Goldbug
SILVER Star
I joined the LC club a few years ago with my beloved 1978 40 series but my 2014 4Runner wasn't really big enough to tow it. So might as well by a 200! There were other reasons of course too..
I bought it 2 weeks ago through Mud. Great seller, great vehicle. It's a 2011 with 180k miles on it now after driving it back from SC. It will be my daily driver but I'd like to do some serious cross country type road trips and moderate wheeling in it. The 40 will be for the east coast rock crawling stuff, but I'd love to get the 200 out to Colorado, Utah, etc. I'm debating what mods to do first and would love input. I have gone through most of the FAQs and "what have you done" threads, which helped me narrow it down.
It is bone stock now, first thing is to baseline it and take care of any preventive maintenance. I wasn't going to pull the trigger on a lift or new tires until the spring, but there are some great sales going on now. I'm considering ordering the Dobinsons 2" IMS kit here and then would do probably a set of KO2s since I've liked them in the past and I need something that can handle snow well. Do I have to do new Upper Control Arms too, or is that only above a 2" lift? I've done steering and suspension and a lot of other stuff on the 40, but the 200 is a different animal.
Thanks for the intel!
I bought it 2 weeks ago through Mud. Great seller, great vehicle. It's a 2011 with 180k miles on it now after driving it back from SC. It will be my daily driver but I'd like to do some serious cross country type road trips and moderate wheeling in it. The 40 will be for the east coast rock crawling stuff, but I'd love to get the 200 out to Colorado, Utah, etc. I'm debating what mods to do first and would love input. I have gone through most of the FAQs and "what have you done" threads, which helped me narrow it down.
It is bone stock now, first thing is to baseline it and take care of any preventive maintenance. I wasn't going to pull the trigger on a lift or new tires until the spring, but there are some great sales going on now. I'm considering ordering the Dobinsons 2" IMS kit here and then would do probably a set of KO2s since I've liked them in the past and I need something that can handle snow well. Do I have to do new Upper Control Arms too, or is that only above a 2" lift? I've done steering and suspension and a lot of other stuff on the 40, but the 200 is a different animal.
Thanks for the intel!