What did you do to/in your 5th Gen today?!

[KVA]

Ordered a steel set of RCI Skids and 650# king coils for the Shrockworks bumper that is shipping next week. I will be officially ready for FJSummit and Moab next month!

How did the rear OME springs work out?

 

[Gabex35]

How did the rear OME springs work out?

i haven't completely loaded it yet but i went up 1.5" over where i was with the CSS coils so i am happy. I'm expecting to drop about .5" with a full load which will put me about 2" over stock. And i fit in the garage so its a big win!

for reference, i am sitting at 40" from ground to bottom of rear fender (centered through axle line) with 33" MTR's

 

[mform]

Finally got the fronts tinted

Came out pretty decent. Photos are a few hours apart so the lighting isnt quite the same. But for $100 (and $6 to the Commonwealth for their non-participation), I'm satisfied.

And for those who will ask, its Llumar 20%. Color is close but not perfect.

 

[HarvestHawk]

Another day another ride up Kennesaw Mountain, this time in matte black. That's Little Kennesaw Mountain in the background.

 

[Saker]

Did my Read Diff Breather Mod AKA Scuba Mod

Here is the Link with Pics:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/1721720-post13.html

 

[AirspeedX]

Greased my u-joints and slip yokes.

I gave the yokes about 12 pumps and still didn't see the shaft slide! Must have been pretty dry, or never done by the previous owner. I took out the nipple to let any excess grease out and nothing came out. Both shafts did this. Wild...

 

[Jeremy556]

Both shafts did this. Wild...

Normal...

Probably like 40-80 pumps from a standard gun for a dry slip yoke, and I'm pretty sure Toyota service departments do not allow grease guns on the premises.

 

[BobsTrail]

Somewhere in Arizona

Thursday

 

[F1scher]

Got rid of the terrible bumper inserts on the trail. Im not a fan of total blackout, so I didnt want to go black on black, and opted for an anthracite metallic grey. Did the back as well, but no pictures yet!

 

[J Hoss]

sitting at my local the stealership, 6 months and 10.3K miles later.This has definitely been the longest period without an oil change of my life! :shocked: Hoping I get my CV boot repaired under warranty, with a Toytec Boss. :embarassed:

 

[2014 Warthog]

Did a little repair to the minor trail damage I got at Moab last week...

Before:



After:



Not exactly a pro job but, hardly noticeable at all unless your actually laying on the ground looking at it

 

[HarvestHawk]

Did a little repair to the minor trail damage I got at Moab last week...

Do you know the name of the trail you were on where this "minor damage" occurred? Is it one of the easy, moderate or difficult trails listed in Charles A. Wells' book Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails? I will be in Moab in July and I'd like to avoid even minor damage. Was this a case of you knew something bad was going to happen before it happened? Sorry so many questions.

 

[2014 Warthog]

Did a little repair to the minor trail damage I got at Moab last week...

Do you know the name of the trail you were on where this "minor damage" occurred? Is it one of the easy, moderate or difficult trails listed in Charles A. Wells' book Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails? I will be in Moab in July and I'd like to avoid even minor damage. Was this a case of you knew something bad was going to happen before it happened? Sorry so many questions.

Well it's hard to say :/ I drug my back end, hitting the tail pipe, the spare tire and the hitch MANY times and I was on the easy trails 90% of the time. A lot of the easy trails were surprisingly, well not difficult really, but "fun". They tested your ability to drive through deep sand and climb over ledges of hard sand or rock up to about 10 inches or so. Some places needed careful thought to not scrape a rock on the underside or a bush down your paint too badly.

The one spot where I really drug my rear was going through Hidden Canyon at a river crossing, there was a sand bar ledge that was high enough to whomp the rear end down on when I went down it. Though I may have been able to avoid it some by going reeeeealy sow over it. I tend to drive a little bit too fast for the terrain sometimes.

ALL of the rear end scrapes I could see coming. They were all from the front tires dropping down a ledge of some kind and you just knew the back end was going to scrape the top of it on the way down.

The Easy trails are all technically easy, but a lot of them are not just graded roads

One super awesome road that was "just" a graded road was the er "Shafer Switchbacks"/Potash Road. You have to pay $10 to enter kings canyon from the top near dead horse point. But you drive down into the canyon on this switch backy road and the entire road has the most amazing views.

Long Canyon was also really nice, though the top was scary at first, very steep, put in 4 low when the road narrows going down. (If going from Dead Horse Point area to Moab) But nothing to scrape and you get to drive under a fallen rock and the views are awesome.

Bartlett Wash road with the side trip to Tusher Tunner were fun and I don't remember any scraping there. Though there are some plants. You drive through a (as of last week) very minimal creek and will get some muddy but no danger of getting stuck at all. Then a fast sandy road till it meets pavement again.

 

[Jhalko]

Did a little repair to the minor trail damage I got at Moab last week...

Do you know the name of the trail you were on where this "minor damage" occurred? Is it one of the easy, moderate or difficult trails listed in Charles A. Wells' book Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails? I will be in Moab in July and I'd like to avoid even minor damage. Was this a case of you knew something bad was going to happen before it happened? Sorry so many questions.

I was just in Moab and did a handful of the easy trails, you'll be fine, his descriptions of the trails are very good. I never even locked the center diff (I have a limited) but it was bone dry and not that sandy on the stuff I did. We were more focused on other thing then off-roading though. I'll head back in the fall and step it up since I'll have a lift and skids.

Plan for carrying a ton of water in July, it's ridiculously hot.

 

[H&KRunner]

beach yoga

 

[AirspeedX]

Normal...

Probably like 40-80 pumps from a standard gun for a dry slip yoke, and I'm pretty sure Toyota service departments do not allow grease guns on the premises.

You were right! 30 pumps later and the shaft finally moved. I took out the nipple to let the excess grease out, not that there was much. Wow - can't believe it was that dry.

 

[HarvestHawk]

Thanks guys.

Warthog, Jhalko... thank you for your thoughts and details on Moab. Last year I managed to make a run on Onion Creek Road, off of Highway 128, all the way back to Fisher Valley. It wasn't much of a of a challenge even in my 2WD Ford Ranger, but the scenery was absolutely fantastic. I found myself wishing I knew more about geology so I could better understand what the heck I was looking at. Nonetheless, I'm hoping for some more challenging terrain this year in the 4Runner but not to the point of wrecking or even damaging it.

 

[3wbdriver]

Installed my Shrokworks step sliders. Thanks Harko!!!

 

[Keemonrunnin]

Picked up these rigid dually's from 4wp's show/sale today. They were blowing these out due to they weren't selling them as quick as they thought. I'll just black out the deegan 38.

 

[Desert Dawg]

Picked up these rigid dually's from 4wp's show/sale today. They were blowing these out due to they weren't selling them as quick as they thought. I'll just black out the deegan 38.

Good find...you'll really like these! :thumb: