What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Simple mods
3 inch lift
275/75/17 on 2021 4runner stocks
Tyger Lander Side steps
LED Conversion
Trd pro grille..
Looking to upgrade the sound system next. Hopefully next month

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Just drove it to work and enjoyed the view. Hope you all have a great day

 

Finally got my dash switches organized! Thanks for the help/panel ITmaD (Emrah)!

 

Hey all! Been a minute (a year maybe) since I've been on due to work and life. Hope everyone is well. Knock on wood.....(knock, knock) my Taco has been very good to me and been very reliable with all the mods. I noted a little squeak recently that I'll get to work on from the UCA and maybe LCA (both total chaos) but that's to be expected with the annual greasing requirement (just need to use a breaker bar to loosen up that UCA bolt!!).
Update is the new shoes with the KO3s at factory size for the pro. 265/75/16 I believe. These are e rated it looks like too. So far so good.

ps. lesson learned for me was that I totally forgot to get a second alignment after installing the UCA/LCA spring setup 3 months after and after settling my alignment was way off (the inside of my tires were worn down fast). Here is a pic of my Nitto's after 34k miles.

 

Did something else I shouldn’t have….
Need a license plate bulb holder. @Jeff Lange

 

What’s your offset and alignment specs? I wanna do 315’s next.

 

Is the fitting on the oil cap a swivel? Or is just a pain in the ass to get oil cap off?

 

It’s threaded into the cap.

 

wheels are 16x8 -20. Alignment was done in my garage so who knows. Steering wheel is straight and has no pull.

 

nvm

 

I have used Woolwax the last couple of years and that stuff goes on pretty thick. I ended up skipping a year with no touch up and it's still a nice thick coat. Given, I don't really drive too much in the rain or snow though.

 

Yes, but he asked if it swiveled. If not, twisting that hose would be a PITA.

 

Why are you twisting the hose? You unthread it before you remove the cap.

 

Yep, lots of good products out there. Made it hard to decide. Mine is a daily driver. We get lots of rain at times then the intermittent snow, ice and salt. Hopefully this stuff is a little more permanent so I can skip a year or three.

This can be a typical day commuting in the winter for me.

https://youtu.be/Y2zyIviDgMQ?si=Hl0JpJs0itutEYr6

 

That's what was asked...

 

Ok, it swivels but it’s easier to just unthread it.

 

So. Finger tight? (No offense, or intention to beat it to death, Just thinking through the mechanics of additional steps myself)

 

I’d tighten it with a wrench a 1/4 to 1/2 turn past finger tight. I still have my J&L oil separator installed that I need to swap out.

 

@Discount Tire got the 285/70R17 Goodyear Wrangler Territory MTs installed today and I think they look great! Previously was running BFG KO2s, which served me incredibly well.

After tons of research and never truly coming to a singular "best" option, I opted to try a set of these Goodyears for a few primary reasons:

1. These tires are ran on many OEM trucks, including the Ram TRX, Ford Bronco, Chevy Colorados / Silverados, so this gives me confidence in their engineering
2. They are light as a feather. The 285/70R17s (C1 load rating) are 48 lbs. By comparison, my previous BFG KO2s (C1 load rating) were 52 lbs and I thought they were the lightest on the market. The new Falken AT4Ws in 285/70R17 (load rating C1) are 65.4 lbs!
   • Given how light these are, I was interested in how much they weighed in at for a 315/70R17. For a C2 load rating, they weigh in at 55lbs!! Absolutely incredible given a vast majority of 35s are weighing in at ~65 lbs, with 62lbs (KO2s) being the previously lightest I had found.

Let me know what you guys think of them. Based on my research, not too many TW guys are running these, so I'll be updating my build with longer term reviews as I get more miles on them.

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10 minutes, tops