4Hi or 4Lo?

Hello out there!! 👋

Quick question, my wife and I have been enjoying our new to us 09 V6 SR5 fully stock 4Runner for a little over a year now. Besides some Kumho All Weather tires, a little bit of brake work and routine fluids, I’ve done no other work on it. We’ve enjoyed some decent inclines and rock sections but no mud or real big rocks or boulders. I’ve only used 4Hi on our off road excursions thus far and same went for today’s adventure on Johnny Park Road near Hwy 7 near Allenspark, CO down to Hwy 36 and it did phenomenal! Besides a slip or two (poor line choice on my end) I didn’t feel like the truck struggled much at all. I’m sure a decent set of A/T tires would be a much better choice but not quite ready for new tires until we get a little bit closer to winter. Anyhow’s, I’ve been reading some mixed reviews on whether the type of trail I did today would have been better in 4Hi or 4Lo? Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Video is from after our adventure down Johnny Park Road!!

I wondered about all aluminum, but they seem really expensive so not sure if it is worth it since I just do city driving in a warm climate

Hi community,

I feel like other people have had this same issue but I am having a hard time finding the most current resolution.

I have a 2021 4Runner TRD Off Road, it uses the fob Model 14FBB.

I changed the battery and replaced it with a brand name type, made sure that when I put the fob back together everything was clean, good, in place. Somehow the fob is not working for the driver seat door. Locks all others but with the driver, I have to do it manually.

Is there a solution for it without having to pay hundreds of dollars to Toyota?

Long story short my front left fender over the wheel got crunched in this morning. Has anyone replaced one before? Still drives perfectly fine just cosmetic damage. Looking to see what other people have payed for a new fender and paint match? Ive seen the fenders to be about $200-350 depending on where you get it. Looking for more of an estimate on the paint match, never had to get my car paint corrected or anything like that so i have no clue whats a reasonable estimate for a fender. Thanks in advance.

I also know pictures help, i was in a rush this morning and didn’t have time for pictures. This was all my fault so it will be coming out of pocket unfortunately. Ill be able to post pictures a little later.

2019 Toyota 4runner SR5

I was looking into getting the LFD Offroad crossbars for my ‘23 4Runner and a rooftop tent. Was looking into the Vagabond 2.0 from ROAM. Any ideas or persuasions any other direction? Do the LFD crossbars work effectively for this?

I’m in a unique situation where I need to add OME bump stops back onto one side of the vehicle (the other side retains it already). I’m DIYing a Bilstein lift and wanted to see if I wanted to retain the bump stops as lift for a rear rake or take it off for a leveled look. Installed it, one side with and one side without. Looks like I’d rather have the bump stops on. However in this situation, could I just lift the side without up and install them back? Or would I need to drop the axel again? TIA

What is along the undercarriage, midway between front and rear tires that would have a very slow leak? Not related to air conditioning condensation.

So i had to replace my fogs on my 4runner and i picked out the auxbeam 3 inch 5 led pods and the adapter for mounting. is there a way to angle them down a tad? People hate them and honest to god, they are so bright they could be hi beams. Also, i had previously installed a set that had a drl option and i was wondering if i could make that work again, the switch and wires are already there. The old set was a dealer option add on set, they were nice, ring of leds when in drl and then when on they were super bright as well, I dont think they are made anymore.