'99 Mid-Gen. Upgrades w/Pics

the other day when GA was having one of her bi-polar weather days and it was freezing out, i had the heat on and noticed there was heat coming from under the steering column. so i put my hand down there to feel where it was coming from and i found a little vent under there. its like a roller that you can rotate front and back. idk if the earlier models have it but i thought it was cool
 
haha yea I found that as well... does anyone know how i could make my 2wd 3rd gen level out and not sit so low that is inexpensive. I am really wanting to fix this...
 
yeah man go to wheeler's (thats where i went) and get front 1.25 spacers and 1.5 rear. they're only 39.99 a pair. and truck will look level and slightly bigger
 
Thanks man, i wish I had a 4wd but I simply dont. I just wanna make it look as even and nice as possible. (or close to 4wd) haha but thatnks for the help. You a 2wd guy? nice rig-
 
Gtmurray said:
Thanks man, i wish I had a 4wd but I simply dont. I just wanna make it look as even and nice as possible. (or close to 4wd) haha but thatnks for the help. You a 2wd guy? nice rig-

yes i am a fellow 2wheeler haha couldnt quite afford the 4wd in as good as condition mine is. but those spacers are for 2w i am currently running them now
 
1999sr5 said:
the other day when GA was having one of her bi-polar weather days and it was freezing out, i had the heat on and noticed there was heat coming from under the steering column. so i put my hand down there to feel where it was coming from and i found a little vent under there. its like a roller that you can rotate front and back. idk if the earlier models have it but i thought it was cool

Lol, yeah, I found that one too when some female passengers decided to turn the heat all the way up in my 1996 runner, and i kept getting hot air in my face! I hate that, I always have my window open. So for like 15 min I was turning every vent in the car toward them or closing it and after a few min they pointed it out to me! Ive had this 4runner since 2002 and just now found out about that heater there...
 
Just thought I'd add a pic of the specs page of the '99 brochure for reference.

IMG_0002.jpg~original
 
Nice Ron. I had never seen that before.

How do the ground clearance and approach/departure angles compare to other vehicles?
 
Yea I also love the auto up down on my 4runner for the passenger would have been nice to have that on the sunroof also
 
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Yea i had a 1990 4runner and i always wished it had those head rest holders i always just stuck them between the front seats and the folded down ones.
 
the gas tank is 18 gallons?!

My gas gauge is a lil screwy on the truck i just got but the needle was below e and the light was on and i filled it up and it only took 14.3 gallons. So i still had another 4 gallons in there?
 
Yeah, I was wondering the same. I just got my 99 Limited 4x4 and when the gas light went up, I filled the tank and it only took in 13 gallons and some change.

Is there really 5 gallons left when the low fuel indicator light kicks in...

Please share your thoughts.

MDog....
 
I usually run a while with my fuel light on and when my needle is just below E I can fillup with about 15-16 gallons but rarely ever more. There is a little over a gallon of unuseable fuel that won't be sucked up by the fuel pump since it doesn't sit right on the bottom.
 
its funny how this is one of the only vehicles ive seen where the brochure shows the auto getting better milage than the stick counterpart.
 

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