Recent content by NWSKIUrbanRunner

Confirmed it was the alternator the other day after I took it in to have the oil changed. Crazy, replacement cost they were quoting me was about $500.00. Came home ordered a new Denso one from Rock Auto for about $180 (with a 68 core charge) and a new belt and did it myself yesterday. Thank...

I have a problem here that's stumping here lately. About a month or two ago after several dead batteries I figured that my battery in my 2008 V6 4Runner had a defective cell and got a new one from Toyota. Now for what ever reason when ever I park it inside my parents garage for an extensive...

LOL! Gotta love Fred Meyer :D

I know alot of folks have been getting confused here lately on replacing their front and rear turn signals with LEDs only to have them do the fast hyperblinking so I thought I'd share a quick How-To 1. If you are replacing just the front or the back you will need something similar to this found...

It was roughly $200 in parts (i needed new parking brake shoes and were missing tons of parts) and it was something lik $650 in labor alone

I'll post my feedback on this. I just got done having this fixed. What a mess and never want to ever deal with it again. I'm no mechanic though this you just about need 3 buddies over helping on this one. After spending 2-3 hrs on mine I threw in the towel and called up the local shop I take my...

Had a Chevy Malibu run into the back of me tonight. Estimated Damage to my car $1000-1200 Estimated Damage to the Malibu that hit me $2000-$3000 if not totaled. Good thing is no one was hurt, no airbags deployed but still made for a crappy evening to get hit coming home. The Malibu VS...

Owned a 1999 Ford Explorer Sport from 2002 to 2011. Finally after 288,000 miles and with the other little components failing left and right I sold it to some kid down in Vancouver, WA for $1300. Was a great little car that got me through college, out of college and through several trips up to...

Drove a 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 2DR 4x4. Got the car in 2002 with 70,000 miles and sold the car for about $1300 with 289,000 miles on it. When it finally went the transmission, engine and transfer were all in great working order. However all of the little parts were breaking down and became too...

Reason why is I want the seats to still be in good condition someday when I go to sell the car. I'm still going to get myself some basic seat covers to cover the original seats to help preserve the seat from getting beat up or destroyed.

Wanted to add a few items here To prevent this from happening again, be sure to condition the leather parts of the seats every so often. The leather cracks when it loses all moisture and drys out. So conditioning the leather maybe once a month should help. Another helpful item is seat covers...

UrbanRunner Front Seat Repair How-To So I too own a 2008 4Runner Urban Runner and of course the dang front seat cracked and wore out. I ended up ordering the seat cover part# 7107235281B0 from OEM Parts running around $338.00. With shipping it came to about $380.00. So this is what it looked...

Unfortunately I'm having to perform a frozen caliper replacement today on my 2008 4Runner Urban Edition. This will be done on the 13WH rotor. Would anyone like an additional video for when I am performing this? Brakes I will be installing are EBC 7000 Green Stuff.

I get alot of "Woah damn nice 4Runner" or "How do you like the 4th Gen" and "I've never seen one with a GPS and these cool leather/suede seats" meaning the UrbanRunner I have. It's amazing how many people love the 4th Gen and have been turned away by the 5th. The 4th gen I would say has been by...

Looks like the 5th Gen is not tree proof :P LiveLeak.com - 4runner crushed by tree.... Still Driving. homemadeTop Gear special.