DIY Crotch vent mod formerly known as ball chiller

I remember a post a while back asking about this feature but I haven't seen anyone implement it. I used oem Toyota vent 55680-17050-22 and did a little cutting and fitting and surprisingly it went together without much fuss. It simply fits into place and works great. Not sure if anyone else has done something similar here.

 

Just buy a Land Cruiser; you get free solid axle with it

 

Ha! Well done!

How much is the strength of the leftmost vent impacted?

 

Had a 100 series already, I'd probably do a 200 before I went for an 80. ❤️

 

Honestly, I couldn't notice any decrease in performance.

 

Thanks for sharing, cool mod!

 

Brilliant

 

This is some quality research and development

 

@Golfer

 

Cool little mod, does the vent have a way to close it or damper it down or is it blowing all the time the hvac is going?

 

It spins 360 degrees and a portion of it is blocked off so you can stop/minimize the airflow coming out.

 

Uh-oh, the breeze...careful

 

You have done the lord's work! My next mod for sure!!

 

I am seriously jealous my good man, would love to do this but I am not sure if my 2.5 gen will accommodate such a mod. Anyone know?
This coming from a dude whose entire day will suffer if he forgets to goldbond the ever living scheisse out of his jewels in the morning.
TMI, too damn bad.
You sir are The Man

 

Certainly do miss this vent from my 4runner, with 3D printing these days...

I just might be curious enough to go see the ducting path on my 2010...

 

2nd and 3rd Genners finding their way here

 

LOL My son has an ender 3 pro and I was totally prepared to learn how to use it for it. Luckily, fate was on my side and nothing needed to be added to make it work. It's just a snug fit into the cutout.

 

LOL not sure on their duct routing. It'd be cool if it was similar.

 

There is a vent down there in the middle it's got kind of a v split in it to direct flow to the left and right foot well areas but it's right there at the bottom of the steering column, feels like there is a stamped steel dubbler plate behind the plastic piece may have to go through that as well but I'm thinking it might be possible.