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

Reclaimed metal from Chernobyl

 

Ahhhhh, so they glow on their own!

 

Or a Campbell’s Soup can.

 

Well, after a summer-long project to make my 4Runner into the vehicle I’ve been meaning it to be, I was able to take it out and test it on a nine day trip from Georgia to Michigan, with the end destination being an easy campsite at PJ Hoffman off the coast of Lake Michigan.

on the drive to Michigan I hit North Cumberland OHV area in Tennessee. Great 4wd mountain trail with an awesome lookout, right off i75. Like, RIGHT off it. Found it on accident, the trailhead is in the parking lot of a gas station I stopped at.
we hit Holly Oaks ORV park the next day. Very fun, lots of technical trails with mud, rock steps and other obstacles of varying degrees of difficulty. Unfortunately our time was cut short as we came across an injured dirt bike rider who we performed first aid on and were able to CASEVAC him.
We camped for a week at PJ Hoffman, and we were able to hit Silver Lake Dunes (after an unexpected tire change). Very fun ORV park right on the beach, lots of fun, definitely would recommend.
Anyways. Just got back. Probably could have put this in the trip report forum, but here’s some pics.

 

Nice build! what awning is that? I love how its low profile.

 

The ditch light brackets are finally out for delivery LOL

 

Stock

 

Thank you! it is a Samout, Amazon brand. 8’x10’, pretty cheap and it held up to a windy rainy week so no complaints so far.

 

Discount tire messed my puncture patch. They literally missed the hole and added the plug and patch next to the hole. Morons.
So I went to a different DT and ended up getting a new tire since you cannot add a plug close to another plug.
I also had a puncture in the rear tire so got that patched up as well.
Then I had to chase them to get the road force number below 20. The manager was like anything below 40 is what they aim for.
What a waste of time and energy.

 

Mine came in today, and yup!
They are metal, have some sort of black coating on them, a few holes drilled and some tactical bends in them!
Just what I ordered!

 

All right, it’s not what I have done but what I want to do. Bought used and the previous owner put the front license plate holder on crooked. Took it off and the holes are way off, re drilled and have it level, would like to completely remove it and need to cover holes. Any suggestions/ ideas, thanks

 

theres people out there that can plastic weld which would be best. Only thing is they're hard to find.

 

Not much going on. Did catch it trying to blend into the surroundings though lol.

 

Drove it 600 miles down to our place in Florida.

 

I installed led interior lights and mirror lights (puddle lights)
And swapped out the passenger door speakers.

 

like your rear lights, could you post them lighted up, or a link to where you bought them.
what headlights are you running upfront?..pics pls if after market

 

How difficult were the puddle lights to change?

 

Started laying out the auxiliary power box today...

 

It's not difficult at all but it's easy to break tabs if you're not really careful.

 

Rear lights are from Alpha Rex. You can see pictures with them lit up on their website
https://alpharexusa.com/products/10-21-toyota-4runner-luxx-series-led-tail-lights-black

front headlights are from Morimoto

 

There’s some YouTube vids that show how it’s done. Done mine a few times never broke any tabs.
It’s really an easy task.

 

Do you have a link for the lights?

 

I did the air injection pump filter mod, took a whopping 10 minutes. Thanx to the OP who brought it up.

 

They could be challenging if you just wing it. I watched a couple youtube vidios and it wasent too bad.
A bunch of 'I think I broke that! Oh! It was just a tab! Moments, and a few WTFs.
But it only takes a few minutes each

 

I suck at posting links, but I got them on

Amazon, Firefly interior led 5th gen 4runner

 

Added a quick connect on the outside to trickle charge the battery because I was tired of popping the hood every time.

I guess my 4R is now a plug in hybrid?

 

After 5 years of ownership… installed the often polarizing… Snorkel.



Yeah, might be ugly to some but hey, I had a BMW R1250GSA too…

 

Nice work. Did the cut yourself?
You do breathers

 

I did. I measured like 100x and still had to enlarge a couple of holes. I used a metal “nibbler” to cut the main hole after using the foam gasket as a guide. Fit is as good as to be expected with the gasket. And I used super adhesive tape for the a-pillar support.

Worst part? Cutting the hole? NO… removing that fing fender liner!

(Breathers we’re one of my first mods in 2020!)

 

I use those types of BT chargers on both of my TJ's.
And I bought 5 for my neighbor so she can keep both of her mowers and 3 Vette's happy over the winter months.
And yes, she did reimburse me the $$.
Almost forgot one more for my Polaris Quad.