What did you do with your 4runner today?

[Urbanrunner716]

Found a 5th gen friend to spend some quality parking time with.

Like your wheels! What did you paint them with?

 

[AdmiralAugbar]

Like your wheels! What did you paint them with?

Plastidip, I also plastidipped all the emblems. Really like the gray/black combo. Next up will most likely be larger tires + spidertrax

 

[97BlackAckCL]

Found a 5th gen friend to spend some quality parking time with.

I like parking by other Toyotas, I always tell my Runner to have fun talking to each other in Japanese

 

[Urbanrunner716]

Plastidip, I also plastidipped all the emblems. Really like the gray/black combo. Next up will most likely be larger tires + spidertrax

Thanks! That's what it looked like but I wasn't sure. Your pic makes me really want to do my wheels now. +1 on the spidertrax, you'll love the way it looks with them

 

[S p a r k y]

Thanks! That's what it looked like but I wasn't sure. Your pic makes me really want to do my wheels now. +1 on the spidertrax, you'll love the way it looks with them

come by and check mine out again if needed. Paint over dip makes it last longer! Also I just did my bosses 08 limited cluster with an LED swap. Who's next!!!

 

[A10MileHusker]

Thanx brotha,
Appreciate that bit of info...that's awesome. So for a light bar you just need one, a pair of pods you need two, that seems to be the deal?
And if I don't have rigid lighting then I need to find where I can purchase a deutsch connector and wire that to the end of my light bars or pods wiring..correct?

and as far as your other post of seeing your rig from the outside for the first time...
It's pretty trippy I recently was in the same scenario being behind my chick as she was driving our rig as well ...so how many things did you notice that you need to fix or adjust. lol I found two that bothered me and thought damn I wonder if other people notice that, fix that right away.

Your thinking is mostly correct but if you have LED lights that just have pigtails at the end, you can simply add a 9006 female connector and plug it directly to the male connector from the factory wiring.

Haha saw a couple things I need to fix as well including a new taillight. Couple of the led lights are out.

Let me know if you have any other questions man!

 

[A10MileHusker]

Had to drill out my front diff plug. Stupid thing was stripped. I must have torqued it too much last time I tightened it.

Got it out with a lot of cussing and drilling. Then more cussing and used an extractor.

Then lost the magnets in the diff case. SO... flushed it twice and used another magnet to fish the magnet pieces out. ugh... what a pain...

but it is done.

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I just had the same issue. However I welded a nut on the end so I could get some extra grip with a ratchet.

Glad you got it out!

 

[03v8raleigh]

Got an alignment and balance since the camber was visibly off and car shakes at highway speeds, and was wearing the outside edge of the front tires significantly because of it. Not too happy with these final results though. The car has a 2.5" spacer lift and stock UCA's.. should the camber be able to reach 0.0? I want these tires to last as long as possible. Caster seems not perfect either but it drives ok, but doesn't stay in its lane as well as my other cars.
All opinions appreciated!

(Work was done at Toyota dealer)

 

[07V8]

You need UCAs

 

[Oneluv13T4R]

Your thinking is mostly correct but if you have LED lights that just have pigtails at the end, you can simply add a 9006 female connector and plug it directly to the male connector from the factory wiring.

Haha saw a couple things I need to fix as well including a new taillight. Couple of the led lights are out.

Let me know if you have any other questions man!

You mean this just got better for me!! Since I happen to have a couple female connectors I clipped from the junkyard last time I was there to replace any future possible bad connectors. This is rad.

You da man
Thanx again brotha.

Miah

 

[superman3043]

Got an alignment and balance since the camber was visibly off and car shakes at highway speeds, and was wearing the outside edge of the front tires significantly because of it. Not too happy with these final results though. The car has a 2.5" spacer lift and stock UCA's.. should the camber be able to reach 0.0? I want these tires to last as long as possible. Caster seems not perfect either but it drives ok, but doesn't stay in its lane as well as my other cars.
All opinions appreciated!

