Recent content by rdswriter

Thanks for the tip. That was it! There s a 10A APS fuse that is labeled backup light.

Background: I replaced my reverse lights with Precision LED ones. Long story short... I've had issues and recently both quick working altogether. I replaced with VLEDs latest ones... but no light. I went back to original bulbs... still no light. Question: Does the 5th gen have a reverse switch...

After a year of consideration, I'm ready to pull the trigger on getting my hood wrapped to minimize glare. In short, the local shop I was going to use had previously gave a $350 quote for 3M 1080. They now say that was an error and want $500... and I'm not paying that to wrap a hood. So I'm...

Thanks for the detail kerry1. I prefer the Softex to leather for an offroad/camping vehicle. I've had leather for over 20 years in the Florida heat/sun/water. I've had my 14TEP for three years and I've had people comment on how new the interior looks... like better than their 2016 cars. So...

Personally, I can't wait for all auto manufacturers to abandon proprietary Nav and apps on their cars. Just give me a big screen that links to my iPhone or Android device. In the mean time, I bought a CRUX-AVITY01 to mirror my phone And enable other menu functions from the Toyota system while...

Wanted to give an update. While I don't have a video to link, when you switch applications and you have the video display enabled, it will show your phone screen. It basically outputs the image/video of whatever is on your phone. Also, I just completed a 1500 mile drive... plenty of time to...

I'm looking for some summary feedback regarding Gibson side exit cat back exhaust on the 5th Gen T4Rs. From everything I've read, it seems like Borla is the way to go to minimize drone at highway speeds, but the don't offer a side exit which is what I really want. Given the general consensus...

I'm looking for real life experiences of people in the southern US and wrapping hoods on cars. The angle of the sun and my commute put me driving directly into the sun at sunrise and sunset a couple months out of year and the glare becomes quite distracting (even with polarized sunglasses on)...

Take this comment with a HUGE grain of salt... When my car was broken into about a year ago, I was pleased to find that the thief had not stolen my Navigation SD card. When I was at the dealer so price compare some of the parts I would need to fix my vehicle, I started talking to one of the...

You need to get used to those marks. I have 10 and 12 year-old sons... And those off-blue-grey scuffs are all over the place in my 4Runner. Seems as though all the black plastic is the same polymer and wears the same. Heating it with a heat gun may likely bring the correct black color back as...

First, let me say that I find it ridiculous that in this year of 2016... all of the software/data/information is available in our vehicles... we have a touch LCD screen... and yet manufacturers still hide the data output from OBD II and make the vehicle customization difficult to access. That...

It's not hard, but you do need to remove the glove box to get to this piece. Once you remove the glove box, there are 9 Phillips head screws that hold this piece to the glove box. A complete write up is as follows by Dingo79. This is the write-up I used to previously remove my garnish. But note...

I use the CRUX to simultaneously to visually mirror my phone app Waze and run music from Spotify or SiriusXM. That way my hands free phone works, my Waze navigation and traffic app is running and it will cut into music to warn me as needed. As a plus, AVITY-01 enables all features that are...

I recently did the following modification to my 2014 TEP: Center stack USB/AUX - moved USB/AUX from the center stack to the glove box - as others have noted & detailed, this requires no splicing, simply relocating - used the blank from the lower left driver side to fill the now open...

Thanks Antman... I corrected the reference to the part.