Hey guys and gals. Sold my 4runner a while ago, one thing I always wanted in the 4runner was a navigation system. Well, bought an OEM nav from ebay from the "sold 4runner" account, lol. I am VERY happy, it's a really slick system. Bluetooth, 4 disk mp3/wma changer in dash, voice commands. The works. It even tells you what lane you need to be in for an exit. I also installed steering wheel controls for the bluetooth phone system, and soon will have a rear backup camera. I cannot say how accurate it is, as I have not hooked up the antenna yet (lol, person that I bought it from accidentally shipped it to himself, so it should be here middle of next week.)

The photo with the woodgrain is not mine, it is just to show the gap that was there before I bought the nylon spacers for the mounting brackets.

Anyways, enjoy the pics And let me know if you have any questions

Before:


After:






Gap in other installs:


Gap fixed on my truck with nylon spacers on mounts:

 

nice how long it take you to install it

 

About 30 minutes for the headunit (all the speed/reverse wires are prewired in the Tundra's) and about 10 minutes for the steering wheel. I finished that really fast because I didn't like messing around near the airbag. For anyone that wants to attempt the steering controls, disconnect the battery 90 seconds before you touch the airbag!! I waited 5 minutes just to be safe.

Like I said I am not completely done yet. I am waiting on the connector for the camera/mic and an AUX input jack from the dealer. I'll post pics of the camera and mic when I get those hooked up.

I really wish the steering controls matched the wheel color, but the Tundra's don't have an option from the factory for bluetooth, these are from a Sienna. At least the controls match the door panels. It will take some getting used to, but I think it looks ok. I'm too much of a perfectionist, lol

 

Did you have to get the GPS antenna too? What about the DVD drive and navigation DVD? Were they easy to locate?

I have an 04 4Runner and the CD player won't play CD's anymore. I am considering getting another head unit to keep the factory buttons working. Then I saw your install, and it looks sweet!

I miss my 00 Tundra, and wanted an 04 Double Cab, but it was out of my budget. My 4Runner needs some work to make it rugged like my Tundra was.

 

Yea, I had to order the antenna separately, but check with who your buying from first (don't want to spend 150 bucks if you don't have to) Mine came with the navigation DVD, but again, check with the seller. Got the antenna off of ebay

 

heres a picture where I mounted the mic (above ignition)

works great, I love the hands free cell phone feature, very clear, the other person on the phone can hear me fine. Voice recognition works ok, but its just easier to reach and press the buttons on the screen. The recognition works well on the phone dialing though.

 

where did you put the antenna?

 

I mounted the antenna behind the dash between the dash pad and an air duct, it is tight enough not to rattle (I hate rattles )

 

I have been looking for one of these do you mind if I ask you how much you picked it up for?

 

I bought it on ebay (mic, nav, nav disc, steering wheel controls) all for around $1700, less than oemvalue

 

Well I finished my temporary backup camera today, works great, but cant wait till the custom tailgate handle camera comes out I will immediately replace this with the custom Tundra camera. I made a custom harness for my OEM nav. I bought some "rca female" solder type jacks that are made to go on the end of a cable. I attached that to the wires coming out of the R10 connector on the back of the headunit. This way I can always upgrade my camera and it will always be plug and play. I ran the cable under the drivers seat through the grommet and zip-tied the cable to the OEM loom running to the back of the truck, big job but it looks really neat Then I just roto-zipped the toyota tow hitch blank so the camera would fit. I wired the camera to ignition hot instead of reverse hot because it was easier, and the headunit senses reverse from a separate reverse wire, not from the camera input

Anyways, it's a really a nice piece of mind with all the kids around our neighborhood, doesn't replace rear view mirrors though,lol



These first 3 pics are with the flower post closest to the truck.







These pics are with the flower pot farther away.

 

My navigation is completely done, finally! Although I will add the coasteletech.com ipod module when/if it comes out.

Final things that were added were factory sirius satellite radio, and an aux input jack that was a Toyota Sienna part number.

Sirius radio screen, and satellite antenna behind rear view mirror. I had to modify the antenna casing so I could pass the autodim mirror wire through it:






The aux input from a Toyota Sienna. I had to gut the electronics out of the original Sienna dash mount and mount it in the Tundra dash knockout. It was kinda difficult because I did not want to scratch the knockout while drilling. I then used a rotozip with a sanding bit to make the circuit board narrower. Finally glued it in place with epoxy and hot glue. I can connect any device to the jack, even my laptop. I also made a custom cable that attaches to my ipod and feeds the nav with linout instead of the headphone jack, and charges the ipod at the same time: