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Costco has 2 different Interstate batteries available for my 4runner. One has, I think, 10 amps more than the one I bought. Just had to replace it after only 2 years and I’m wondering if I might have needed the higher cold cranking amp one? Can find any specifics online using my VIN.

I was looking at the wildpeaks, but on discount tires site they are rated worse than the KOs on fuel efficiency. Have you found your gas mileage significantly worse with them?

I was planning on getting the KO3’s for my Gen 4 in the next few weeks, but I just found out today that the KO3 is 10lbs heavier than the KO2 and only comes as a light truck tire. Not sure about them now. Just curious what are running

I have over 180,000 miles on my 05. I see no sign of leaking and do not notice any excessive bouncing. I do feel that I roll more going around corners than I used to. With my mileage, I’m just wondering if my X-REAS system could be going bad? Besides a leak, what signs should I look for?

It’s new tire time. Was thinking of trying the KO 3 when it gets here. Anybody loyal to any another AT tire that I should look at?

It’s definitely the E brake on mine. Stopped using it and it went away even in super cold mornings. Haven’t had a chance to look at it yet though.

I upgraded my 05s radio to one with Apple play. Best Buy ran the cable for the usb connector through the flip out coin bin. Not crazy about that because I have to leave it open and it’s in the way of the drink holder. Anyone have any other creative ideas on how to run the usb connection cable?

Sorry for the repeat post. Didn’t see my earlier post visible until now. I have about 182000 miles. One thing I think I failed to mention. When I left it overnight for my mechanic to drive in the cold morning they didn’t set the emergency brake. He couldn’t reproduce the problem. I always set...

I have the weirdest loud knocking and shake that seems to be coming from my rear. The weird thing is it does it on real cold mornings and when it warms up on the road,10 mins or so, it completely goes away. My mechanic is at a loss. We have replaced all 4 brake calipers, some were sticking...

My 05 V8 4 wheel drive has started doing something very strange. It only seems to happen on cold mornings, when it’s been in the 20s. When I back out of the drive I notice a periodic consistent drag and feel like the brakes grab an a specific pint or maybe like a plat spot on a tire. When I put...

Found a blown fuse in the inside box. Fixed it. Still don’t have parking lights in the headlight assembly but wondering if that’s because of daytime running lights on the bumper on.

I installed new headlamp casings (not new bulbs) yesterday. All went well except we noticed the headlamp yellow Parking lights were not lighting up. Bumper running lights/turn signals were working fine. Bulbs on the headlamp parking lights looked burnt so today I put in new bulbs for the...

Yeah they are stock. Good looking tires I think but they definitely handle different than all season. More drift on the highway and don’t grab as good when you hit rain puddles. I also upgraded to TRD rims at the same time. Haven’t had them off-road or I’m snow yet. Mileage went down maybe 1 mpg...

I’ve had them for several months now and seems like maybe a mpg difference, at most, based on the vehicle computer.

I had the exact same experience with my 05 using Toyota galactic grey. Spent a lot of time on several chips and even clear coated over them. It looks terrible. It looks like silver and not near dark enough. My main objective was to stop the rust but I ordered from Toyota because I thought I...