Probably a long road to return on that one though. For a good printer & durable/quality material.

 

Since I'm the only one I know who has done this on 3 different forums, and I wrote the DIY guides, I'm not holding my breath on that one

 

Hard to believe that it's been a year since I purchased my 2017 4Runner off the lot



What a difference a year can make





One year later

 

Got some more stuff coming one of these days, whenever it stops raining

 

I swore you had this longer than a year already.

 

Crazy right!?

 

Ha! Crazy Left!

 

Celebrated the 1 year anniversary with a couple small updates, gf has been sick so I couldn't do any major installs, but did a couple small things. The glovebox has been bugging me, the napkins and just general disorder, especially since I just moved the iPod to the glovebox as well. Here's a little before



Since I would be pulling everything out I figured I would throw in my cabin air filter that I've had sitting around for a while.



This was the original factory cabin filter, it honestly wasn't even that bad but figured since I had the replacement I would yank it out.



And it did have a fair amount of dirt, and a couple leaves, but wasn't that terrible.




A little side by side of the new carbon filter



New filter installed



I also bought this little organizer on Amazon, not bad for 15 bucks and exactly what I needed.



All installed and organized, the owner's manual and my registration pocket fit perfect. A little spot for napkins and my iPod as well. I also shortened the iPod wire and shoved it back behind the dash. I like it, nice and orderly. Once I use up the napkins I'll probably get some kind of tissue box or more organized solution, but it works for now.

 

That actually works really well. Wonder if they make one for my glove box.

 

I typically find this the best time to do major installs since they can't complain that you both could have been doing something together.

 

I go a step further and try and get mine sick to get the free time.

 

With all that guzzling you do it shouldn't be to hard to pickup up a disease or two to pass along

 

I'm sick in love...

 

Here's what I got if you want to check. It's pretty simple but very stable and makes a big difference. I didn't like the other version offered (OCD) because the pockets were too small to fit my owners manual. This one the design is perfect.

Yeah, normally that would be the case, but she has gall stones and can't move around much so I spent a lot of time helping her and doing things for her

 

we know

 

Busy day yesterday, I took my bumper off to try and install LED turn signals and corners, the space is so tight you're supposed to go through the wheel well, but I figured removing the bumper would be easier. I ended up having to remove the headlight housings just to get to the bulbs, but the corner swap was a snap. Here's the stock bulbs



And here's a test shot of the new SMD LED amber bulbs for the corners.


I ran into an issue with the premade harness that I bought for the turn signals that had resistors built in, the bulb end of the harness would not fit into the Toyota headlight sockets. Stock on the right, premade harness on left.



The tabs don't line up at all with the stock ones, so I'm going to have to Macgyver something together.



It was time to update the amber LED lenses to something sleeker and more stealthy, so once I got the bumper back on, it was time to remove the ziptied amber lenses. (old pic didn't take a before)




I hacked off the old 6 LED amber lenses, and added quick connects so that I can disconnect and remove the bumper in the future if/when the need arrises. This was the test to make sure all the wiring worked before putting the bumper back on



Bumper reinstalled and amber LED's removed



New 3D printed black light mounts with smoked amber SMD LED lights, not wired up yet.






And here they are wired up





Then I heatshrinked all of the connections to make the wiring as water tight as I could. I reused the harness from the old amber LED's and wired to them so I wanted them to be as clean as I could



Then I tied up everything as out of the way as I could.





And here's the finished product, I did a side by side with the side amber corners.



And here's everything all lit up, they defintely look awesome at night, I will have to grab a pic later



And here's the new LED corners behind the tinted amber corners

 

Jesus Ack, that front looks like it could literally eat zombies in the coming apocalypse.

 

Thanks man, I like the aggressive look. Trying to make it a little meaner

 

 

I've been looking at vehicles in the Pittsburgh area too. Nothing that I've found so far.

 

If you need someone to put eyes on or inspect in person let me know

 

You live in Florida Gatr why would you buy a vehicle in Pittsburgh that has been exposed to the winter and road salt when you could have a clean southern car?

 

Ack love the new 3D printed front lights. I think someone mentioned that before Could have been you making money off those They really do look so much better though.

I don't want to nit pick but you installed quick connects and then you heat shrunk over them? So you still have to cut it agian to take it apart? Also did you wrap one of those connection is tape or heat shrink it seperately first so you don't have an accidentle ground out? Couldn't tell from the pictures.

 

Not sure how I could be making money off something I didn't make or design.... Also I don't own a 3D printer I got lucky to find a guy that had just started making them. You suggested finding someone to make them which they weren't at that time

Yes, they're quick disconnects that I then heatshrunk over. I would have to cut the heat shrink not the wires, just cut and tear the heat shrink and I can unplug the wires, this way they're still water tight. I heat shrunk both wires separately and then put a big piece over the top of both. Still shouldn't take more than a minute to undo and it's better than tape. No way in hell would I let the wires touch or be able to ground out

 

A couple night shots of the new amber LED's, they're a lot brighter than I expected

 

And here's a nice subtle $5 mod that I threw on, it helps with the black on blue theme and looks cool. Doesn't serve much other purpose other than rust protection

 

Damn those things are bright as hell at night. That is awesome.

 

Yeah man, I was pleasantly surprised. The SMD's are super bright

 

Nice work, looks good.

 

Thanks man

 

Much cleaner

 

Jesus fuck... is there any mod for this truck that someone hasn't brought out to market?

 

There's tons of shit that they don't make for this truck lol, I'm working on one right now actually

 

Pretty sure that's a universal part for Toyotas made for like Camrys or something

 

I was going to say I thought those plastic covers were standard on most cars these days.

 

I dunno about standard, but for 5 bucks, screw it

 

if anything, it'll just hold moisture behind it and speed rusting.... it does look nice though.

 

I plan to test that, not sure if it will hold moisture or not, but curious to see

 

Looking good, man.
At least we know with all your car hobby spending, your girlfriend isn't pregnant yet.










better put a ring on it before intake and exhaust!

 

No she's not preggo, she had a pregnancy test in the ER when she had gall stones a couple weeks back, always nice to get the confirmation

Intake is on the short list, although with winter, and salt coming it may sit in the box till spring...