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COSteve · 03-03-2018, 09:17 PM

What did you use for the trim pieces on the sides of the radio? I just replaced mine and was trying to find something that looked decent.

Johns06yota · 03-03-2018, 10:06 PM

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What did you use for the trim pieces on the sides of the radio? I just replaced mine and was trying to find something that looked decent.

Check on Crutchfield. When I ordered my radio it matched the adapter but I’m not sure of the model number. If you put in your car info then search your radio it will under install gear show the proper trim ring. Hope that helps

Johns06yota · 03-03-2018, 11:43 PM

If anyone has questions about how I went about doing any of these mods feel free to ask. I didn't go into too much detail with the initial post but will explain if asked.

Thanks!

hoodwink33 · 03-04-2018, 01:55 AM

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If anyone has questions about how I went about doing any of these mods feel free to ask. I didn't go into too much detail with the initial post but will explain if asked.

Thanks!

Where did you purchase the leather for your seats? Thanks.

Johns06yota · 03-04-2018, 02:06 AM

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Where did you purchase the leather for your seats? Thanks.

Hey,
I ordered them from leatherseats.com
their website is pretty straight forward and has a lot of options. I went with black leather with a fawn contrast stitching(they will send several different samples for free). The leather to vinyl ratio is about what it would have been from the factory and it took them about 3 weeks to be made. The kit also included leather for the door cards which I may tackle at a later date. All in all the install is pretty straight forward. I didn't have any experience before but if you take your time it will turn out well. I would recommend doing a seat heater upgrade while you are at it as well. I can explain the process of that if you would like.

hoodwink33 · 03-04-2018, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Johns06yota

Hey,
I ordered them from leatherseats.com
their website is pretty straight forward and has a lot of options. I went with black leather with a fawn contrast stitching(they will send several different samples for free). The leather to vinyl ratio is about what it would have been from the factory and it took them about 3 weeks to be made. The kit also included leather for the door cards which I may tackle at a later date. All in all the install is pretty straight forward. I didn't have any experience before but if you take your time it will turn out well. I would recommend doing a seat heater upgrade while you are at it as well. I can explain the process of that if you would like.

Thanks for the information..., I will check out he site. My seats already are heated, so I won't need to deal with that. :-)

Johns06yota · 03-04-2018, 10:43 AM

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Thanks for the information..., I will check out he site. My seats already are heated, so I won't need to deal with that. :-)

haha lucky you. It makes such a difference having heated seats on a cold day

AuSeeker · 03-04-2018, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Johns06yota

My car before I bought my 4runner was this 1990 suburban I saw when I was home. Was a great vehicle and well kept too wish I still had it sometimes haha.

Nice build on your 2006!

Nice Suburban, I still have my last Suburban and have owned 2, the first was a 1988 GMC, it was still running when I let it go, it had over 250,000 miles on it, the one I still have is 2000 Chevy, it runs like it did when it was new and has around 240,000 miles on it, I haven't driven it much in the last year or so since I got my 2004 Limited T4R.

Johns06yota · 03-04-2018, 01:52 PM

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Nice build on your 2006!

Nice Suburban, I still have my last Suburban and have owned 2, the first was a 1988 GMC, it was still running when I let it go, it had over 250,000 miles on it, the one I still have is 2000 Chevy, it runs like it did when it was new and has around 240,000 miles on it, I haven't driven it much in the last year or so since I got my 2004 Limited T4R.

It was a great truck when I had it. I had worked on it with my father since I was about 13 or 14 and for my 17th birthday my parents gave it to me. Had it for my senior year but due to getting 8 miles to the gallon and it being a huge vehicle it was not going to be practical for college so I sold it and bought the 4runner from my mom. Luckily the new owner planned on keeping it as a restoration project. Sometimes I do miss the V8 rumble though haha

bombventure · 03-04-2018, 02:54 PM

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Next I replaced all of the instrument panel lights with blue and white leds

This looks great! I need to do this to mine soon! The orange/yellow color is a bit ugly! Haha

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Johns06yota · 03-04-2018, 06:25 PM

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This looks great! I need to do this to mine soon! The orange/yellow color is a bit ugly! Haha

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Thanks! thats why I ended up doing mine haha. I would recommend you get the mini led's for the buttons like the DAC and diff lock. You will also need I believe 330 Ohm resistors in series. The HVAC controls are similar but the blue LED's in the controls did not require a resistor. The LED's on the instrument cluster are all white except for a few on the gear lights. The only way I found the change the needle colors were to scrape the back orange paint off then go over the front with blue sharpie. Hope that helps!

Johns06yota · 03-04-2018, 06:32 PM

Just cleaned up yota today. Was long overdue for a wash and vacuum

bombventure · 03-08-2018, 03:04 PM

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Thanks! thats why I ended up doing mine haha. I would recommend you get the mini led's for the buttons like the DAC and diff lock. You will also need I believe 330 Ohm resistors in series. The HVAC controls are similar but the blue LED's in the controls did not require a resistor. The LED's on the instrument cluster are all white except for a few on the gear lights. The only way I found the change the needle colors were to scrape the back orange paint off then go over the front with blue sharpie. Hope that helps!

Always good to learn something new so this definitely helps out! Thanks for the info man! Going to do this soon!

Johns06yota · 03-16-2018, 11:53 AM

Would anyone be interested in buying my old cloth seat covers? It would include everything except the rear head rest covers and a few of the metal seat cover supports.

Johns06yota · 04-17-2018, 03:58 PM

I have several more mods I will be doing over the course on the next week. I’ll update with pictures when I get them done. The list includes:
-Flowmaster 40 muffler
-resonator delete and side exit exhaust
-heads up display installed for speed reading
-massaging seats mod
-Spectre Cold air intake for deeper engine sound

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