Recent content by SoCalBurt

I have a black SR5 not sure if this helps but here is a close up of my PastiDipped front. The texture is smooth and it has held up for over a year. I did most of the chrome on the 4Runner. I tried painting the rear emblem and found it to fade and need retouching (just my experience) so i went...

Thanks :) I have the stock rim size which i beleive was 17x9. I've been pretty pleased with the Nittos

Nitto Terra Grapplers I've had the Nitto Tera Grapplers on my 4Runner about a year now in the stock size. Great performance and tread wear. I've had them in sand, snow, mud and they perform good. Not so much in the rain but not a deal breaker.

I just hit 17,000 miles and my windshield is trashed. I live in a desert area where we have sand storms from time to time but i've only driven it once in one! I mostly drive on the freeway and my windshield has lots of pitting and etching! I also get a bad halo effect at night from on coming...

I love my 2010 SR5 but i absolutely hate how i've been treated by 3 different Toyota service departments. There are two where i live and the third is out of town where i actually bought the SR5. I've owned Acura, Honda, Nissans and their service depts always went above and beyond what i needed...

Some stuff like the rocker panels i removed and popped out the chrome parts because they'd be too hard to coat on the truck. For the most part taped and masked alot of the stuff and coated it on the truck and it came out great. I got a huge plastic drop cloth at home depot for like $4 and just...

This is my headlight! I hate that i'm getting this and i hate it even more Toyota won't do nothing about it. They told me its normal wear and tear, yeah right! Notice the top is all hazed up and in the lower left hand corner in the amber area you see it the worst. its one year old, our beat up...

Here are a few more pics. My crappy cell phone does the 4R no justice it looks way better in person. Also she's kinda dirty, i been drivin it in deep sand. I live in california in a desert area, its about 119º today! The set up is 17x9 Ultra gauntlets with 265/70/17 Nitto Terra Grapplers AT...

I'm running that set up! A lift and some bigger tires will be going on soon. I have some 17x9 Ultra gauntlets on 265/70/17 Nitto Tera Grapplers. I do light off roading just on camping trails and such. Its worked for me, nothin fancy but i get compliments on my 4r. Hope that helps :)

I think a paintless dent repair guy can fix it. My GF closed the door to her Honda with her foot while she had groceries in her hand (more like kicked it to close it) and it caused a similar dent. A paintless dent repair guy left it 99% new. i could see a tiny crease sometimes but better than...

14k miles on mine and my fuel economy when new was 19-22 mpg now its more like 17.2 - 19.6 fwy. I haven't been able to get the numbers i had when new. Its not lifted but i do have some tires and wheels on it. 17x9 on 265/70/17 nittos however i noticed the drop in fuel economy before i got them...

I took mine off and it looks way better! Its been off for about a week and i haven't noticed anything adverse in the form of temp, noise, or anything else. It looks way better in my opinion. Took about 15min used a 10mm nut driver and a skinny 10mm ratchet to get to 2 tricky nuts on the ends...

I just fell victim to this whole Seat lumbar Crunching thing today :dammit: I got in my 4R to run some errands the second i sat in it i heard some crunching creaking type sound and it was coming from the seat. Everytime i would move it would get louder and worse. I deflated the lumbar support...

I agree the 4R paint scratches very easily even during the wash process i can't avoid them and i use the "2 bucket method" I've had great success with the porter cable buffer however i've been hearing that the black 4R which is what i have has no clearcoat while the other models Do. I'm still...

My dealership included the complimentary service package that has these tear away coupons and one was for an oil change at the 5k mark, well they refused to honor it saying that the oil would be changed at 10k. That day they kept my truck all day for a tire rotation. I live in an extreme climate...