Jetboy

Sold the ‘08 DC and bought a ‘12 limited Crewmax 4x4 with 180k. Great truck, needs a camper shell. 275/70R18 coopers with what looks like a 1.5” leveling spacer in the front.

Scored two brand new rhino rack platforms 72x56 for $250 each! One for the tundra and other for 4runner.

My old 2F has actually been reasonably reliable. I don't think it's ever had any internal work. Not in the 20ish years I've had it. But I have had issues with the ignition mostly and the carburation has never really been right. I bought it with a...

Bless you for keeping that 2F running :cool: Yeah they were a lot of work more than many like to admit. Had a 77 Iron Pig in the late 70's through the mid 80's and it ate valve guides. And required a lot of care but drove it in the mountains all...

We had a Quick Look at a ‘25 4R today at a local dealer. Back seat is smaller than the 250s, and the rear cargo area on the 4R (ORP Hybrid) was ridiculous. I thought the 250 was low in the back with the battery, but the 4R is about 4-5” lower...

To be fair, most cars were slow AF back then.

Very true. But even a Suburban was around 10 seconds 0-60 and a Blazer was around 8.5. IIRC my old '71 Suburban was still significantly faster just by memory of the 350/TH350 combo in around a 4k lb vehicle of that era. Looking back at that era...

A 60 was pretty close to the same price as a 2 door K5 Blazer or the full size bronco is my memory. Might be bad memory. Google tells me an 85 FJ60 was $15k and a Bronco was $13k. About 15% more for the LC60. But they were pretty basic vehicles...

@Jetboy Also it sounds like you already have the perfect trail vehicles (a FJ40 and a side by side) not going to find a better tool for trail duty than either of those. :)

What I loved about my 5th gen 4R and would also fit the 6th and LC250 is the range of functions. It's something you can jump in and do 1,000 mile highway trip to some cool place and still tackle 90% of the offroad range of the side by side or...

In the end nothing is perfect and it comes down to what you want and are willing to compromise on. I too am big on visibility but the way trucks and SUV's are built nowadays with high belt lines, huge front ends, long hoods, and tractor style...

I think the 4Runner is definitely a better value on paper. Significantly more suspension options that are almost all better, except Toyota for whatever stupid reason withholds the SDM from almost all of them. Aftermarket will solve that PDQ I...

What's kinda interesting is it wasn't really that way if you go a little further back. Mid 90's and prior the Land Cruiser wasn't really a symbol of wealth or luxury. No one I knew back then who was driving a FJ62 or a FJ80 were considered...

They are exactly that. I had family visit who rented one. 2025 Limited 4Runner. So I had a good chance to drive it. I would not be interested in buying one as someone how loved my 5th gen 4R and would buy one again. There's a lot of good - power...

I’ve seen a couple of 6th Gen ‘Frunners on the road here lately. None up close and personal, but as they have driven past, my initial impression is that they are low and long compared to the LC. I haven’t looked up the dimensions (and won’t)...

I remember to test this out on my '16 Tundra. With the window lock switch turned on (locked) the driver's window goes up and down as normal and the rear glass goes up and down as normal. The both rear and passenger doors will not go up or down...

When it went on my '15 4R it was pretty noisy. And the wiper seal wouldn't hold. I think the shaft wobbles some even when new. It's not a very precision fit. But when mine failed the shaft wobble was probably too much without the bearing locating...

I'm thinking he may also have spent a side part of nearly an entire career designing the needle bearings in the front diffs - how on earth did that design last for something like 40 years and multiple generations of TSBs and replacements when a...

I bet there's some engineer bouncing around departments at Toyota.. started as an intern designing the pesky heater hose on 80s, then moved up to starter placement for the 2UZ, then skid plate design, and now he's been promoted to "block cleaning...

+1 on the oil change. The factory skid is so GD annoying. Same on my 4Runner. Why Toyota??? I swapped to a TRD Pro aluminum one on the Tundra just for the oil access door. It's about a strong as heavy duty cardboard. But I don't have to pull it...

The RCI has a cutout to drain & change the filter? What a novel Idea that Toyota should’ve considered 😂

Big milestone today Oil change/tire rotation in a crowded garage. Also threw on an RCI skidplate - big improvement. And it'll be killer to not have to drop the skid every time I need to change the oil

Maybe the Sequoia has an interior air quality sensor and it actually let the hatch window to go down (the kid farted, remember? ;) ) In any case, departing late and tired is always a mistake. Would it happen the next morning I would be able to...

HAHAHAAHA!! Thanks for sharing. We've all done something like that. It is odd that it will go down but not up like that. Maybe a safety system? I'll try in my Tundra, but I'm 99% sure none of the windows will not go down or up. I know in my...

Spent ~week fabricating fridge and secondary battery support for hitch basket, etc for wife's 2022 Sequoia (ole good V8). Loaded it up for the family camping trip. Made maybe 15 minutes, one of the kids farted, cracked down the hatch window and...