r/4Runner

Avery Dennison Urban Jungle color flip vinyl with a custom printed camo pattern carbon fiber accents and PPF.

Did the Shafer Trail in Canyonlands National Park. Switchbacks were really cool, not terribly scary. Went early to try and minimize how many people I’d run into going the opposite direction and that seemed to work well.

Used DAC/CRAWL mode, Auto MTS, and briefly played with the stability bar disconnect. SR5 could’ve done this trail but it was fun to test out all the new tech in the Trailhunter

Aka twenty mule team canyon..

hanging out here i was just thinking if other would like my mods and truck as much as I do so I figured id share pics. let me know what ya like hate love or would change. never do etc. I wont get mad. lol. thanks everyone. answer any questions and so on.

Not sure if this post is allowed or not, but I’m going to post it anyway.

Long post - TLDR at the bottom

I’ve owned multiple rooftop tents from other manufacturers and loved them. After buying a sweet 10,000 mil ORP, I wanted to get a super sweet RTT and roof rack (Sherpa, it’s fucking awesome).

A little over a week ago I purchased an iKamper Skycamp 3.0 and was very excited to test it out during a 2 week long camping trip I have coming up. When I purchased I was told they would be delivering the tent in one week, which they only missed by two days, no complaint there.

When the tent arrived, it had a huge hole in the side of the cardboard and a massive dent in the underside of the tent. The delivery company admitted fault and owned up to the mistake. Again, no worries there, shit happens.

I reached out to iKamper to start the process of having the damaged tent replaced with a new undamaged version, like I was expecting when paying over $4,500 for it. I was hopeful that I could pay for expedited shipping to ensure the new RTT would arrive in time for me to install it and take it on my camping trip.

First off, I had extreme difficulty getting ahold of anyone at iKamper. They don’t have a phone number, one is listed online but when you call it just immediately hangs up, I tried multiple times. I didn’t let that deter me.

I then went to their website and pulled up the live chat, where I was greeted by an AI chatbot. I requested to speak to a human representative and it acted as if it was putting me through to one. I sat there for over an hour, no one came into the chat.

Next I started emailing the customer service representative whose email I had from a previous conversation regarding shipping. No answer from her. I then emailed their actual shipping department, no answer there. I started getting a little frantic and sent multiple more emails hoping this company would do the right thing and respond.

After an uncomfortably long wait, the customer service representative finally emailed me back. Her response? She told me they could either issue me a $500 partial refund (I paid that much just for shipping) or I could wait a minimum of 3 weeks for them to ship me a new one. 3 weeks for replacement, after the first RTT arrived in 9 days. She told me that the partial refund was a good deal and would ensure I could use my tent on the camping trip I had coming up.

Basically, they were trying to give me a damaged tent, and seemingly slow roll me on replacement so that I would take their laughably ridiculous offer of $500.

Oh yeah, they also told me to submit a shipping damage claim on their website, (must be submitted within 48 hours of delivery, I did it within 12 hours) which I had already done, as well as a damage claim with the delivery company. Both of which I documented with photos and screen recording. I mentioned this to her and asked her to confirm they had received it. No response.

I then asked for a refund so that I could go purchase a RTT elsewhere. She told me that their policy states they do not offer refunds on orders after they are delivered. They delivered me a damaged tent, and are refusing a refund.

She then stopped responding all together. I emailed multiple times and she just will not give me a reply. So now I have to contest the charge with my bank.

I’m incredibly disappointed. iKamper is supposed to be the best in the industry, and they have completely screwed. I still can’t believe it.

TLDR - Bought an iKamper RTT, arrived damaged. Customer support dodged my emails, offered ridiculous, almost offensive resolutions, and then stopped responding all together, leaving me with a $4,500 broken RTT.

For the heads up on the TRD sale a few weeks ago. $600 for wheels that i’ve wanted for months. Such an improvement.

