Recent content by MacRendar

I'm glad I love my plasti-dipped v8 badge grill or I'd be mad that I'm broke right now. These look awesome!

I imagine, and hope, that you are here to hear justification to keep one of the most bad ass vehicles out there. People are still maintaining (and paying ridiculous prices for) beat ass '80s Toyota pickups, and the v8 4Runner will be no different. There's tons of donor motors and even more...

1. Do you have the tow package? I do and mine does this as well. My dad suggested that it's programmed to do that to assist with deceleration going down declines while towing. 99% sure it's normal. 3. I have the v8 not v6, my exhaust smells bad due to leaking exhaust manifold. Maybe you have an...

The armor thread sticky has a comparison of the main aftermarket options.

Today I pulled the trigger and said F it. I went in with a plan though. It's 90+ F today, so I waited until an hour or so after the peak heat for the day, then went for a drive in 3rd gear, accelerating and engine braking up to 60 mph or so, monitoring my ATF temp on my phone til it got up to...

That sucks man, sorry to hear it.

Hi, I was just going to throw these pics into the WYD today thread, but then I remembered how much research I tried to do on this before pulling the trigger on a product and figuring out my own mounting solution. So I figure I'll post a thread that can be found on Google in case some other dad...

Looks great man. The front especially. Rear will take some getting used to for sure, lol. Your tires are about the same width as mine, but 3" taller... that rear looks uh, odd. :P I wonder if it would be possible to put the same diameter but a wider tire on the rear? Should be a lot easier to...

Yes, but not where I need them. However, I've been rethinking my strategy. I have 2 options the way I see it - either put D rings in the middle to strap down my cargo or use command strip hangers to set up a net around my boxes. Also considering putting Velcro on the bottom of the cargo...

They don't need to be able to hold a ton of weight... Sorry, Google and forum search have failed me on this one for some reason. I pulled up the carpet and see a ton of what I assume is thin metal/body. I assume it's probably safe to shoot relatively short screws through.. but if there is...

Yup. I just put 32" a/t tires on it this week, got a 2" daystar kit coming as well to hopefully be installed next Saturday... I've been to the OHV trails at Uwharrie a few times now which has led me to this point.. Oh yeah, and wiring a VSC delete switch in too... good bye BEEP BEEP+stuck. I...

Hard to say, but they seem to be directly correlated to each other in my experience in the 2000 miles I've put on my 4 runner since buying it. I've never driven one that wasn't cracked so I couldn't compare. Maybe some guys that fixed their headers can comment if they had the same thing. It's...

Mine does this, I think it's my cracked exhaust manifold resonating at certain rpm ranges. As the engine heats up both that symptom and the noise improve and on a hot enough day more or less disappear entirely. But like the above poster said, anything that could cause vibration in the...

Finally upgraded from Michelin xlt a/s in 265/65/17 to Yokohama Geolandar A/Ts in 255/75/17. So far I love them. Even driving on dry pavement is a huge difference, I can feel the grip (and the Michelins are still at 10/32 tread so it's not just new vs old tire comparison) and somehow even my...

Wow, where do you learn this stuff? Never see anything like this mentioned in the countless threads where people ask for potential concerns after lifts and everyone just goes "nah you're good bro lol". It certainly makes me think harder about what mods I want to do, and in what order, etc, so I...