Recent content by Cringe

If I am remembering correctly you can just unplug that ribbon cable, similar method to the one you'd use replacing a laptop keyboard or any other ribbon cable. Should pop out of a "molex" connector, and be able to be plugged in again. I also believe you can just leave the ribbon cable intact and...

No worries! This all sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. I tried looking, and the only photos I have left are those that are posted at the beginning of this thread. However, I did a quick search and found another mud member who did the same thing with his LX470. This photo belongs...

I opened up the radio and soldered directly to the cassette player itself. If it failed then there was no worry of not having any tunes! I did keep a dummy tape in there to activate it, ejecting the tape obviously cut the feed, simple stuff. My grand plan was to go from the Bluetooth adapter to...

I soldered a 3.5mm port onto the cassette player while I was waiting on the board to show up on the slow boat from China. It worked fine, and to my knowledge is still working fine. My pop-up camper lift mechanism broke, and since we had really outgrown it we decided to finally get a bigger...

I really like the looks of that, and I am still looking around to see what is out there since my skid went MIA on me not too long ago, so good timing for this post.

Those are some sexy welds! This is a tag to see when they will be available.

I have a small 8' open utility trailer I use to haul a lawn mower, and a larger (18' I think) trailer I borrowed while I am doing some remodeling. I've towed the 18' loaded down with cabinets, fencing, and assorted debris without using 4th and it was no trouble at all. I just threw it in drive...

I went outside to the mailbox this evening and noticed two strips of foam tape hanging down under the front of the GX. Kneeling down to take a closer look I realized that the front skid plate is now missing. The bolts are gone, they did not break/shear off, and they were not on the ground...

I just had a few minutes free this evening and finished soldering my Bluetooth module then got it into a project box so its ready to be tested/installed. I also was looking just now for a wiring diagram or forum post about the reverse camera. I found a post on a 4Runner forum where someone was...

I had an adapter in the 12v socket but hated having that bright blue LED shining all the time, and it blocked the door from closing when I wasn't using the cords. The plug I installed also has a voltage display, kind of nice since there wasn't one elsewhere in the vehicle and I have run my...

The weather hasn't been the greatest for painting, so I will have to go back and fix this up before I call it finished. For now it works, and it gets my dash back together so I don't look like I'm driving a stolen car with wires hanging out everywhere! There is nothing behind those panels now...

I ditched the ash tray and 12v socket. I removed the doors and re-attached them to the panel so I could use them as a mounting point. On the former 12v socket cover I mounted a USB charge port. On the ash tray side I currently have a hole where my headphone cord/aux input is fed through. I plan...

Double-tap.

For those who are hesitant to gut their head unit and frankenstein in the module it would be possible to wire it into the CD changer harness, but you would have to play a blank CD to get any audio (tricks the radio into thinking its the CD providing the input). I was doing some more reading last...

There are many products available out there on the market, ranging from the ridiculously cheap to the incredibly expensive. I've been using a cassette adapter since the day I brought the truck home, and it has annoyed me greatly. Insult to injury is the Bluetooth telephone capability, but no...