Toyota had a really good sale so had to pick em up for the wife’s grocery hauler, after -> before

Hey just wanted to provide an update on the 2022 4Runner TRD that had a strange noise while driving. Couple folks were kind and sought to give input, thank you very much for taking the time to reach out and let me know your opinion! Helped tremendously truly thank you for being a decent human.

Others however were very upset by it not being clean and up to -(pavement princess “yuppie” status) and actually downvoted me and took time out of their day to be negative. Likely for self assurance and personal reasons. Which is ok, whatever floats your boat. Anyway’s-

Diagnosis was rear brakes, had a loose pin and warped rotor. I repaired it this morning and she is back in her natural environment, albeit still dirty. I will probably clean it Sunday evening, vacuum and interior scrub as well as a nice hand wash on the exterior.

Thanks again guys -for those of you that reached out with positive impact and encouragement.

2023 SR5 premium 48k miles gold certification in ID

Entirely serviced at this same dealer

$39,500 OTD BUT….. they are giving me 2k more than any other dealership for my trade in. So essentially $37,500.

I’m debating this or a 2025 6th gen for $39k 12k miles gold certified, but only $23k on my trade instead of $25k. I do my fair share of off roading, camping, overlanding, etc but I also do a lot of miles for work and get paid for them so MPG is a plus and helps make the car essentially free. But obv I don’t want to commit to the turbo 4banger and get screwed on depreciation if it fails. LMK your thoughts professionals

Had the park nearly to ourselves. River crossing was super low today, post that video when I can edit it up a bit.

Just purchased my first 4Runner 116k miles. Traded in my focus hatchback cause needed a car that can fit a car seat lol

Picked up this 18 TRD Pro a couple of months ago. I am new to 4Runners and while I know my way around an engine bay and can do my won maintenance I am having a hard time figuring out if the truck was leveled. It is running 285 70 17 KO2s. I have not noticed any rubbing but the tires are also at like 30% thread life with some cupping.

Any help is appreciated. I can take additional photos if needed. Thanks!!

I just bought this 4 runner trail in early January for 22k. It had 101k miles on it at the time. There’s a little surface rust on the underbody, But besides that, and a few scratches on the paint there’s nothing. I just recently put some power-stop brakes on it, and I got the trd skid plate and I wasn’t planning on getting wheels but I saw the trd wheels for a steal on marketplace so I got those too. I’ve had no issues so far and I’ve put close to 10k miles on it since then.

Wrapping up my drawers (need to disassemble and clear coat all the raw birch). Passenger side top panel is removable for fridge/cooler use. Used 2020 aluminum for the frame and created custom dual slide brackets to maximize interior drawer width.

My 4Runner got tagged pretty good on one of the few snow storms we had this year, parked in front of my house. So I took the insurance money and did the work myself, upgrading a few thing along the way and instead of dealing with paint a second time (got tagged in the same spot a couple years ago) I opted for a wrap to cover the mismatch eBay parts.

Bumper is a Lil B’s, that I put roll on herculiner (that part sucked)

I’m gonna use the rest of the money later to do a suspension upgrade.

First, I’m not a car junkie. I know some things.. but when it comes to the nitty gritty, nah. Plz be nice.

I love my 2019 TRD Off Road. She’s a tank.. pavement princess tank but she’s ma queen.

I want to either put a lift or a levelling kit in. It’s purely aesthetic and I like being up high. The lift seems extreme considering I won’t likely ever use it to its full potential off road.. sometimes we get a decent snowfall but that’s about it.

I did a bit of my own research and since it has the KDSS suspension, the interweb seems divided…. SOS

I’m looking for a clean look but I want what’s best for my girl too.

Suggestions / Experiences would be great!

Thanksssss ✌🏼

My 2012 SR5 glove compartment lock stopped working out of nowhere. It’s a great design, as you can lock it with the main key and the valet key won’t open it.

I went to the dealer and they claimed I would have to purchase an entire new glove compartment assembly (whatever that means) for $350 in parts alone and then have it swapped out and rekeyed.

There has to be an easier, less expensive way.

Has anyone else dealt with this?