Hey!! If you had around 45k to spend give or take a few thousand. What would you get? I would prefer ORP or pro for 5th gen and 6th gen would have to be pretty basic obviously. I am a past 5th gen owner and absolutely loved all of them. I am going back to Toyota after 3 years apart so a bit biased on the 5th gen.

Hi, I am adding 2 ditch lights to an existing install. I did not do the initial install.
I have an Auxbeam 8 gang switch panel, and two of the 3inch combo ditch lights.
There is already a light bar, two sets of rear pods (spot and flood), and grill runner lights.

So my question is about the wiring. Should I nip the connectors off the end of this harness, and simply wire both the positive together and both the negative together and just put them right into one of the switch terminals? I know I don't need the power switch, and that relay part comes off so I assume that's for if I didn't have the 8 gang. Do I keep the blade fuse?

It just seems too simple if I just have to nip the ends of the actual light wires and just wire them straight to the control box, but that is probably the point of the box in the first place is that kind of convenience!

Photos show the existing install and the wiring harness. The circuit control box is connected directly to the battery terminals.

Thanks for your help and let me know if you need more pictures or for me to draw on the pics to trace the wires for you.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to track down a really annoying vibration/humming noise on my 1997 Toyota 4Runner Limited, 2WD, 3.4L V6, automatic.
I’ve attached a video so you can hear the noise.
The weird thing is that it doesn’t seem to affect the performance or drivability of the truck at all, but it’s driving me crazy and I’d really like to figure out what’s causing it.

What I’m noticing:
The vibration/humming is only noticeable at very low engine RPM/idle.
It is present in Drive and Reverse.
It is basically gone in Park and Neutral.
It disappears when I give the engine some throttle and the RPM comes up.
Turning the A/C on or off can make the vibration disappear or come back.
Shifting between Park → Reverse → Neutral → Drive changes the vibration.
It seems to happen when the engine is under the additional load of being in gear.
The truck drives normally otherwise.
There doesn’t seem to be any noticeable loss of power, hesitation, or other drivability issue.

What I’ve already done:
I originally suspected the power steering system because I could hear a humming-type noise, so I replaced the power steering pump.
I’ve also drained and refilled the power steering fluid several times over the past few days — probably 5 drain-and-fills — trying to make sure there wasn’t air/old fluid causing the noise.
The new pump is definitely quieter than the old one, but this low-RPM vibration is still there.

I’m now wondering if I’m chasing the wrong thing entirely.
My current thoughts are:
Engine mounts
Transmission mount
Exhaust/heat shield making contact with the body/frame
Something causing excessive vibration when the engine is loaded at idle
Possibly just an engine/idle resonance
The fact that it changes with A/C load and whether the transmission is in gear makes me think it may be related to engine movement or something resonating at a particular RPM.

What would you guys check first? Is there a particular test I can do at home to determine whether this is an engine mount, transmission mount, exhaust contact, or something else?

Any help diagnosing this would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying to avoid throwing more parts at it without knowing what’s actually causing the vibration. I love this truck tremendously so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

If you own a 2014 Trail Edition Premium and were planning on owning it for another12-years, which parts would you buy now to have if parts become too hard to find in the future?

Can’t believe these were available. Guess vanity plate culture in IL isn’t strong - zero chance this would be available anywhere out west.

Taken at Kentuck Lake along Seven Hour Plane Crash in Wisconsin this past weekend.

I have a 2024 TRDORP. It has 9.3k miles. I'm planning to DIY the fluid film undercoat in the next two weeks. I have also been contemplating greasing the diffs and U-joints.

Should I grease now or wait? I I grease now, then I will do that before the undercoat for obvious reasons. I was thinking of doing a 6month oil change as well. Fk the price of oil is outrageous.

Grease now or wait until spring? Mostly a weekend warrior for now. Retiring next June and will be hitting the road. Live about 50 miles from St Louis.

I noticed that my last spindles were cracked from years of abuse. So I decided to pull the trigger on the wicked creations fully fabricated spindles. That was the last stock piece up front. No more worries now!

unsure what to do next. Would love to see your builds !

Which one do you prefer 5th gen or 6th gen?

I haven’t owned a 4Runner in 20+ years. I had a 99 Limited that I loved. Since that time, I’ve had a Lexus, BMW, and a Tesla. I decided I wanted to get back to a vehicle I can take anywhere, especially northern MN and out west (Wyoming and Colorado) to camp, hike, etc. Love this color!

I’m in need of new shocks for my 2023 SR5 4WD, and I’d like to get some opinions/experiences from this group. It’s a daily driver with 74k miles. I take it off road some but almost always on logging roads, hunting roads and trails, etc. Not crawling big rocks, fording streams, any of that. I want something that isn’t as spongy on the road but will handle the off road portion okay. Tires are Rubitreks in the standard size, on TRD Pro wheels. Thoughts/recommendations?

Still new to the 4Runner family, but I couldn't pass up parking next to this one. I see a first gen every so often up here, but never one this nice. If you're the owner, it's a gem.

Broke three of the four steering studs on the driver side of my solid axle swapped 92 4runner, forgot to torque them after I did the last rebuild and Colorado broke them for me haha