Recent content by 2021nightshade4x4

Have several vehicles like this, only they’re 20 years older. The more recent ones either have electric fans with variable speeds, or a bypass loop to warm up the coolant faster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s for the people who like data - literally Blackstone just thinks of any and all metrics they can put in a report and sell it to pseudointellectuals (prosumers). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I prefer to buy the last model year of a generation. It has NOTHING to do with a manufacturer working out bugs. (It never worked for Land Rover, did it?) There’s always some sort of last hurrah, or at the very least you get one with the most features. Just between my 2021 and 2023, I...

Thermostat DELETE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nightshade came as a 2 row Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I thought the CEL on all cars will turn off after a number of restarts regardless of miles driven, but codes will still be there. Unless you need to be clean for an emissions inspection, I don’t see a problem if it doesn’t recur. If I brought my vehicles to the shop each time I had a one-off...

This comment didn’t age well. At all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was the low voltage causing issues other than a no-start condition Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve heard of the RAV4 swap for the blind spot mirrors but I like the sheer size of the LC mirrors - would mean less repositioning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Screens are getting so big we’re getting the “displaced iPad” look again. We need to keep these screens tucked under the dash brow. Entry and mid level German models are guilty of this, too, but they magically “fix” the problem in the higher end models (Q7, Q8 / RS6, S8). Sometimes the...

Get an alignment and tell them you want to see a minimum of +3.0 caster. Mine shipped with +2.5 and +2.8 and I was constantly making tiny corrections on crowned road. Additional positive caster holds the front of the vehicle more steady (this includes road vibrations). Sent from my iPhone...

See, my problem is I thought I had that table memorized after having looked at it so many times. I thought 285/55R20 was in the red but it’s actually yellow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep that’s me. Just want to be able to turn lock to lock, won’t see any compression beyond the weight of the vehicle level on all 4 wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This link makes me question if they did not have the same clearance issues as 2014+ Notably the last post indicating a user clearing 285/70/17’s (32.7x11.2R17) on a stock SR5 with no issues. https://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/149259-5th-gen-stock-height-biggest-tire-size-2.html...

Are you trying to clear big tires and there’s literally only 1/2” standing in the way? If it’s a fender liner, it might be able to be trimmed or “influenced” with a heat gun. If it’s a body mount, I can’t offer any advice as I’ve not run into clearance issues there, yet. Sent from my...