First off, A great big thank you to all contributors on this forum. I regularly visit to get ideas and helpful information about my 4Runner.

I want to share a small mod I made to my 4runner. The mod might not be everyone's cup of tea but there is also some helpful info on how to remove the glove box assembly on a 2011 4Runner in the following posts. I hope someone finds it useful.

Having sat in a 2014 runner, I could not get over how dull the area on the dash above the glove box on 2010-2013's looked in comparison. Here is a pic of what I am talking about:



So in this mod we will go from that, to this:



To begin you will need the following parts. The part numbers are visible in the pictures below. I also chose to swap out the matching gear shift lever for 2014 model years. Total for parts was about $400 delivered to my door. The gear shift lever swap is pretty straight forward so I won't be covering that here. Also note that there are two different versions of this trim piece available, a silver one and a black one for the SR5 and Trail models. The one I used is for Limited models. I believe all three to be interchangeable.



Next, you need the following tools. All bolts we will remove are either 10mm or phillips heads. I used a Milwaukee impact driver but a regular phillips head screw driver will work just as well.



STEP 1:
Remove the plastic trim below the dashboard area in the passenger's side foot well. A simple tug downward will disengage the clips that hold it on. The courtesy LED simply pops out as a unit.