budgetbuilder
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thanks Blind C! The wheels were actually the first thing I swapped out. I sold them for cheap on CL. I think I let them go for $150 with good 30" tires.
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budgetbuilder
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extra rear window switch
Ok so I picked up an extra factory rear window switch (3 terminal) from the junkyard. I tapped blue/white wire from relay to the "down" terminal on the switch, blue/black wire to the "up" terminal on the switch and the white/black wire to ground on the switch. Bingo! The extra switch works ....but now the factory switch in the cab and the key in the tailgate no longer works. I disconnected the extra switch and all the factory settings are back.
What do I need to do to have the "in cab" switch work as normal with ignition on and have the extra switch mounted in the back setup as always on?
I am going to try connecting the extra switch directly to the tailgate switch to see if that works.
Happy New Year!
Ok so I picked up an extra factory rear window switch (3 terminal) from the junkyard. I tapped blue/white wire from relay to the "down" terminal on the switch, blue/black wire to the "up" terminal on the switch and the white/black wire to ground on the switch. Bingo! The extra switch works ....but now the factory switch in the cab and the key in the tailgate no longer works. I disconnected the extra switch and all the factory settings are back.
What do I need to do to have the "in cab" switch work as normal with ignition on and have the extra switch mounted in the back setup as always on?
I am going to try connecting the extra switch directly to the tailgate switch to see if that works.
Happy New Year!
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budgetbuilder
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Regarding your question, I probably have a slight decrease in mileage but nothing overly noticeable. Also now that I have swapped the hardtop back on I probably would not run both the hardtop and roof rack together. Although the roof rack is slighlty lighter than the hardtop, combining both would be super heavy and I would definately notice some MPG decrease and probably some sagging in the rear.
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4Rescue
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Welcome to the joys of the Toyota roll-down rear window!!!!!
Sadly I don't have any specific answers for you (sorry) but if you go to 4Crawler.com he's got a BUNCH of tech and mod pages and lots of stuff about the rear window and the control-box (it's behind the driver in the wall next to the rear pass if you didn't know already) etc. I had issues with my rear window from the day I bought my 1st Gen. Sometimes it worked great, often it acted like one of the safety-switches weer thrown and it wasn't even getting power. At one point I couldn't get into the back of my truck for good (try loading half of a band in from the passenger seat-flipped forward... my 2x12 tube amp alone almost gave me a hernia) Eventually I just cross-wired the pins in the control box for an "always hot" and mounted a dual throw ("double pole double throw" I seem to remember or maybe I'm losing it, electrical is not my forte) momentary switch in the trim panel next to my driver'side seat-belt track and since we sleep in the back it's worked out great.
Truck look great man, fun build and I always love a 1st Gen 4Runner.
Cheers
Dave