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That looks great. I really like the rear bumper job there. The whole build is sweet. Great job!

Congrats on getting your build going. You mentioned the spare wheel earlier - any further thoughts on what you’ll do there?

I like the barn door when camping - which is apparently now called overlanding - for a couple reasons: - I like to mount my water tank on the rear of the roof rack, and have the hose/spigot run down to the back. I can use it behind or off to the side of the car without a raised tailgate being...

It's been about a year, but my recollection is that the trim piece just clips onto the body so you can put it back on after installing the sliders. I believe I took off the running boards, installed the sliders, then cut the running boards and clipped back on the 'trim' that remained. As to...

Nice rig! We get up to the snow a lot so maybe I'll see you around Mammoth, Tahoe or elsewhere. I've been running the Wildpeaks for almost a year now and agree they are awesome. It isn't totally clear from your posts, whether you ever drove in the snow and ice in the GX with the stock tires...

Nice wheels.

Just by way of an update here, finally got out to the desert this past weekend and had a chance to get these tires into some sand, over some rocks and have a little fun. Had a great time and still happy with the Falkens. Gotta say, I am super impressed with the GX and the KDSS.

A fella with a GX460 in the same color and all was parked next to me up in Mammoth Lakes a couple weeks ago and he had the Prado rails which looked super clean. They really open up the options for crossbars. I think he said he got them on Ebay or Amazon for around $200. Just another option to...

Somehow I missed this - sorry for the later response. Yes, the tires do have sipes. So far I have been happy with snow/ice performance, but I only have the stock tires to compare to - so take that for what it is worth. I don't really have any specific expectation of how long they will last.

Hi - the sliders are the Rocky Road kick-out sliders with a full cover. They are bolt on. I just installed them last weekend so while I like the look and form of them, I haven't been off road with them yet. Would be good to hear your experience and thoughts on the Wildpeaks.

I think anything can work - the step itself and the concave nature of the area you will want to cut will mean you'll spend a few minutes figuring out how to get the right angle with whatever you use. I happened to use the Genesis cut off tool from HD.

Since this looks like an open thread on slider install I'll share my thoughts on the Rocky Road sliders here. I got these a few weeks ago and finally got around to installing them. I can echo many of the comments in here already, and will pass along some tips to those who may attempt this and...

Hi, sorry it took a while to get back to this. Here are some more pics. I took the requested pics of the spare from both the rear and front, note that the car is pointed slightly downhill at the entrance to my driveway, so there is a good shot of the spare from the rear, but it makes it look...

Yes the fifth tire is in the undercarriage location. "p-metric"? No idea what that means.

I had similar situation, bought a 2016 with 30k miles, was not certified. Dealer said that certifying it would add a few grand to the price he'd have to charge. 34K is a great deal, I'd ask if they just chose not to certify it - I don't know how a car would "fail" the certification - usually...