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the adjustable shocks hardly did anything so i don't miss that at all. however, i think the airbags are a nice feature so i kept them and just swapped shocks in the rear. love my bilstein 6112/5100 setup. so much better than the floppy boat feeling on stock shocks.

yeah there's obviously a question of how much of a size differential really matters and how far you can drive, etc. Your case obviously is pretty unusual at less than 1" difference. But realistically do people buy 33" tires and a separate new 32" spare? no, they just keep a 31" OEM spare and...

Yes, the biggest spare you can fit is 32" so you need to either roll the dice with damaging your torsen center diff when running an undersized spare in an emergency, or you need to factor in how to carry a spare externally. For me personally it wasn't worth the hassle so I stuck with 265/65/18.

Very impressed with my AT4Ws (265/65/18 SL). good ride, relatively quiet and zero punctures so far after a couple thousand offroad miles in some very rocky terrain.

Everything installed. already dirty from my dirty garage floor. not sure what to do about that plastic bumper filler piece yet, but it's ok for now.

I think they shipped in about a week, it was really fast since I was expecting 6-8 weeks. Here's a pic showing the transfer case and exhaust crossover. The exhaust is the lowest-hanging part of the front of the vehicle and the skid goes right up to it.

I was wondering about this too, since my C4 skids require removal of both of these. But if you think about how they are positioned they are just guards, not structural. The front ones protect the swaybar/engine and the rear ones protect the cats. The skids you replace them with are just as...

I installed my C4 skids and RCI fuel tank skid today. Pretty easy job, only took about 5 hours including an oil change. The C4 skids looked and felt very well built and beefy. All the holes lined up perfectly, seems like a quality product. RCI fuel tank skid seems fine too. The C4 skids fit up...

cool to see a real prado on here!

Ordered, thanks!

so, uh... Memorial Day sale? 😘

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After the trip:

Got back from our big trip a couple weeks ago, thought I'd share some notes. Portland, OR to Savannah, GA and Back: 8731 miles, probably 1500 of which were off-road. Averaged about 15mpg, usually around 75mph, tires at 35psi. Major off-road side-trips were: Death Valley NP Mojave Road Sedona...

FWIW I just ordered the C4 full skid set in steel and the RCI fuel tank skid in aluminum. will let everyone know how i like them in 6-8 weeks o_O