Recent content by DblZeta

Rad Rubber Design Installed Rad Rubber Design splash guards. It was easy. I didn't even take the wheels off.

I think the battery business is going to go south for a couple of years because of the pandemic. Clarios and Stryten (formally Exide Batteries) are having a hard time getting back into production. I'm sure quality is going to take a dive. Trojan Manufacturing, can't keep up with the demand for...

FYI Clarios is Johnson Controls. Clarios bought Johnson Controls like two years ago. You can tell a Clarios (Johnson Controls) battery by its caps. All Clarios caps are octagon shaped.

Added a color badge and cup holder this weeked. The cup holder is the greatest mod ever! Both hands can now be on the wheel.

It could be a bad battery. Check each cell with a hydrometer. If one cell is lower than the rest that cell is bad. Each cell is worth 2.1 volts. A battery with a bad cell will read 10.5 volts on a voltmeter. Most alternators wont make up the 2 volts while running. The bad cell will drain the...

I thought about changing the rears out later too. I figured if I want bilsteins I would just buy them for a 5th gen and put them on.

FrothyLlama: I thought about the Billstien 5100's. The fact that I got new springs and shocks for $300 was what did it for me. Plus only 5,000 miles on them. The guy I bought them off of, put about 4 grand worth of new suspension on in his brand new 2020. For me it was a good deal. I saw take...

Tylerdh: To put on the rear shocks I had to drill out the hole in the frame for the shock to fit. I got a step drill from harbor freight and used the 1 inch size. After that everything fit right in. The coils for the rear were the same length but more coils. It lifted the back 1/2 inch. The...

Just put a set of take offs Shocks and Springs from a 2020 TRD premium onto my 2006 SE V6 4wd. I took off the xreas shocks and plumbing. The ride is much better on the street very smooth now. Bumps that would throw me around are very tame. Speed bumps in parking lots, are not harsh. Freeway is...

May not be the ECU. Mine died this weekend too. I disconnected the battery and reset the ECU and it would work one time. then nothing. Reset and would work one time. I think it sends an error code to the ECU and the ECU shuts it down. I tried cleaning the mechanism but that did not work. I...

The first week I owned my 4Runner I bought PT546 1C182 radio off of Ebay for $70. The original radio was still in the car, but I know that they had installed some kind of aftermarket stereo because I found extra cables and speaker wires under the seats. I put the PT546 in the dash after I...

First things first. In the state of California the DMV gives you ten days to transfer title of vehicle you bought. Do to the COVID-19 pandemic my local DMV was closed and the next closest one was only taking appointments. I got an appointment nine days from when I bought it. So while I waited I...

Does not look bad. What state are you in? Do they salt the roads? I bought my 2006 SE in February, it had 119,000 miles on it. No rust because I'm in California but the transmission had been changed at some point in its past. The vin on the trans did not match the vin on the body. So who knows...

Thanks guys it’s a great family to be in. Letting my Camaro go was tough but now I have a car I can actually drive. I have started with all the basic service items first. It did a have a drive line clunk. When I went to lube the drive line, I jacked up the rear axle and saw the spare tire moving...

I wanted to start a build thread for my new to me 2006 Sport Edition 4X4. I have wanted a 4Runner for a number of years now. I knew it would be a vehicle that I would like to own. I've never been one to by a brand new car for myself and a good used 4Runner would suit me just fine. I really liked...