(Work was done at Toyota dealer)

Dealer did this? They were able to get your caster in spec when they should have prioritized camber. With stock UCA's and lift you can haz one or the other, not both.

 

[amalik]

Dealer did this? They were able to get your caster in spec when they should have prioritized camber. With stock UCA's and lift you can haz one or the other, not both.

Look again.

The caster never changed in the before and after. It's red and same numbers above and below.

The camber did. It was red before and green after.

 

[superman3043]

Look again.

The caster never changed in the before and after. It's red and same numbers above and below.

The camber did. It was red before and green after.

Right. Meaning they never set camber only toe. But, what I'm saying is if they bring the camber in spec, pretty sure the caster will be out.

Edit:

Nevermind, I looked at it wrong. Good catch.

 

[03v8raleigh]

Dealer did this? They were able to get your caster in spec when they should have prioritized camber. With stock UCA's and lift you can haz one or the other, not both.

They did prioritize camber, with caster being secondary at least this is what he told me). I watched over it the whole time and he said he maxed out the camber, then adjusted the toe. He said camber was good enough. What is the ideal range for caster? Goal for camber is just 0.0, correct?

 

[rypajo]

They did prioritize camber, with caster being secondary at least this is what he told me). I watched over it the whole time and he said he maxed out the camber, then adjusted the toe. He said camber was good enough. What is the ideal range for caster? Goal for camber is just 0.0, correct?

I had my alignment done yesterday as well. My caster is the same on both sides. Around 2 I think. Forgot the sheet at home today. My camber is +.4 on both sides. Drives great. Was a little nervous with the red screaming at me on the sheet when they finished the alignment but from the research I have done I shouldn't see any issues for tire wear at .4
Everything else was in green. The front spacer lift was still in spec except for the caster.

Please correct me if I am wrong on any of this. I will upload my alignment sheet when I get home. Getting new tires installed in a couple hours so if I need to revisit alignment shop I will.

 

[97BlackAckCL]

I had my alignment done yesterday as well. My caster is the same on both sides. Around 2 I think. Forgot the sheet at home today. My camber is +.4 on both sides. Drives great. Was a little nervous with the red screaming at me on the sheet when they finished the alignment but from the research I have done I shouldn't see any issues for tire wear at .4
Everything else was in green. The front spacer lift was still in spec except for the caster.

Please correct me if I am wrong on any of this. I will upload my alignment sheet when I get home. Getting new tires installed in a couple hours so if I need to revisit alignment shop I will.

I have a 3 year alignment package, and try to get it corrected every few months to avoid tire wear. The tech that rings me out always acts like I'm wasting my time when there's minor reds on the sheet, but hey I paid for it and it's peace of mind!

 

[amalik]

I have a 3 year alignment package, and try to get it corrected every few months to avoid tire wear. The tech that rings me out always acts like I'm wasting my time when there's minor reds on the sheet, but hey I paid for it and it's peace of mind!

I'm with you man, alignment is never a waste of time.

I have lifetime at Firestone on both my vehicles.


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[Atlanta_man]

I get mine aligned every 12 Years. It's not time yet.

 

[ZebRuaj]

An alignment is only as good as the Tech using it. My local firestone's have high turn over and turn away anything on modified suspensions.

The local tuning and custom shops give me the best results and are usually cool with you in the work bay chatting with them, explaining what they're doing and are car guys with genuine interest in seeing your vehicle.

 

[RunningWithFire]

An alignment is only as good as the Tech using it. My local firestone's have high turn over and turn away anything on modified suspensions.

The local tuning and custom shops give me the best results and are usually cool with you in the work bay chatting with them, explaining what they're doing and are car guys with genuine interest in seeing your vehicle.

I can second this. I have lifetime alignments at firestone for mine, but I have learned that at firestone, I have to ask for the master tech to do mine and it usually goes a lot better.

Local shops, especially truck shops, will always be better.