Recent content by jchasse

It seems like it has, but hard to tell sine they live in the truck bed. They definitely smelled like butane / lighter fluid when brand new.

I just went through this and compared a bunch of the "overlanding" options like the Frontrunner Wolf Pack / Pro, and decided they weren't worth the premium. Do yourself a favor and go to Home Depot or Lowes, in the tool department and check out the DeWalt, Ryobi and store brand options. I...

Does anyone know of a matte carbon version of this? Not really into the high-gloss look, but I like the idea. This area is a little scratched up in my vehicle.

The one thing that i notice is that even when i think I'm pulling into a parking space pretty close to the left (driver's) side of the spot, I open the door and I'm farther away than i thought. Still not exactly sure why, but now i just park where it feels like I'm almost touching the driver's...

So when I have my phone connected to the 4Runner via Bluetooth, and I'm listening to Pandora, whenever a song by Patrick Swaney comes on, a picture of Patrick Swayze shows up on the head unit as the album artwork. This ONLY happens in the 4Runner. If I'm listening on a laptop, iPad or just my...

I've seen references to "paint correction" a few times now. I used to do the concours thing back in my Porsche days, so I'm pretty familiar with car care, but I'm not sure what paint correction is. Can anyone shed some light?

Hi all. I just bought a 2007 Limited V8 with 43,000 miles on it. I had never heard of the driveline bump issue, but within 2 minutes of driving the thing I realized something was up. A little searching quickly turned up more info than I could digest. I’ve read the threads here and...