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

1st of all, OLD? dude, 54 here...get to where i am, then you can consider yourself oldER...jk

secondly, like that add on...looking that up right now.


My addition to the thread, some well needed scheduled maintenance.

oil change, filters change, saw how rusty my bash-plate is getting, so an aluminum one will be on order on the other side of the winter months...and rotated my tires...

its a wonderful thing to wrench your fav vehicle on a wonderfully beatiful Autumn afternoon, 65 degrees, no bugs, touches of sunshine and shadow on my quiet street.
 
Arrived in the Smokey mountains from daytona beach. Went to cades cove
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Camped out and explored Johnson Valley.
 

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What I did this weekend

Went up into the pine trees this weekend to do some stargazing. Was foiled by clouds, but got to have fun working with my 4Runner. I put an OVS 180 Awning on the 4Runner and tried out the walls with it. Here's a video I shot of it, and I'll attach some photos too.

OVS 180 Awning Wall Review - YouTube
 

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Installed the AMD with OldRed's harness. Easy install.

The AMD itself is now available from Toyota after being unavailable in the states for like a year or two.

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Took about a week of intermittent work, but I finally finished up my front fender cuts to fit the 35s. You don't notice it at a glance, but I've got about an extra 1.5" more space at the rear of the fender and .5" to 1" more at the top of the fender. No more crunching fenders for me!

Overall, I'd give this a 6/10 on difficulty. It's honestly not hard, but talking yourself into taking an angle grinder to a perfectly good fender takes some gumption.

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I bought 23SR5

I got it delivered to my job today :D and have never been so happy ! Went and got the windows tinted ! I think it looks good so far, trying to find some other ideas hopefully one here somewhere ! Thanks Attached is photo
 

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Replaced front rotors and rear pads, like working on it. A few months ago, ran 2 gauge wire to the back and attached a warn winch plug front and back. Makes loading the raft back on the trailer way nicer. Hook up the winch and watch it work for you.
 
Did part of Section 3 of the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route (WABDR) with a group of friends for a buddy's bday. This section starts in Ellensburg, winds up through the Cascade Mountains, and eventually drops down into Wenatchee. Some epic views from up there and we got above all that wildfire smoke/ash. Made it halfway and decided it was best to turn around, as there were multiple points on the trail that got super tight due to some fallen trees. We had some larger rigs with us - a Ram 2500 Prospector XL AEV, Chevy Silverado Duramax, and a lifted F150 Crew Cab. There was no way the Ram would have made it through without sustaining damage.
 

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front rotors and pads. stocks made it 75k miles, pads had some life left but the rotors were warped pretty bad. going to have the stock rotors turned and use them next time when these vatozone rotors wear.
 
Modified my Rokblokz so they won't get ripped off my bumper every time I drive over a rock bigger than my fist. Cut off the bottom 6 or 7" and attached some 3/16" rubber in its place. Functional, meets WA state requirements for mudflaps, and I think they look pretty good too.

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Fall fun here in Iowa.
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What does this do?

It's an accessory display above the radio that is more than just a clock. Range, outside temp, compass, and clock. it also flashes across the MTS selection when you choose it from up above. I believe it was orange in the Trail Editions from 10-13 and one year in blue in 2014. A member OldRed made a harness for people to install the blue ones, if they could get them, into their later years. At least I think that's the story.

I got lucky and the previous owner actually installed one in my 2018. Just dumb luck that my dealer had my 4R on the lot when I was buying with the completely rare display in it. I thought it was normal until someone pointed it out here a few months ago.

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Looking for new 4R after today

RIP
Lucky day to walk away…
Wearing seatbelt and dogs were in their kennels that were anchored in the back

Looking for a new 4Runner
 

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