Recent content by Bilbo

It’s hard to see why you would need to disinfect unless you are a Good Samaritan transporting people to and from their outpatient medical appointments. On the other hand, you might consider unscented, anti-bacterial baby wipes to clean your door handles and such. There is no harm. Cleaning...

By the way, have you noticed the stock LE Yokohama Geolandar G96B's have an "H" speed rating?

You've got that backwards about the Limited's center differential. When not locked, it sends more torque to the axle with greater traction (within its design limits, normally 40% to the front axle and 60% to the rear axle, but ranging from 30-53% to the front axle and 70-47% to the rear axle as...

Vortex generators? https://youtu.be/6qcxnn8KWCo

Every cloud has a silver lining ... First, the resale value of your existing rig will rise. And the trade-war price of soybeans is down by 20%. That means tofu will be getting less expensive in the USA.

Toyota knows ... Try here for 2018 specs: https://www.toyota.com/4runner/ "4.0-Liter V6 DOHC 24-Valve with Dual Independent Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i); 270 hp @ 5600 rpm; 278 lb.-ft. @ 4400 rpm"

Here's the problem with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety headlight tests: all vehicles were tested "as is." Their rationale was that headlights are seldom adjusted, so they were testing real-world performance. Unfortunately, they never tested (or tested and never reported?)...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ... provides more information about their headlight ratings. So it's interesting to look at the data behind the ratings. Here is a comparison of the 4Runner data with the RAV4 ratings. (On the 4-point Good, Acceptable, Marginal, and Poor scale, RAV4...

fattire Are you sure? The Torsen center differential is a completely mechanical limited slip differential. The axles rely on electronically-controlled LSD systems. Now, what happens if your O2 sensors go kablooey, I have no idea. But the center differential does not lose its LSD capabilities.

Simpleman74 I'm happy you are an attentive driver, but you aren't paying attention to what I said! I don't crave all the safety features because I can't drive without them. I want them on all vehicles because I don't trust the average driver to attend to the task. But heck, we only have about...

1engineer Me? Because I support safety features in all vehicles? It's all self-preservation. Those safety features like blind spot monitors, lane departure warnings, and adaptive cruise control in everyone's vehicles are more likely to save my life, and the lives of my family, than is access...

CONDUITS. Not wiring. Empty tubing designed for electrical wiring. You know, the kind of tubing I can get for about $0.50/foot and Toyota can get for a few yen? It's like framing your own house or pouring a new driveway. Planning ahead can save you a bundle. BTW, as far as I know there...

I don't trust other human beans on the road. I want to see a full complement of modern safety features on all street-legal vehicles. Including 4Runners. God help us, but we live in an age where most can't even manage to stay in their own lanes while moving down the road. As for the 6th Gen...

Extra points for using the phrase "winkle out"!

Vinsil Got it! You're right on target. It's in the apps on the Entune touchscreen under Maintenance, and is user-configurable to either date or mileage. BlackWorksInc was right that someone must have programmed it at my last service. Thanks!