Tour of How a 4Runner 3rd Row Works 

I totally hear you. I was hoping the seats would be flatter for sleeping in the back occasionally too. Couldn’t find any pictures or videos of a 3 row folded forward, would have been helpful.

Thanks for sharing that. I am going to look those up. Having an option to sleep 🛌 n wake he back would be huge for r us. 👍

Nice! I will have to look harder for that floor liner. I appreciate it. 👍

until they out grow it

Yeah I definitely don’t understand the reason Toyota reduces the payload so much for the lockers. I imagine it’s Toyota being super conservative. We just had NH Oil treatment done to it Monday plus the dealer had ceramic coated it. Definitely wanted to do that before it got bathed in salty brine. It has a lifetime warranty for corrosion with that treatment so it will be interesting to see how it holds up.

@@Kristian_Saile Thanks for taking the time to reply. My car had its 19th annual Krown rustproofing treatment this year. It remains as solid as the day it left the factory in 2005. I apply one coat of high quality paste wax a year to the paint. When I get around to washing it again in the spring, it will look as good as new.

With the 3rd row up you have practically no space back there for sure. This is the huge challenge of having a 3rd kid. With one and a small dog we fit all of our gear in our FJ Cruiser no problem for all of our travels when we lived in Wyoming and Colorado. We also had a built 80 series I had for 20 years. We kept that and got rid of the FJC when we had our second kid. Again, no problem with all of our gear and backcountry traveling. We added the 3rd one then everything got really complicated. We did a period where we used a 3/4 ton Suburban which actually was pretty awesome but the ride off road was punishing. We had a built 100 series for awhile that worked when they were all still pretty little. We picked up my dream rig, a Sportsmobile and got rid of the hundred and my beloved 80. We have had some great adventures in that and even have it set up so all 5 of us can sleep and coexist in it. The problem is that all three kids are still sharing a bench seat together…. And they really can’t see much when sitting in it as the driver’s side is all cabinets with a small window over the sink. So our approach with this is going to be go light, use the 3rd row for kid hauling duties, probably have them down for overland stuff with the kids in the back seat and ground tent camp. Which will be fun for a change. We will probably use it to tow a 16’ Airstream Bambi too so that will add a new dimension to it. I think between the space behind the second and perhaps some dry bags, traction boards, and a couple of zarges cases on the roof we should be able to fit everything no problem. Because we used so many different rigs our camp gear is super modular. The other benefit of this approach is that it will still drive great as a daily without alot of extra weight on it.

@@kyusencol8394 no vents to the third row, just the second row like a 2 row has

Thank you. Retail was 49k as optioned and it was 45.5k before tax, titles. They had ‘24’s similar but they were full MSRP.

@@Kristian_Saile thanks. Just brought a 24 prem last week. Wife and I just retired and plan on trying to wear that baby out.

@@stephendifeliciantonio8269 excellent and Congratulations!

Yes, it’s the SR5, the SR5 Premium, and the limited. Anything with the rear locker it isn’t available in. It’s likely due to the reduced payload figures in those models would be my guess.

Question. Can this car go up to 400,000 miles?

@@Ze_Moose in theory it could but how it is serviced, how it’s used for that time will be the limiting factor. This drivetrain is a pretty safe bet for that kind of mileage but things like water pumps, wheel bearings, cv axles, alternators, window regulators, stuff like that will have need occasionally replacement so the cost of ownership will increase the higher it goes. But that is the case with any vehicle when mileage gets high.