El Lago del Cráter
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Nice shots, grew up close to there, beautiful area no doubt.
It's about 1+30 south for us. Definitely close enough that we have zero excuse not to have climbed every trail!
The water is like no other blue I've ever seen. No filtering or post-production edits. That's the real color.
The water is like no other blue I've ever seen. No filtering or post-production edits. That's the real color.
desmocruiser
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love to hear more details about these fender flares
desmocruiser
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These are the flares installed by Gulf States Toyota (one of the private Toyota distributors) at port to many of the early 200 series in Texas, LA, MS, AR, and OK.
I read somewhere they were made by Bushwacker, they seem to fit decently. Initially, I planned to remove them but after the positive offset wheels they don’t look terrible. I saw a set for sale in the classifieds recently, many people remove them.
Stopped by the dealer to look at a new Tundra with mods they had on the lot and had to laugh when I turned around to get back into my 200. They were prepping for a customer to pick up her new 4runner.
Found some dirt roads on my way home from @sleeoffroad. About 60 miles of ruts, washboards and rocks. The bumper is solid, no rattles. I think my weak link for noise is my dometic fridge wire baskets - need to figure out a solution for that. Aux fuel tank has already been very handy traversing Wyoming where fuel stations can be sparse.
That's some VIP sh** right there. I remember when I bought a lexus IS from Carmax many moons ago they put a giant bow on it.
It’s hard to get the fridge racks to not rattle.
I've never had one not weighted down with beer.
Seriously though, I've never heard my ARB fridge rack rattle. That would be a pretty loud noise if you can hear it from within an insulated box at the back of the truck.
I can only imagine how much the poor 4Runner buyer must have overpaid to make that circus "worth it" for the dealership.
The fix is super simple:
1. Pick up some clear, 1/4" tubing.
2. For each basket, cut four 1/2" pieces of the tubing.
3. Cut each piece of tubing lengthwise.
4. Wrap each piece of tubing on the wire basket in places where it contacts/rattles.
5. Give eatSleepWoof a cold beer. (Critical step towards comprehensive, democratic, anti-rattle defensive measures.)
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Be happy it wasn’t confused with the Highlander as my old 2008 was.
Thanks! great idea. I love the BC area. Next time I'm back up there I'll have to drop off a cold beverage for you.
@Tex68w, @OregonLC I don't drink but I do try to keep the fridge full of water at least - reduces the rattles and I think the fridge is more efficient? I have the dometic 75 which seemed like a good idea at the time but it's way more fridge space than I need for the shorter trips I typically take. When empty the baskets rattle pretty bad. I may replace it sometime - good to know your ARB doesn't rattle.
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