What did you do with your 4runner today?

[Bigrupp]

Drove it straight to work to pay for all these new mods I want!

Better plan on working LOTS of overtime!

 

[calvinv8sr5]

See if you can find someone local that has the Gibson. I love mine. Nice low rumble, nice sound at WOT, but quite enough for around town cruising.

Not sure what kind of turbo it is,but it sounds good to me

live action!!

 

[flipflopnfly]

Here is what my problem is for past 3 years: Engage to 4H no problem, center lock engage no problem (I found it is always easier for center lock to engage while in Neutral). Then since 4L always requires to be engaged only in Neutral, so I was trying it whenever I have a chance, 4Lo will just always blink in orange and never stop blinking, which means not engaged. Sometimes I will try to rock the car back and forth just a bit but always hearing the beep since 4Lo will only be engageable while in Neutral.

Here is exactly what i did yesterday to resolve this problem:
Went to Rausch Creek (past weekend), bumped the crap out of my car. Tried engaging at end of the day of Rausch Creek, still only go the 4Lo to blink. Did not stay on.
Yesterday, went to WAWA and it was a hot day, 85F to be exact according to 4runner. Turn on the car, shift knob at P, turn to 4H, engaged, then shift to N, feet on the brake, shift to 4L, only got blinking 4Lo, while 4Lo is still blinking (4WD knob at 4L) shift from N to D then to 3D then to 2 and then to L while the car is still stationary (feet on the brake the whole process), then shift from L to 2 to 3D to D and back to N, this entire process car was beeping at me because I am not supposed to have my shifter out of N while trying to engage to 4L. Now the shifter is in N and it still beeps becuase I did not reset 4wd knob back to 4H. So I turned it back to 4H and turned to 4L again, wa-lah, 4Lo blinked once and stayed on, I was literally in tears cuz this saved me about $2500 according to a quote proved by my local toyota dealer. So then I had to stay in 4Low to drive as much as I can to avoid the 4L being stuck/sticky again. Then I made sure I am able to switch back to 4L after it disengages, then drove away in 2H. Last night tried it again, worked fine, so now I officially have 4Low.

Sounds like good troubleshooting. Try everything reasonable and see how it works out. If it doesn't work out move to stage two. I'm a big fan of dielectric grease on all electrical connections so I'd slap some onto the transfer case connections.

 

[Bigrupp]

1" body lift installed. Lots of room to move the sliders up. They are bolted with welds in the front cause there weren't any bolt holes. So I'll have to cut it off and modify it somehow so it can be welded on when it's moved up. Finally getting somewhere with it.

 

[andy2008]

Sounds like good troubleshooting. Try everything reasonable and see how it works out. If it doesn't work out move to stage two. I'm a big fan of dielectric grease on all electrical connections so I'd slap some onto the transfer case connections.

I love our 11 TE has the old school 4wd shift lever opposed to dash switch. I make sure monthly to run my 08 in 4h/4L hopefully to prevent that same thing from happening.


Sent from West Virginia

 

[jaket96]

Better plan on working LOTS of overtime!

Oh I do trust me.

 

[hgill]

Gave it a wash and took the plasti dip off the Toyota emblem and V8 badge after installing the Limited Grill on the my Sport. Definitely like the color matched grille better. I still cant believe this thing is 10 years old already.

 

[Gunther792]

Today I got my 2008 4Runner back from the body shop after being professionally buffed and waxed and polished and whatever other magic he did to get my natural white paint back to a mirror finish

Over the last 2 weeks I rolled over 100k and performed quite a few PMs including draining and filling the diffs and transfer case with Mobil 1, flushing the power steering system, new spark plugs, new serpentine belt, greasing the drive shafts and an oil change.

 

[Roadtripr]

A friend fixed the AUX port in the center compartment by soldering a connection so I can select to turn the AUX switch by doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpQhX7fvjko

You need to be a gynecologist or used some tool pop out the assembly w/o removing the center console

 

[EdmundGTP]

$1100 in some due/past-due maintenance @ the stealership. :sad::sad::sad:

-Differential Fluid
-Transfer Case Fluid
-Transmission Fluid
-Power Steering Fluid, and hose replacement
-Brake Fluid
-Coolant
-Wheel Stud Replacement

Bit steep but I just don't have the patience or energy to do it myself this time of year in Phoenix.. :flame::flame::flame::flame::flame:

 

[Bluesky 07]

Today I got my 2008 4Runner back from the body shop after being professionally buffed and waxed and polished and whatever other magic he did to get my natural white paint back to a mirror finish

This caught my eye because I owned a white Xterra for 11 years and had the same issue. Turned out Nissan didn't clear coat their white vehicles, at least when I bought mine in 2003. Is Toyota the same? If so, that surprises me.

