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

You may not want to do that so much...
After I hooked up my Scangauge and saw how much heat is introduced into the transmission from downshifting I decided to just use the brakes more often. You would be shocked by how quickly the temps get over 200.

Just my .02

On that note is any reason why 4Runner is not available with manual tranamission? That always bugged me.
 
Been there. Done that. ...with Alamo and Red McCombs on my 2008 Tacoma. I eventually got North Park Toyota to fix it after they moved down by the Tundra Plant. ...and then I sold it. Go figure.

Best of luck with it! I hope Alamo has gotten better since they moved up 281. They are about 5 minutes from my office, but I still use Toyota of Boerne. So far so good.

I bought my truck in Boerne, but I live near Alamo.

I called this morning to tell them I'm bringing it back, and of course when the tech goes for a ride with me, it doesn't make the noise. :shrug:
 
Took a trip to Padre Island National Seashore and did some 4wheeling while going to little shell beach. In my AT-20 tires no less. They performed really well. Everyone is saying how bad they are, but I had no trouble in soft sand at all.
 
Here's the first video from my recent trip,shot using the Mavic Pro drone. It's a really nice tracking shot through a winding, desert canyon:.

Nice vid!

Does the Mavic set it's own altitude and obstacle avoidance? I was just wondering how tall the rock tops were. Did it try to fly above them or simply stayed in the canyon with you. It seemed to take very natural and logical tracks. Or do you have to input a flight plan by some means?
 
Took some new photos on a great day here in AZ. Gonna be scorching hot soon.

Anybody here on Instagram? here is a link to mine
 

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Took a trip to Padre Island National Seashore and did some 4wheeling while going to little shell beach. In my AT-20 tires no less. They performed really well. Everyone is saying how bad they are, but I had no trouble in soft sand at all.

Problems I've had with the AT20 Dunlaps were more in relation to snow, ice, rain, rock, and balancing.
 
I bought my truck in Boerne, but I live near Alamo.

I called this morning to tell them I'm bringing it back, and of course when the tech goes for a ride with me, it doesn't make the noise. :shrug:

I'm the other way around. Live in Boerne. Work right next to Alamo's new location.
 
Great picture of the lights!

May I ask what you used for the lights, including the fog lights? They're not stock right?

Just recently got s 4Runner so am looking for quick mods that add to the appearance before digging into more heavy mods.


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Thank you very much!
I used to have leds in both the low beams and fogs but now only the fogs and high beams since I like HIDS better in the Lows.
These lighting mods will def change the appearance.

You can see my low beam video here


You can see my Fog Light video here


And my Favorite, the Full Led swap video here

You can see my full build page here to see the other lighting mods such as the bars, pods, switchback turns and tail as turns mods.
thank you!
 
Hung out with Chris Hefty and crew for a good part of the day and got my winch and front bumper installed. Great family business with quality product and good people. Also setup my Crazy Beaver shovel/axe rack as well. Great product for those whose shovel can't go too high if you still want to fit in the garage! :)
 

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Hung out with Chris Hefty and crew for a good part of the day and got my winch and front bumper installed. Great family business with quality product and good people. Also setup my Crazy Beaver shovel/axe rack as well. Great product for those whose shovel can't go too high if you still want to fit in the garage! :)

What basket do you have on your roof? And what brackets did you use to attach your shovel/axe?
 
You may not want to do that so much...
After I hooked up my Scangauge and saw how much heat is introduced into the transmission from downshifting I decided to just use the brakes more often. You would be shocked by how quickly the temps get over 200.

Just my .02

Can confirm Antman's obersevations. Use your brakes.

My father told me once: "Would you rather spend a couple hundred replacing brakes or a couple thousand replacing a transmission?"

...food for thought.

Interesting I never really thought about that... yeah warped rotors and brake pads are much more "disposable items" than a transmission.


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With most trucks and such, you'd be fine. Problem is, the torque converter on these things unlock on decel and won't lock at all on 1-3. That's where all of the heat comes from. If it would keep the torque converter locked, you wouldn't see much if any temp increase as well as facilitate more engine braking.
 

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