Recent content by Noctilucent

Let the dethroned 200 mourn their wagons

Mine woke up this morning blending in with my tinnitus pretty well. Glad we humble Toyota peasants are finally allowed to get our brake noise fixed now that our Lexus brothers were taken care of first.

Those tires/wheels combo look sick.

I've always considered 4Rs Light duty Land Cruisers, I remember expressing this a few years back and boy people got up in arms and argued the GX was the true american Prado but I knew the 4R was also lc Prado with a different badge/body sharing mostly everything with the overseas Lc Prados, I...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think when the 5th gen first came out it didn't sell well, then it spiked later on

I was hoping to build something like this on the 250 but with the battery back there it adds another hurdle. I think it’s doable it’ll just take a bit more engineering if I decide to go that route down the line. I think the come along table will do for now. I alsom imagine some 300 owners who...

That's cool to see. The 2nd gen 4Runners had tailgates too something that feels like it's fading away on lcs the last being the 200 which is kind of a shame. Back when I had a 4th gen I remember a guy who had gone from a 2nd gen to a 4th and missed the tailgate so much he actually built his own...

Appreciate that take that’s actually a great idea about just keeping a fold out table in the truck. 👍

From what I've heard those barn doors are pretty damn cool.

The station wagon definitely wins when it comes to space. But if we’re talking about the overall design of the rear hatch and cargo area, I’d say the 4Runner with the slide out might have the edge offering better weather protection and a roll down window even if it has a less traditional...

Oof, it rattles? I’ve never heard that before. Do you think they all do? When I was looking for a 4Runner, I couldn’t even find one with the slide out cargo deck they were super rare. If every single one rattles, that’d be a poor design… but honestly I doubt they all do. Never the less, the...

Hmm, If it's main purpose is access then the tailgate makes it difficult to access things in the far back rendering the 4R winner wouldn't you agree? Edit: That said I wouldn't say its main purpose is just access. I’d argue its real main purpose is versatility functioning as a bench a pseudo...

True, very true. But! the station wagon's tailgate kinda blocks from reaching the stuff in the back some would have to kinda crawl to reach at times. depending on how you store things the 4R slide out could pull those hard to reach items close enough to grab but it depends, if it's something's...

Hm, I think the 5th gen 4Runners with the slide out table are the real winners. You've got the roll down rear window a slide out tailgate and a full sized weather shield thanks to the non split hatch. I just wish Toyota had included that slide out table in more 5th gens. Most people seemed to...