Frankly, it sucked and I never would have bought a white X had I known.

 

[andy2008]

Washed them[emoji13]


Sent from West Virginia

 

[Morphyne]

Today I got my 2008 4Runner back from the body shop after being professionally buffed and waxed and polished and whatever other magic he did to get my natural white paint back to a mirror finish

Over the last 2 weeks I rolled over 100k and performed quite a few PMs including draining and filling the diffs and transfer case with Mobil 1, flushing the power steering system, new spark plugs, new serpentine belt, greasing the drive shafts and an oil change.

Can I get some pics on this? I have a white runner and really need this done.

 

[blackoutt]

Oil change and tire rotation. Started prying around to find a newly developed springy clunk that was more apparent on the front right but also on the front left. Ended up being my SPC upper control arm ball joints with lots of play :cry2: they aren't even a year old yet! Contacted them about warranty/upgrade to the latest part so we'll see what happens.

 

[n.douglas]

Exhaust chop and installed a toytec diff drop. Looks way better without the exhaust and theres been no change in sound

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[NuclearN8]

Paint Correction

We bought our 2007 in 2012 and by all accounts the first owner garage kept it because the paint was in great shape. Our rental house hassn't allow covered or garage parking for the past 4 years it's been sitting outside in the driveway. While I've tried to keep it washed and clean as much as possible, 4 years had taken it's toll on the Natural White paint job. It was obviously cloudy, faded and covered with various contaminants. Now that we're moving in a few weeks I decided it was time to see if I could recover the paint and hit the reset button.

I started off with a wash, then clayed it, then broke out the Flex DA buffer and Wolfgang products. For extra protection I put a coat of Collinite 845 over top the Wolfgang sealant...

After 5 hours, it turned out much better than I thought it would and has me thinking I may not trade it in later this year, early next year as I was planning to when I bought my new vehicle.... It may be time to say goodbye to Carol The Corolla (2005 with 190,000 miles) instead and let the wifey drive Stella full time.

Here's the results:

 

[dta1984]

We bought our 2007 in 2012 and by all accounts the first owner garage kept it because the paint was in great shape. Our rental house hassn't allow covered or garage parking for the past 4 years it's been sitting outside in the driveway. While I've tried to keep it washed and clean as much as possible, 4 years had taken it's toll on the Natural White paint job. It was obviously cloudy, faded and covered with various contaminants. Now that we're moving in a few weeks I decided it was time to see if I could recover the paint and hit the reset button.

I started off with a wash, then clayed it, then broke out the Flex DA buffer and Wolfgang products. For extra protection I put a coat of Collinite 845 over top the Wolfgang sealant...

After 5 hours, it turned out much better than I thought it would and has me thinking I may not trade it in later this year, early next year as I was planning to when I bought my new vehicle.... It may be time to say goodbye to Carol The Corolla (2005 with 190,000 miles) instead and let the wifey drive Stella full time.

Here's the results:

Looks good! The wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant and Collinite 845 is my favorite combo! It really lasts!

 

[bhsdriller]

First time towing anything with the 4runner and it did surprisingly well...idk how the v6 would of done but zero complaints with the v8. Was about 250 miles round trip

 

[Slowgoat]

First time towing anything with the 4runner and it did surprisingly well...idk how the v6 would of done but zero complaints with the v8. Was about 250 miles round trip

Is that a 65?

 

[blackoutt]

Oil change and tire rotation. Started prying around to find a newly developed springy clunk that was more apparent on the front right but also on the front left. Ended up being my SPC upper control arm ball joints with lots of play :cry2: they aren't even a year old yet! Contacted them about warranty/upgrade to the latest part so we'll see what happens.

Fair warning, I bought my control arms on eBay through a reseller so SPC would not warranty directly. Luckily they were helpful enough to tell me what was needed to get my reseller through to their distributor and back to SPC to allow them to send replacements. A little extra headache and work but an understandable process and still great customer service. Surprisingly quick too.