Were you able to sell your old tires to discount tire? I have heard that they given between $20 to $50 per tire depending on how new they are when you decide to swap. I was planning on swapping at under 10 miles.

No worries senor! im there every second tuesday of the month

No joy asked if there was a trade in or anything and the guy rolled it off, which is fine because everyone else told me to just flip them on craigslist.

Very nice write up! If you don't mind, can you please let me know where you got your yellow film for the foglights? Thanks

What exactly did you ask the dealer so that they know what you were talking about?

woops, adding link to original post!

Headlight, Tail Light, Fog Light Film Covers & Paint Protection Products from Lamin-x



They have to plug in the scan tool to access the additional custom options to program into the car. The other option is using a bluetooth OBD dongle and Carista app.

ARB Breather install.

You can DIY your own relocated breather for less. But I like the option that I can clean the filter and add more if need be later for any reason so I purchased the ARB Differential Axle Breather from
Arb Diff Breather Kit

Drop your tire to have MUCH more working room. Saves a ton of time by dropping the tire.

Most of my intel for the install came from,
Rear Differential Breather Mod For Dummies



The ARB Kit included the fittings to plug into the Diff.

I purchased from autozone a Tee fitting kit that included a 3/16 x 3/16 x 1/8 tee fitting.

I have a trail edition, which has a rear locker and has a breather itself so I wanted to Tee it into the same line going to the ARB breather in the engine bay.



Here you can see where I put in the Tee fitting and the wrench on the old breather.

You can also see the black ARB hose line, before I moved it higher above everything else and secured it with zip ties to some brackets.

You have to be sure that the hose will stay away from exhaust so you dont melt a hole into your line!


For the breather in the front I was worried about its placement in the engine bay so I put a bar to hold the hood propped open and then disconnected the gas strut.


once the gas strut was loose I knew that it would clear the breather when the hood is closed.






If you are doing a DIY relocated breather you can order from toyota a 90404-51319 union.


this is for the DIY person running 1/2" fuel line hose

Did the dealership charge you anything to unlock that feature to lower the windows?


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Did you have a hood insulator that had to be removed and if so did you have problems taking the plastic clips out without them breaking? I like the look and want to do it to mine but have the insulator to remove first.

I asked and the guy kinda shrugged it off/didn't answer me about trading in. So I sold them on craigslist for 120 with 26k on them.

Nah, I just played dumb and said the feature was working on my friends trucks and not on mine.

Interesting. I didn't have to. The pic I took of the underside was and is how she sits. If you break the clips just go to autozone and they have a box of them for like 5 bucks. But as long as you pry them out carefully they should come out without damage.

Nice twinsie there! I have the exact same ride with KDSS. Love the super white. I'm at that stage where I will be adding the Trail badges. Let me ask you, what made you run the alignment tape against the back glass vs the rear passenger glass? I've been trying to figure out which one will give me an even badge and it looks like yours is even.. but since I plan on removing some of the rake and lifting I don't want it to look off once that is done.

Sorry about that!! Regardless of rake because the vehicle could be vertical, but the logo will be compared to the closest "sharp lines" which would be the windows and not the ground.
So by using the bottom line of the window, gives it "relative" alignment,
I may be talking out my butt, but that was my logic

Ok, so living in IL a huge factor is SALT!!!

Now when you install the 5160s you'll see this "awesome" cup at the top/Bottom of the resevoir that looks perfect for catching salt to sit in.

So I started looking for a solution and found others who thought the same and used Bearing Buddy covers from Oreilleys to cover it. (Bearing Buddy 17b)
But then when I went to install I realize the other two guys who installed them both were utilizing the Bilstein billet mounts which does not impede install of the cover. So I had to carefully loosen up the clamps and pull out the resevoirs and then clean them before installing the covers.

I cleaned up the bottom as much as possible and added a rust inhibitor (in my case, froglube gun lube)


tossed the cover on.


And reinstalled the resevoir into the clamps!

Was really excited to go through your thread hoping to see more pictures like the one in your signature. Unfortunately the pictures are no longer active, either way the subtle changes noticeable on your white 5th gen is exactly what I want to get into once I get a 5th. Cheers from another Midwestern!

are the bars heavier than stock boards?

I am going to work on moving the photos over to a new host, photobucket went a bit ridiculous with their move to pull the plug on folks.

I didnt have any on there previously, but I held them with one hand while bolted them on.
Bent one last weekend while hitting a rock, but still good and took me a while to even realize it.