Recent content by watusippin?

Tornadoes in Orange county for the past two days... I'd say the world is ending once you start getting Tornadoes in Southern California. So far everything is holding up and my 4Runner is handling the rain like its nothing.

So then its probably time for new rotors. How much will they set me back? Are their just the two in the front? Or is there another set in the back? Is it something that I could tackle on my own? I have no mechanical skills as of now but I would like to try and do most things DIY with this truck.

What would cause the rotors to warp? What should the rotors look like? The truck was suppose to have had a brake job done before I picked it up and the tires are brand new. How should I go about inspecting the rotors and pads?

So I have been driving my 05 SR5 4Runner for a little over a week now and have a question about some shaking I am getting in the steering wheel. I mostly notice it when I am driving on the freeway and slightly press on my brakes. For the first couple seconds of the breaks being engaged I get a...

Those lights look pretty sick in your car but I think they might be a little too bright for my taste. Are they on all the time or only when the doors are open? Is there a way to control how bright the light is on those set-ups? I like the idea of just doing the door lights and license plate...

What write-up did you use? If its something I really could DIY then that would be great. If you have the pics of your rig available then yes, please post them. I am not a fan of the orange lights either and would love to have them changed to some white LED lights or even go lime green with...

Sorry about that, the 4Runner is black. So I am planning on going all black except for the green/red lights and the green/red trim and center on the rims. Around my town there is a 2008 BMW M3 that is white on white with lime green lines on the white rims. Looks so dope. I thought that the...

So with the limited budget I am working with I am going to slowly start customizing my black 05 SR5 4Runner. My current plans are to tint out the front windows with either 20%-30% tint, black out the tail lights, powder coat the factory rims black, change out some lights and get some HID...

So what makes Shell better than the rest?

So recently I have been wondering what gas stations carry the "best" gasoline. Is it Chevron with their "techtron"? Or Shell with their usually higher gas prices? I have every known gas station chain within a 2 mile radius of my house and I would like to start filling up at which ever one...

I'll admit to doing some egging back in the day.. I know that one of these days karma is going to get me back and my cars finish will be paying the price. Hope the clay bar works wonders.

Heres a thread on Tranny Fluid changing. http://www.toyota-4runner.org/maintenance/36489-t4r-transmission-fluid-servicing-sealed-non-sealed.html Seems easy enough to me. My 05 has 61K on it and I was thinking about replacing the trany fluid just for the hell of it to see how easy it really...

I've come pretty damn close to running out of gas on my older cars. I had my engine almost die out while I was going up this steep hill to get to the gas station. However for my 4R I plan on filling up at 1/4 of a tank to keep my injectors from getting clogged with all of the supposed "junk"...

Before I got my 4Runner I was driving a Ford Ranger that had the front defroster the same way (IE: Warm air blowing on the windshield). It sucked in the ford ranger and its a little better in the 4Runner. But those A/C defrosters just seem to suck no matter what.

Paint most likely. My buddy has some supplies left over from when he did his. So all I really need to buy is the paint itself.