Recent content by runnerbear99

Thank you very much for the response! I concur with your assessment that essential parts should be OEM, and think it would be a good idea to include a few options of the most popular fluids like oil, ATF, etc. Also, nice idea on the instruction sheet. I think that some sort of guide or...

Thanks for the thoughts! As it stands, it sounds like you don't personally do many maintenance jobs on your rig. If I may ask, because there are likely a lot of people in your situation, is it because you don't particularly enjoy working on your vehicle, don't feel like you have the knowledge...

Thank you for the feedback! I agree with your assessment that it would be important to have OEM parts when possible. If somebody did decide that they were fine with cheaper alternatives that might not last as long, it would be possible to exclude those items from the kit or substitute them with...

Makes sense. That is actually part of the reason I do my own maintenance - the fact that it is cheaper than taking it to a mechanic. I also enjoy working on my vehicle, but would rather not spend hours putting together a list of parts and ordering them from various places. The question is, are...

Hello all, As I remembered all of the research I did in order to get the best parts for various maintenance tasks, I had an idea and wanted to get some thoughts from this community. The question is: Would you buy a kit that contains all of the parts necessary to complete common maintenance...

While you are in there it would be a good time to clean the MAF sensor.

They were driving a 4Runner of course :)

That's too bad and I hope you are able to get the 4Runner fixed without too much hassle. I actually am in the same boat after the rear door on my 3rd gen 4Runner was smashed in by a telephone pole, crushing the dog leg and buckling the B pillar. I ended up having to get the whole rear quarter...

I think that would be a great idea and I think many of us would find it very helpful.

I would be interested in fog lights/DRL's if they are still in good working condition. Thank you

How'd it go? I may do this on mine before long depending on the condition of the belt.