What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[Riceye]

Where can I get a set of these? They look good!

Stubbs sliders

 

[SiamSam]

Attempted to change the spark plugs wires and belts, got all of it except the driver side plugs. I dont kniw whats going on if theyre rounded out but theyre nit the same size and I cant get them out. My 5/8 wont catch on any of them. I got angry and plugged in the wires and went inside. Here I am.

 

[Wedgy]

Where can I get a set of these? They look good!

Rocksliders

Rock Sliders - Tucked in look? Pics Please

 

[octanejunkie]

replaced with new OEM gaskets

I'd reuse em

 

[det107]

...I got angry and plugged in the wires and went inside. Here I am.

Rational move there, son. :beer:

When the heat outdoors subsides, take a flashlight & look. Mebbe different size socket?

 

[kevinRR]

Got new tires Falken Wildpeak 265/75/16 installed at discount tires $586 or so out the door.

 

[kevinRR]

Attempted to change the spark plugs wires and belts, got all of it except the driver side plugs. I dont kniw whats going on if theyre rounded out but theyre nit the same size and I cant get them out. My 5/8 wont catch on any of them. I got angry and plugged in the wires and went inside. Here I am.

That sucks! Who ever change out the plugs should get kick in the knee.

 

[SiamSam]

Rational move there, son. :beer:

When the heat outdoors subsides, take a flashlight & look. Mebbe different size socket?

It wasnt too bad out. I think they're rounded and I'm not dealing with it right now. I bought this second hand from a guy and he cut a lot of corners doing his own work to it. I'm slowly finding all of his errors.
Also I'm a girl. Haha

 

[pdsutton]

Put the recently refurbed CC unit back in (big thanks to JRZEE2000TR4LTD!!!!). Also, a shout out to EIMKeith, his Panhard Correction Kit is the business, 1 week in and loving the feel of the back end being more controlled.

 

[pdsutton]

Oh, and I put the 265/70/R16 back on the spare. Despite many contrary statements, a 265/75/R16 does NOT fit in there when you have an OEM hitch.

 

[Dezert4Runner]

Did some old school Toyota magic to my side markers!

 

[Quantumkiwi]

Did about 6 hours of welding, building myself a custom swing arm for my Coastal Offroad bumper. I feel like I might have gone a bit overboard with 1/8 in wall 2 x 2 tubing, but it does feel pretty skookum.

I need to update my build thread, will have to take some pictures tomorrow when it's light.

 

[AL B.]

Did front brakes today. Need new wheel bearings up front. Anyone in the socal area recommend a 4R friendly shop in Riv Co?

 

[JZiggy]

Oh, and I put the 265/70/R16 back on the spare. Despite many contrary statements, a 265/75/R16 does NOT fit in there when you have an OEM hitch.

My 265/75R16 does. What was the hangup? Hitting the panhard bar?

 

[pdsutton]

Yeah, it was rubbing the Panhard bar. Interestingly, even when I put the old 265/70 in there it was incredibly close! It may be a manufacturing tolerance stack-up issue. I measured the distance from Panhard to the furthest point of tow hitch = 31". So there is definitely not room for a 265/75 on my 4runner.
Once I noticed this, I did a bit more searching and found that some people had the same issue, but others (like you) had zero issues.
Its all good though, the only time I have ever used my spare was in Big Bend, when I ignored the advice of a Park Ranger (back when I had road tires).

 

[JMat]

Removed my old torn up leather steering wheel and replaced it with a nice looking one from a 2000 that I picked up at Pick n Pull.

 

[carp73]

Not today but in the last couple weeks got done with a few projects. Re-geared front and rear to 5.29 thanks to ECGS for a super simple and cost effective route. Rear is leaking ever so slightly from the bottom but I'm in no mood to redo the whole thing right now. All well. I'm currently still running 33's and I actually like it as long as I don't run the freeway much. I think it'll be fine for a while until I need new tires and go with 35's

Also did the manual hub conversion and rebuilt the hub dials and pressed the new hubs and bearings into the 4runner spindles. Overall pretty simple process hardest part was torquing the hub nut by myself. Many thanks to [MENTION=120071]mtbtim[/MENTION] and his super helpful video. Still need to reboot the CV's but they should be ok for a little while

And finally installed SPC UCA's. About to go in for the alignment later today. We'll see how that goes (firestone lifetime alignment) EDIT: so I guess I got it pretty close just setting the caster to G setting and leaving the camber slides all the way in (towards engine). They just had to adjust toe a little. They also didn't charge me for tire rotation so that was pretty sweet!

Now just waiting for my 4xinnovations rear bumper/swingout and skids and the truck will be ready for this summer!

 

[carp73]

So much YES on a volume knob! I cannot believe that some new cars come without them. It's such a basic need. I have an older version of the same radio.

I agree 100%! I got the Alpine ILX107 with the wireless CarPlay which is a fantastic feature but with no volume knob it's ALMOST not worth it!

 

[carp73]

thanks
in taking the ferry, part of my bucket list and less wear and tear on fully loaded 4runner
but seriously, thanks for the offer

I grew up in Juneau and last I heard the state was talking about cutting the budget and getting rid of the ferry system. Hope that doesn't happen! A lot of the coastal towns depend on it especially with no roads out. I remember going to high school sporting events on the Ferry. Good times

 

[det107]

Also I'm a girl. Haha

My sincerest apologies !!

Let us know what happens next :zoom: