was announced the 4R would no longer be offered with a manual transmission...

 

Or when they got rid of the straight axle for IFS.

The fanbois are still whimpering over that one and that was back in '86

 

1993:

 

The sticker price

 

To each his own….

 

TRD Pro roof racks. On any 4R.

 

"Also in the same vein as RTT's, people that leave shovels, axes, (and other junk they've never actually used) attached to their roof racks to look cooler. Settle down MacGyver, you don't need to do a recovery at your 9-5 as an insurance salesman. Take that shit off and leave it in your garage until you're on a trip.

-Tory"

Doesn't do you any good in the garage! As a retired wildlife biologist living in the Cascade foothills, I have been caught in serious snowstorms as late as Memorial Day. Flash flood warnings (and mud) just this week.

 

That quote from Tory is awesome!

 

I actually kinda dig the pro rack.

...I'll just see myself out.

 

I wasn’t sure but is that the TRD model?