Moby
GOLD Star
I had the first opportunity to spend a more lengthy amount of time on some fire roads yesterday and was pretty impressed for a stock suspension. Way better than the stock suspension on my GX460 (base not premium with air suspension), which would rattle my teeth out (hence the stock suspension came off as a priority with <1k on the truck).
The roads were not bad by any means but lots of washboard and definitely some more interesting sections that pushed the articulation some. It did so well that I was regularly catching and getting stuck behind all manner of pick ups - Chevy, Ford, Tacomas, etc. That were moving 10mph slower than I was (and I was not pushing the pace, just driving what was comfortable - with one exception where I hit 35-40mph on a straight flat section that was pretty washboarded out but no big craters or rocks). This was with stock tires as well.
The GX with Radflos and my tuning would have done better than the stock 200, and I still plan on upgrading the 200's suspension. But thought I'd pass this along for folks that only occasionally want use their 200s "off road" (if you can call fire roads that) and might be worried about how well it might do with the stock set up.
The roads were not bad by any means but lots of washboard and definitely some more interesting sections that pushed the articulation some. It did so well that I was regularly catching and getting stuck behind all manner of pick ups - Chevy, Ford, Tacomas, etc. That were moving 10mph slower than I was (and I was not pushing the pace, just driving what was comfortable - with one exception where I hit 35-40mph on a straight flat section that was pretty washboarded out but no big craters or rocks). This was with stock tires as well.
The GX with Radflos and my tuning would have done better than the stock 200, and I still plan on upgrading the 200's suspension. But thought I'd pass this along for folks that only occasionally want use their 200s "off road" (if you can call fire roads that) and might be worried about how well it might do with the stock set up.