Recent content by Armiger

From the pic, it looks like you sprayed everything except the bottom of the plate which will be facing the frame rails - right?

Understood - I debated that as well. It's primarily my wife's truck and will only see occasional offroad use in the Colorado mountains. ..probably won't even put the sliders against too many rocks, but if I do then they're really providing protection instead of ultimate sliding ability in my...

I received my OPOR sliders today and am preparing to spend the weekend scuffing/cleaning/priming/painting them. I'm going to use Rustoleum truck bed liner to give them some step grip and to make future touchups easier. Besides, it ensures that I'm in the garage all weekend and unavailable for...

Heavy impact can jostle the bits in your digital datastream, exceeding the acceptable bit error rate. The 4Runner head unit is hard mounted to the dash so it relies on the vehicle suspension for bump damping. I'd recommend upgrading your suspension with the tallest and most expensive system...

How shiny is the finished product? This sounds like the easiest approach, assuming I take it slowly. I'm also considering removing the console panel and spraying it with a semigloss clear coat (or maybe clear plastidip?). However, I don't know if that might lead to bubbling or damage to the...

If resale value matters to you, here's my reference point. For a 10 year old SUV with a nearly flawless body, clean (loaded) interior, and a 5.7L HEMI engine that was running well enough on the day of trade-in to pass the dealer's once-over, I got $6500. That was as high as any dealer in the...

Former Durango owner As a former Durango owner and brand-new 4Runner owner, let me offer my perspective. For reference, I traded in a 2006 Durango Limited HEMI AWD for a 2016 4Runner Limited 4WD ten days ago. We bought the Durango in 2006 in order to haul kids & carpool (needed 6-7 seats)...

While I was ordering sliders from Metaltech today, they mentioned that they are working on a steel bumper for the 5th Gen 4Runner. Definitely available by end of year and potentially by summer.

Hi all, I'm upgrading to 4th Gen Limited 18" wheels (already have 4 purchased locally) and slightly upsized tires but would like one more 18" wheel to mount an older tire on as a same-size spare. For my purposes, it does not need to have great finish so long as it's solid and straight. If you...

My search-fu must be failing because certainly somebody had to ask this before. I just picked up a 2016 Limited last night (MGM, redwood interior, 18" shoes to be installed later this week...thanks for asking!), and notice that it has one feature that is different from just about every 4runner...

I'll second that! I pick up my wife's new Limited tomorrow, and it needs some OPOR sliders for her to step in easily. And for my high country adventures, of course. A 20% sale on sliders would be a great thing...

PM Sent.

It's been a long time since I did math in public, but I think in your example the break even point is 4533 miles. At 16 mpg, you're paying 15 cents per mile. At 17 mpg, that drops to 14.12 cents per mile. The difference is 0.88 cents per mile...divide $40 by the difference and you're just over...

Looks like the standard "translated rumor drivel" that's on dozens of websites. Like you, I've been hunting for info on the '17s (going to buy either a 5th or 6th gen, depending on specs)...Toyota hasn't released one iota of info that I can find. At some point I may just lose patience, sell...

This is true, but there have been a few cases where a vehicle design or manufacturing flaw can cause an overflow. On my wife's '06 Durango, the fuel filler "riser" (tube that leads back from the tank to the fill point) had a faulty design. After a couple years of use, the plastic tube degraded...