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97kurt
04-21-2008, 05:16 PM
Does anyone know if there was a year that the 3rd gen runner came with a cabin filter? If not has anyone ever retrofitted one in?
Lee
04-21-2008, 05:19 PM
not sure on the retrofit, but no they didnt have them.
YotaFun
04-21-2008, 05:21 PM
not sure on the retrofit, but no they didnt have them.


X2
Didn't have one, And I don't think there is a retrofit
Bob98SR5
04-21-2008, 10:03 PM
nope, no 3rd gens had them. but that said, anything is possible. in 4th gens where are they located? are they located *after* the blower fan (between the blower and the vents)? if yes, the blower fan is beneath and behind the glove box

http://www.4runners.org/writeups/fan/
BruceTS
04-22-2008, 06:59 AM
You have 2 vents in the rear that would need filters, with some minor fabbing it can be done. As for the fresh air vent up front, I haven't taken one apart, so I have no clue if one can be retrofitted easily.

BTW no 3rd gen had vent filters......but I wonder if the Lexus version had them?????
97kurt
04-22-2008, 09:09 AM
You have 2 vents in the rear that would need filters, with some minor fabbing it can be done. As for the fresh air vent up front, I haven't taken one apart, so I have no clue if one can be retrofitted easily.

BTW no 3rd gen had vent filters......but I wonder if the Lexus version had them?????


This is something I will be looking into. I'm getting tired of being sandblasted everytime I flip the fan onto high.
Good Times
04-22-2008, 06:18 PM
Kurt on the 4th gen we have one right behind the glove box. check there. I've swapped out my filter with the ac/heater/furnice filtration system (3M) from Home Depot. I had to do a bit of cutting to make it fit but it works.

The filter is one of those cut to fit your application so it comes with a black plastic mesh (checkered piece - 36"x36") and the filters (green and black). I used this to make it work for 3 of my filters (behind glove box and two filters in the rear that Bruce mentioned). this helped reduce my "dust" factor that you experience. It doesn't prevent 100% of the dust but it's much better than stock.
97kurt
04-23-2008, 11:18 AM
Thanks for the info, I'll take a peak this weekend.

Oh, from the little research I have done. The sequoia/tundra did not have a filter. And even the Lexus/Fj80 did not have a filter. Looks like the 4th gen 4runner was the first for the SUVs.