Agreed. My aftermarket alarm always goes off while i'm driving. It pissed me off so bad I just turned it off.
I park in sketchy areas of LA all the time and never had anything happen to my 4runner, and my friends civic got stolen in a safe area! I only hear of older toyota and honda cars...
I would go with OEM. The NGK double strap plugs were in my truck for a couple months until it started making this nasty knocking sound. Put OEM spark plugs back in and the knocking went away. No clue why the NGKs did this? but I'm only going to buy oem parts from now on.
I plastidipped my wheels for the first time, and all I did was clean the surface really well. There was still brake dust caked on my wheels when I dipped them. It's been a month and they are still holding up well
I have an aftermarket alarm as well. To disable I put my key to the "on" position and then click the red button. Not sure if it will help as mine is different.
There is some good information on how to change out the map lights here :
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/111319-anybody-tell-me-how-open-up-my-map-lights-change-bulb.html