Recent content by twa318

If going aftermarket I recommend the Eagle Eye branded lights.

The original water pump in mine finally died @ 260k miles

Those look awful imo Most of the aftermarket lights are junk anyways but if you must go aftermarket eagle eye is the only brand I would use.

Cup holder lights have been out since I bought the truck like a decade ago and I finally got around to replacing them. Used these LED bulbs from amazon: Amazon.com Did the lazy method and just used a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the pigtail out of the small gap in the center console...

Did you have them intall the solid spacer? The solid pinion spacers prevent loosening of the gear setup preload. Solid spacer and shims replace the crush sleeve and in theory should eliminate the problem from occurring again.

Future reference for anyone who is having the same problem, here is a video I took of what it sounds like when the rear pinion bearing has failed. https://streamable.com/i9nhjl You can hear it best last 15 seconds of the video, it was loudest when coasting to to a stop from 25mph Just got a...

X-REAS is amazing when its functioning properly. Its god awful once the shocks fail and lose pressure since you're basically riding on springs. OP to answer your question I just reused my stock springs when I replaced the XREAS with Bilstein 5100 @ 200k. I'm at 250k now and I think the ride...

I tried to be gentle but that makes sense. Glad I’m not the only one

I've replaced probably a dozen climate control bulbs on this 4Runner with no issue until today. My middle climate control bulb 90010-09015 was out. When I replaced it then the left side 90010-09017 bulb immediately blows out. Strange I think... I goto the dealship for a new 90010-09017...

Avoid after market lights for a number of reasons. OEM only The sports have a smoked chrome stock housing which is your best option

Use the fuelly app for a few weeks to get the true number. Not that far off from whats to be expected with the v8 , 100% city driving and winter gas

Yes originals, one side of the assembly line had denso and the other side NGK. I still was running the originals @ 240k miles when I replaced them, truck ran fine. https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3765085-post2.html

Very easy/lazy method, just take a knife, heat it up, cut out the surround. I used a folding husky box cutter knife with a fresh blade. With a clean cut the mesh surround just pops right back in. A few forum threads detail the process. Downside is you lose protection for the sub from objects...

I went with the Kenwood XR but honestly if I had to do it again I would have gone with the cheap amazon sub instead, you're really not going to get much out of an 8" in that enclosure. I also used the lazy hot knife cut instead of removing the whole side panel and its been holding up fine for...

Does running the GM fuse stress the alternator? I read on another post the OEM alternators are specced to accept the higher voltage, however my alternator died within 6k miles of installing the GM fuse to properly charge my AGM battery. Perhaps a stupid question as I was still running the 16...