Limited Edition Mod Thread

[NB17Limited]

What is “cutout on the reverse for the smart key part”

I just want to see if it can be retrofitted

When you take the front handle off, the sensor is located on the inside or reverse side of the handle. It's a long black piece held in by a couple of screws. You can't see it until you take the handle off.

 

[NB17Limited]

I’m thinking the chrome parts come off from the touch sensor.

Here's another pic. Yes it can come off. Yes it can be retrofitted. Yes it will be more difficult than just painting the chrome one. Again, I doubt you are getting a handle with the ability to just swap over the sensor. Hopefully you are, but I can only find chrome handles that say they work with the smart sensor.

 

[daytonaviolet]

ahh, so looks like you've taken yours off before. so your saying you can't take that black cover off and swap it over to a non smart painted handle?

When you take the front handle off, the sensor is located on the inside or reverse side of the handle. It's a long black piece held in by a couple of screws. You can't see it until you take the handle off.

 

[daytonaviolet]

Here's another pic. Yes it can come off. Yes it can be retrofitted. Yes it will be more difficult than just painting the chrome one. Again, I doubt you are getting a handle with the ability to just swap over the sensor. Hopefully you are, but I can only find chrome handles that say they work with the smart sensor.

I’m hoping the painted white handles w/o smart sensors look identical to the handle on the left.

Thanks for the pic. Else I’ll just have the body shop paint it.

 

[NB17Limited]

ahh, so looks like you've taken yours off before. so your saying you can't take that black cover off and swap it over to a non smart painted handle?

Yep. I stripped all the chrome off at one point to sand and paint it. Took a long time (full day) to do but I think it was well worth it to not have plastidip and not have to pay someone to paint them. As far as I know, the chrome and nightshade chrome are the only front handles that accommodate the smart sensor.

The option other than color matching is to pick a complimentary color to your vehicle color. For me, I did magnetic gray over all the chrome on a nautical blue 4Runner. This pic is a few weeks old and I've since replaced the headlights and fog lights but the chrome replacement color is still there.

 

[daytonaviolet]

Yep. I stripped all the chrome off at one point to sand and paint it. Took a long time (full day) to do but I think it was well worth it to not have plastidip and not have to pay someone to paint them. As far as I know, the chrome and nightshade chrome are the only front handles that accommodate the smart sensor.

The option other than color matching is to pick a complimentary color to your vehicle color. For me, I did magnetic gray over all the chrome on a nautical blue 4Runner. This pic is a few weeks old and I've since replaced the headlights and fog lights but the chrome replacement color is still there.

Let’s see the magnetic grey over the chrome door handles

 

[NB17Limited]

Let’s see the magnetic grey over the chrome door handles

Not a great picture but it also shows the now gray window molding.

 

[daytonaviolet]

Not a great picture but it also shows the now gray window molding.

Looks interesting, what did you use to paint over the chrome ?

 

[NB17Limited]

Looks interesting, what did you use to paint over the chrome ?

Sanded, self etching primer, base coat, 2K high gloss clear.

 

[silverado1957]

After having my dealer paint and install the SR5 flares on the rear doors since I removed the lower trim, I asked about matching P. Blizzard handles. After some research she called back and said the Highlander Pearl Blizzard with smart key will work on my Limited.

Had another project pop up (Kitchen's are so damn expensive) so I didnt follow up on the handles. Check with your dealer to validate...if it'll work as she said, that's a great solution.

 

[daytonaviolet]

After having my dealer paint and install the SR5 flares on the rear doors since I removed the lower trim, I asked about matching P. Blizzard handles. After some research she called back and said the Highlander Pearl Blizzard with smart key will work on my Limited.

Had another project pop up (Kitchen's are so damn expensive) so I didnt follow up on the handles. Check with your dealer to validate...if it'll work as she said, that's a great solution.

interesting.. I’ll look into this [emoji56]

 

[sleepsontoilet]

After having my dealer paint and install the SR5 flares on the rear doors since I removed the lower trim, I asked about matching P. Blizzard handles. After some research she called back and said the Highlander Pearl Blizzard with smart key will work on my Limited.

Had another project pop up (Kitchen's are so damn expensive) so I didnt follow up on the handles. Check with your dealer to validate...if it'll work as she said, that's a great solution.

interesting.. I’ll look into this [emoji56]

Please do, as I'd love to find a cost effective way to remove the chrome.

 

[BIGpharma]

Thank you all who helped me tackle lifting the XREAS on my 4Runner!

Installed eibach pro truck sport shocks with dobinsons coils and I couldn’t be happier! I have a slight .5” driver side lean that I may address down the line.

I zip tied my XREAS lines for now as I really need a break before I go under again.

Achieved the lift I was after and the road feels so much better.

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[bowhun2r]

Thank you all who helped me tackle lifting the XREAS on my 4Runner!

Installed eibach pro truck sport shocks with dobinsons coils and I couldn’t be happier! I have a slight .5” driver side lean that I may address down the line.

I zip tied my XREAS lines for now as I really need a break before I go under again.

Achieved the lift I was after and the road feels so much better.

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And now the front bumper swap...it never ends. But that's the fun part.

Truck looks great.

 

[RobGlez510]

Lots of good looking LE's here. Gives me some inspiration. I would love to do the front /rear bumper swap someday.

 

[BIGpharma]

And now the front bumper swap...it never ends. But that's the fun part.

Truck looks great.

The bumper swaps are definitely on my next big item purchase list!

For now, I am waiting for my shrockworks rockers to be ready for pick up, need to remove XREAS, and unfortunately may need to install driver lean spacers. I have a .5" lean on the front and rear. Those rear coils were such a pain to wedge in

 

[ScubaGypsy]

Newbie forum member here though I purchased my Limited in August 2018 and have put 58k miles on it. I retired April 2019 and have since been doing extensive trips along the east coast, south and Canada in pursuit of scuba diving sites. The 4R has allowed me to get into seldom dove places such as mines and caves, as well as ice, which is why I decided to purchase it.

For those interested, here's a link to an ice dive in Vermont in March 2019 , a mine dive in Newfoundland in July 2019 and a recent May 2020 mine dive in Missouri where the 4R is briefly shown in each.

However I am having cargo space issues and am wondering if I should have gone with a 4x4 Sprinter. As one can see in the side view garage photograph, the 4R is about as large as I can fit in my garage so anything bigger would need to be outside.

I added some D-rings in the cargo area to hold up some of my tanks. The bottom picture shows two sets of doubles and a stage but I have been traveling with 4-5 sets of doubles and 4 stages. The other stages I put on the floor in front of the rear bench. I also added a couple of stainless baskets used in a shower to place smaller odds & ends that were always bouncing around & hard to find.

I just recently purchased Yokohama 275/55R20 tires for the wider footprint and heavier load capabilities.

I'm now looking at the Thule Motion XT XXL cargo carrier with the Thule AeroBlade edge rack system. However it appears to me that I should install a full rail system instead of the OEM 3/4 rails in order to best accommodate such a large carrier. Sure appreciate any advice folks can provide for this as I'm not seeing any particular thread or full rail link that addresses this though I'm likely overlooking some.

 

[sleepsontoilet]

Welded out a Coastal Offroad front bumper and finally mounted my TRDfeaux grill today in between rain storms.

 

[bret56]

Transformation complete. 6 weeks ago this was a limited. You wouldn’t know that anymore. A lot of time and work has gone into this build. Happy to have it done (for now)

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[sleepsontoilet]

Transformation complete.

Did you do stock rocker panels or shrockworks? Looks great!