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By the way, Rollie, what do you put on the floor to make your sleep more comfortable?
Thanks in advance,
Thanks!!
I have seen both options on both models.
THX
This would be interesting to see.
I haven't heard the 6-speaker system, but I wish I had one instead of the 10-speakers.
Thanks,
Morry
I'm pretty impressed with the 10 speaker sound system. Try turning the 'surround' on or off, it can make a big difference in how it sounds. Most of the time I leave it off, but some stuff sounds better with it on.
Many things listed as options aren't commonly available in certain regions. Dealers get vehicles equipped with standard sets of options, if the options you want aren't in a given set of options available in your region on a given trim level, you may have to special order (4 to 6 months) or look out of region, or consider getting a Limited, depending on your criteria. Regional differences tend to be small, from what I've seen. They're probably available, but only if you go one of the routes described above.
For me, it was something I wanted for a sportier feel. But if all you're concerned about is how nice it is on the straight highway, my impression is it won't make a lot of difference. My advice would be to test drive one with the X-REAS and one without, and see if it's worth it to you.
Overall, I think the ride is much improved with this generation of 4Runner over the last. It's probably more that than the X-REAS itself. Test drives are probably your best bet.
I understand that there may be a few different options for running boards in terms of type. Any recommendations? Is it recommended to get this same type or chrome or other. Any particular other manufacturer have a good alternative or is it best to stick with genuine toyota parts when it comes to these running boards. Also, are the old ones easily removed and replaced or is it necessary to get a shop to do it. Thanks for any suggestions.
I find the 10 speaker system to be pretty good, but only with the "surround sound" off. I also have to tweak the audio settings a little to get it to my liking. Personally, I can't find any use for the surround mode. I would much rather they had left that feature (and several others, like RDS and TEXT) off but given me a jack to plug in my XM Satellite receiver instead. I don't want XM built in because I prefer to have a receiver I can move between the house and the car.
I asked above about the availability of Brush bars for the 03 TOY4. Does anyone know?
kb28 - Check the JAOS website. They are putting out some nice new accessories for the new runner very soon.
They have a photo of a new Brush Bar & A Bar on a '03 runner on their site.
I find the 10-speaker system OK. I do use the Surround-ON some of the times. Most times it is off. I fade the sound toward the rear. It does reduce the sound coming from the front center speaker.
I find the X-REAS does help when cornering. I also had other 4-runners(91, 94, 01) and to corner, you had to sloooooooow down. I did notice a huge difference between the ride(straight-line) in the '94 and the '01. There is not much difference in the ride between the 01 and the 03.
When I was in my local Toyota dealer recently(4/24), I noticed he had a Tundra with a V6 and a 5-Speed transmission. It was also equipped with shift-on-the-fly 4-wheel drive.
To your knowledge, is this setup(V6/5-Speed/4-Wheel) to be made available to other trucks, such as the 4-Runner in the future?
Thanks muchly....
OTOH, I am sure (because I have seen other people mention) that there are lots of aftermarket applications you could use just as well, and I am sure Toyota will charge you an arm and a leg for theirs.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
Lots of gotchas with buying a gray market car:
steve_ "Honda CR-V" Feb 16, 2003 12:22am
If I were you, I'd go the eBay route and make the buyer deal with taking it south.
Steve, Host
I've seen estimates of $1000-1500 to do the job, which presumably includes disassembly, acquisition of new mounting clips, and reinstallation. The "cladding" actually includes overfenders, bumpers, license plate trim, and the actual cladding (the stuff on the lower part of the doors). Quite a few pieces.
Some had called the gray plastic cladding a PIO (port installed option), and suggested that it might not be big deal to install. As far as I know, it's all done at the factory, and so changing it all out (painting the faceted gray stuff you already have or painting new smooth parts) would be a pretty significant operation.
As for why Toyota did it, I think they just zigged when the market zagged. Public taste for contrasting cladding (especially where the texture is flat and utilitarian) as a styling statement has been on the wane. Also, I think the plastic cladding was an effort to differentiate between the limited and the other versions.
To do the specific task of making your door locks unlock when you put it back into park, you need to do the following.
Make sure you car is completely off, with all doors closed.
Turn your key to the ON position (do not start your car).
Within 10 sec. of doing that,
hold down the rear of the door locks button for 5 sec. and release.
If it works your locks will lock and unlock to let you know.
If it doesn't work, try again, I did this two days ago and it worked fine.
-Jared
My computer says 19.1 mpg but I'm calculating it as 18.0, which is a little disturbing considering I'm driving mostly highway. 2WD/4.0 L
Anyone notice a difference in 87 vs. 89 vs. 91 octane?
As far as the truck is concerned, I had a 1hr45min drive back to San Diego to examine it. Here are MY thoughts:
1. Drive is wonderfully stable, both over bumps and cornering at speed. There is not floaty bouncyness when going over big bumps like my old SUV and many SUV's that I test drove. I like the stiffer suspension (and it's not so stiff that you feel every little bump) because it just feels like you are locked to the ground.
2. I think it's absolutely quiet, no road noise, no engine noise, and very very little wind noise, but none from the hood-scoop like others have posted.
3. The V-6 power is very acceptable, and I really had a hard time keeping it under 70mph on the way home (it was suggested by the dealer as a good speed for breaking it in), so I averaged probably 75.
4. The fit and finish of the interior is great. Yes there is plastic, but I personally like what they did. The audio controls on the steering wheel are wonderful, and despite what some have said, the AC controls are extremely user friendly and simple. Also, the seats and steering wheel were really easy to find a comfortable seating position, and I never slid around in the seats when cornering.
5. The stock stereo is great for a factory unit, it's not as good as my $3000 aftermarket stereo on my last SUV, but I have no plans on changing it unless it somehow get's worse.
6. My one complaint is that the AC/trip-computer/outside-temp display is hard to see when the sun is shining on it, but hey, that's life.
7. My overall impression so far (130miles) is that it is the best decision I've ever made, hands down. The ride is beautiful, the environment is comfortable and quiet, and the truck itself just seems very well thought out and built. Great features.
OH, and as you can tell I'm in California, and even with driving with the back window open for a bit, I smelled no sulfur smell. So all's good.
Thanks to everyone for all the help while I was waiting on my order!
-Jared
There are no plans I have heard of to bring out a manual transmission. Emission regulations have brought an end to the hand shakers.
At first, the appearance package (AP) option was indeed all you needed to have to get the body color trim instead of the gray cladding. Same look as the limited models, except the limiteds have gray (instead of black) roof racks and running boards (with lights in the ends of the running boards).
Recently (4/15) things changed again. See post #5726 for explanation, and my post #5735 and others. Seems like Toyota has implemented what amounts to a price decrease in several ways on the V6 SR5s and sports, and somewhat less of a price decrease on the V8s.
This might not be, I suppose, the last action on this matter. I suspect Toyota would like to maintain more of an appearance difference between the SR5/Sport models and the limiteds. Any speculators out there?
Turns out just turning the vehicle off doesn't work, you actually have to take the key out and put it back in and turn the ignition to on, then hold down the power lock button. Maybe someone else can avoid my problem in the future. Take the key out first, then put it back in!
I believe the emissions systems are fairly different between the V6 and V8.
After almost 5,000 miles I had yet to notice any sulphur smell on my v6 until my son did a couple of days ago while hanging on to the luggage rack /standing on the running board. He said " Mom what was that smell comming from your truck" ? I asked when ? His response was when I turned the engine off. I had only moved it approx 10ft. I immediately smelled the tail pipe and smelled nothing ! Maybe just a coincidence ???