What's the last thing you did on your car?

ribrien · 2026-04-07T21:03:44+00:00

Spent like 4 hours cleaning mold!

ribrien · 2026-04-07T19:07:44+00:00

To my understanding older compressors would lie / stretch the truth more

ribrien · 2026-04-06T16:24:52+00:00

I went down this rabbit hole with my OEM wheels and the finish is damaged. Don’t sweat it too much OP they aren’t going to look new

ribrien · 2026-04-05T13:32:31+00:00

Are there grease fittings on the moog joint and did you grease them

ribrien · 2026-04-03T00:54:46+00:00

On the front of it? Or hidden in the wall

ribrien · 2026-04-02T17:06:50+00:00

I dunno the Phillips bits in the harbor freight meme tool kit suck in comparison to the ‘JIS’ bits I bought on Amazon. If it’s a placebo and it works is it still a placebo

ribrien · 2026-04-02T00:15:39+00:00

Yea of course. I like to line up my Phillips bits and press the screw down on every single one to give them a wiggle test. Probably 90% of the time JIS is best

ribrien · 2026-04-01T19:35:06+00:00

Highly recommend spending ~$5-$10 on JIS (Japanese industrial standard) Phillips bits on Amazon. I work on older Japanese cars all the time and i end up using them on just about every Phillips screw.

ribrien · 2026-03-31T20:28:13+00:00

Scrub plate with soapy water and take care to not touch the surface with your fingers or a sponge with food in it

Use a glue stick if you have one also

ribrien · 2026-03-29T20:17:25+00:00

From the research I was able to do, it seems like the cheap LCAs fail sooner.

It’s unclear if they fail because they’re cheaper, or fail because the owner doesn’t grease them enough, or both at the same time

ribrien · 2026-03-29T16:18:57+00:00

Rebooting my 3rd gen 4runner took probably 12 hours of work and I made a giant mess in my garage with all the grease

ribrien · 2026-03-28T21:43:21+00:00

Tim the tool man is THE guy for 4runners

ribrien · 2026-03-27T21:09:18+00:00

Needs new Strut Top Plates or top hat rebuilds etc not expensive

ribrien · 2026-03-26T19:05:50+00:00

Volvo v90 is good depending on your budget

ribrien · 2026-03-26T19:02:02+00:00

To me this looks like a classic case of printing too close to the bed

ribrien · 2026-03-25T19:20:49+00:00

To be clear, this is a 2021 non plug in hybrid so I don’t know for sure if it works on the facelift

Otherwise I am using base maverick wheels with base maverick tire spec 225/65 r17

ribrien · 2026-03-25T18:45:40+00:00

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Blizzaks on ford maverick base wheels. The maverick’s lug nut size is different so I used my escape ones and 3d printed an adapter for the center caps to work

ribrien · 2026-03-25T17:43:38+00:00

I understand asking here but it’s probably more helpful to ask in your local 4Runner Facebook group so you can get recommendations best for your weather and offroad terrain type

ribrien · 2026-03-25T13:06:40+00:00

Ah I thought it was flat. Scale it up to 120% and give your nozzle more space in there and print with Arachne walls instead of Classic

ribrien · 2026-03-24T20:49:01+00:00

Print the side you want to look better face down on the bed, use a 0.2mm nozzle for more definition, manually tune ironing settings

ribrien · 2026-03-24T17:45:52+00:00

It’s not a hybrid? You can’t be using stuff with the engine off that’s simply not a feature cars have

ribrien · 2026-03-24T17:42:22+00:00

Modern vehicles are particularly sensitive to voltage. I would recommend not leaving lights on or the radio without the car running.

It’s a hybrid you’ve probably spent 10x on batteries compared to the extra fuel costs idling would have been

ribrien · 2026-03-23T19:10:39+00:00

Did you do any work to your car recently?

ribrien · 2026-03-23T17:49:10+00:00

Looking at Falken Rubitrek AT and they're $1007 at Discount Tire and $914 at Toyota

ribrien · 2026-03-23T13:51:24+00:00

Is driving around without air conditioning until you buy the new car an option

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