Figured out my rear door speaker issue with my Pioneer hu by messing with the settings for 45 minutes. Tried replacing the burnt out bulb in the information center but I guessed on the exact bulb type and got the wrong ones from Napa auto parts. The nearest Toyota dealer is about an hour and fifteen minutes away so next time I’m in Vegas I’ll get the right ones. Started on my lower link skids which are based off of the design I found on the website of member @mikestang , Mike's Garage. Cool stuff on there. I’ll get the final fit and finish this week and should have them welded on next weekend.

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Finally got around to installing a pair of new OEM rear springs, along with the rear OME 10mm spacer and ToyTec front 1/4" topout spacer to fix the lean issue on the drivers side. I gain a full 1" of lift in the rear and another .5" in the front. The truck sitting perfectly level now.

Knocked out some maintenance items:

- Rotated the tires & checked PSI
- Checked torque on Spidertrax bolts (no issues) & the steering shaft slide yoke bolts (they were right on at 26 ft/lbs)
- Lubricated the caliper slide pins, steering shaft u-joint, and all hinges (doors, hood, hatch)

Added this voltmeter/USB port to my dash. Had to enlarge the switch opening and learned a valuable lesson about being careful with the Dremel by creating a big scratch at the lower left corner.

Finally got around to putting my Victory rack together and swapping it out for the factory rack.

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I finally broke down and replaced my crummy Arcani (I think is the brand name) headlights from Amazon with new OEM’s. Bought the 4Runner and headlights were yellowed and looked a little rough. Couldn’t stomach the price of new OEM headlights.

Within 3 months the Amazon headlights already started to yellow and delaminate. Within about 5 months the passenger side turn signal bulb housing was melted and while trying to remove/replace, the bulb broke off in the headlight housing!

Removing the other headlight last night the other bulb was also stuck in the melted housing. Anyways I just threw them away last night, GOOD RIDDANCE! LOL.

Old yellowed and delaminating


Bulb broken off and stuck inside headlight housing on passenger side


Bulb stuck in melted headlight housing on drivers side from replacement last night


New OEM, such a difference! Need to get something to seal with and protect.



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Anyone ever replace the weather stripping along the front windshield/roof? Mine is sticking up.


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Replaced hose on PCV valve as it was pretty hard on the ends and I noticed my PS valve cover is covered in light oil/road grime, think the hard end of tube along with crappy pinch type clamp may have given up after 17 years!
Replaced with a length of 3/8 hose and stainless worm screw clamps.
PCV was clean and operative.

Paid a local muffler shop $40 to cut off the resonator and reroute the exhaust to the side. As others have noted, this makes no difference in sound.

Mine sticks up there too. I considered trying to hammer it down, but then I forget about it for 5 months.

I had a busy weekend, but was able to replace the radiator, new t-stat,t-stat housing, upper/lower hoses, install a trans cooler, switched to sport step/running boards, and upgraded my tires to BGF KO2s (265/70/17)

Yes, it snowed today - 11 May 2021

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I finally fixed my maddening roof rattle the other day using cutting-edge materials and techniques. My observation that I could stop the rattle by gently pulling down on the headliner right at the passenger side front corner of the sunroof opening, combined with @gRunner3's 2010 post, led to folding over a piece of cardboard and wedging it above the headliner as shown. Rattle gone!

That trim piece sticks up on mine after running my light bar wiring underneath it. Looks like there’s supposed to be some adhesive in there. I’ve been considering using the 3M black super weatherstrip and gasket adhesive.

Have you drive w rear window down? I’d so, do you still get exhaust smell?


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Good idea, I’ll try that!


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As someone who did this a long time ago, yes. No way around it, maybe an axle dump cut but I don’t know.


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