![]() ![]() Quite the conundrum, and amazingly another common problem shared with a fellow 4Runner owner out there. The angle these coat hangers are mounted on combined with the fact that they are open on the top – to allow for stuff like, you know, hanging coats – prohibits you from attaching anything with any level of horizontal pull whatsoever. While you can attach a bungee cord or a length of rope to the grab handles above the front and rear doors for supporting some fishing rods, when you get to the back hatch area of the rig there are only the little coat hanger hooks – which are quite useless. This guy had tried to fashion a fishing rod mounting system along with the ceiling of his rig, only to run into the same pesky barrier I had when I attempted to DIY my own rod/ceiling system. On a later date, I was amazed to find out that someone else actually had another obscure problem like me. Eye Bolts For The Hatch From Rear Window Mishaps In any case, this led me to the 4Runner Forum which got me digging even more. Apparently, the rear window thing is a pretty common mishap. The very first answer to the original poster’s query suggested that he make sure the rear window was rolled all the way up.īingo. My search returned a few results and I clicked the first one that said something along the lines of “help! My 4Runner’s rear wiper is broken.” ![]() I was about to call my Mom to cry about it when I decided to give the Google machine a try first. “Of course I got the one truck on the lot with the defective rear windshield wiper.” I quickly launched into the usual theatrics: “always me… ALWAYS ME!” I shouted. I pulled the truck over to the side of the road and twisted the tip of the windshield wiper lever again… nothing. That all changed when about a week into owning my rig while driving home from work one fine day, I attempted to use my rear window washer and nothing happened. That said, I have to admit that I had absolutely no interest in joining any of them. It’s amazing what you can find on the plethora of 4Runner forums and message boards out there. Here’s Why You Need Eye Bolts in Your Hatch For The 5th Gen 4Runner ![]()
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