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

[Ray Dunakin]

Ran a lot of errands today in preparation for my upcoming Nevada/Mojave ghost town trip. Then spent the evening cleaning and reorganizing the cargo area, and started getting a few things packed.

I'm REALLY looking forward to this trip. I've researched a lot of interesting sites that I haven't visited before in 30+ years of exploration.

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[ElectroBoy]

What's the purpose of these, please don't say rust.

This is what’s in the Ebay description of this item:

"Composition: 4PCS/（1SET）. Protect your car lock buckle off being rusty. Dashboard Cover. Reduce noise and vibration when closing the door. Digital Photos Will Be Required For All Cases. Why Buy From us."

Clear enough? :shocked:

 

[12Bravo4R]

What 3.5" speakers do you have on hand?

JBLs...to replace the Focal tweeters I’ve already toasted [emoji52]

I was looking for something a bit more plug and play, like the Focals were


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[Melovesha]

CeramicPro

Coated and protected... 2015, looks better than new!

 

[A10MileHusker]

As a note for anyone in the Portland, OR area looking for a place to wrench, Gearheads Garage in Tigard is an absolutely amazing place. They have spaces (with well-stocked tools) to rent with or without a 2-post lift. Prices are super reasonable and Mike, the owner, is true blue.

Looks good.

Gearhead is awesome! If you ever need a hand feel free to reach out to me. Happy to help if I can.

I've done all the work on both of my rigs.

 

[HurricanePDX]

After close to 2 years of lurking and plotting on here I purchased a new 2018 TRD ORP last Wednesday

Just in time for a pre-planned camping trip on Thursday

Loved every second of it

Also picked up a Scosche Magic Mount (as the first "mod") based on a friend recommendation. Held up surprisingly well on gravel roads and some bumpy trails. Really like how low-profile it is

 

[A10MileHusker]

After close to 2 years of lurking and plotting on here I purchased a new 2018 TRD ORP last Wednesday


Just in time for a pre-planned camping trip on Thursday

Loved every second of it

Also picked up a Scosche Magic Mount (as the first "mod") based on a friend recommendation. Held up surprisingly well on gravel roads and some bumpy trails. Really like how low-profile it is

Sweet! I'll keep my eye out for you. I'm in PDX (Beaverton) as well with a black TRDORP.
This is the best picture I have of my current set up right now.

Hope to see you around

 

[djo.bike]

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What case is that on your rack? Thanks!

 

[skt4271]

This is what’s in the Ebay description of this item:

"Composition: 4PCS/（1SET）. Protect your car lock buckle off being rusty. Dashboard Cover. Reduce noise and vibration when closing the door. Digital Photos Will Be Required For All Cases. Why Buy From us."

Clear enough? :shocked:

Sounds like snake oil. Hell's that a dashboard cover?

 

[TeeDub21]

SCS in the house!

Look what the creative UPS driver hid at my house! Can’t wait to get them installed!

 

[HurricanePDX]

Sweet! I'll keep my eye out for you. I'm in PDX (Beaverton) as well with a black TRDORP.
This is the best picture I have of my current set up right now.

Hope to see you around

Awesome, yeah I'll keep an eye out as well. Recently moved out of Portland to Hillsboro to be closer to work. Don't miss that commute whatsoever!

Cheers

 

[2016 4Runner SR5]

JBLs...to replace the Focal tweeters I’ve already toasted [emoji52]

I was looking for something a bit more plug and play, like the Focals were


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There is nothing plug and play unfortunately. Here's what I did with mine. Removed the plastic plug from the OEM tweeter, removed the OEM cap from the plug, soldered my wiring to it. That's about as plug and play as you're going to get. No modification to the factory wiring at all.

 

[12Bravo4R]

There is nothing plug and play unfortunately. Here's what I did with mine. Removed the plastic plug from the OEM tweeter, removed the OEM cap from the plug, soldered my wiring to it. That's about as plug and play as you're going to get. No modification to the factory wiring at all.

Thanks, those are the JBL's I have.

Pics saved for a later date when I have 2 functioning arms to work with. Rotator cuff and bicep tendon surgery last week has me pretty restricted for the time being :crutch:

 

[2016 4Runner SR5]

Thanks, those are the JBL's I have.

Pics saved for a later date when I have 2 functioning arms to work with. Rotator cuff and bicep tendon surgery last week has me pretty restricted for the time being :crutch:

You got it. What I can tell you that you absolutely have to do is remove the cup that's under the OEM dash speaker grill. You will also have to remove about half of the very tall plastic ring around the surround of these JBL speakers or the grill will not go back on.

 

[ayeyothisiskyle]

Look what the creative UPS driver hid at my house! Can’t wait to get them installed!

Man, everyone in Canada are polite! UPS driver left mine on the first step of my porch.

 

[TeeDub21]

Man, everyone in Canada are polite! UPS driver left mine on the first step of my porch.

I’m not in Canada. Vancouver Washington. On my UPS app I requested he leave them at the side door and signed the online release. We’re out of town so my neighbor put them in my garage. Good neighbor!

 

[2016 4Runner SR5]

Today, Serviced my rear diff @ 11,652 miles. Plug had quite a bit of dust on it, no chunks or chips at all. Oil was pretty dark and had a silver swirl in the drain pan. Happy to have it out of there, surprised at how dirty it was after such a short time with zero towing or off road use at all. Front diff will be some time next week, didn't feel like dropping the front skid plate off it tonight.

Yesterday, ordered these
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4PCS-FIT-F...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

 

[chiz45]

Battery crapped out at exactly 48 months, with 42k miles. Replaced the Panasonic with an Odyssey 34R1500.

 

[FrenchToasty]

Battery crapped out at exactly 48 months, with 42k miles. Replaced the Panasonic with an Odyssey 34R1500.

Is the ody serviceable/filled w water? I'm pretty sure my panisonic took a dumb because the heat here boiled off water and I didn't catch it in time. The Vegas heat may have cooked yours too

 

[Dayhiker]

Today I installed this sound deadener: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00URUIKAK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I did the doors and the rear hatch. I'm sure a professional shop could have done a better job than I and I know there's probably much better products and layering to be done, but I'm on the budget plan. What I ordered was more than enough for the doors and the rear. I'll be taking a longer drive tomorrow and will have a good guage on if it helped much. I was pretty surprised to see next to nothing for insulation behind the door panels in my 2014 Limited. My K02's have about 16k miles on them and definitely are getting noisier as they go. I'm hoping to install this above the roof liner this Friday. Every little bit should help is my hope.

One of my biggest reasons for doing this was adding an additional layer to help with heating/cooling. There is no ventilation to the 3rd row which I do use for my kids. We've used portable small fans and put the middle pass through in the 2nd row down to help. I'd love to step up to a Land Cruiser/LX570 but the 4runner is paid off and kids are expensive.