Trident904’s 22 TRD OR Premium on 35’s

New shoes on today.

 

Some better pics of the tires.

 

How are you liking them so far. I've heard some very mixed reviews of them. Surprised you went with an AT and not one of the more aggressive hybrids.

 

They’re actually not too bad. So far I’m happy with them. I have a lot of highway miles coming up and the MT’s just weren’t going to cut it for me. It came down to these or the Nitto Ridge Graps and the Toyo’s were $221/tire compared to the Nitto’s being $300/tire.

 

So, the Toyos are gone. Tire shop sold me C loads when I ordered E loads. Returned them and put the Firestone’s back on since E loads aren’t available yet.

Also sold the Victory rack and put the Pro rack on. Realized after my last wheeling trip that the victory rack was just too heavy and generating a ton of unnecessary weight that was making off camber situations more unsafe than they should be.

 

Okay, tire situation resolved. AT3’s turned out to be C loads so I returned them and got Toyo RT’s in 295/70/17.

 

Tell me about the RT's!
Those are looking to be my next tire.

 

https://www.tiresdirect.net/toyo-open-country-r-t-lt295-70r17-121-118q-e10.html

I’ll post pics when I get them on. Should be here Tuesday. My buddy has them on his Tacoma and swears by them. Has had them on for at least 40k and he wheels the shit out of them and they still look fairly new.

 

Toyo RT’s installed.

 

New addition to the “when the SHTF” gear. PSA 5.56 10.5” w/SBR4, VTAC 2 point, Vortex magnifier and Sig Romeo MSR red dot.

 

I've got a new friend coming soon too, I'm going PCC. That looks like a fun little guy. How do you like that optic?

 

I’ve honestly never heard someone say this about a roof rack, especially guys with full racks and RTT’a doing heavy wheeling.

 

The Vortex Magnifier is awesome. The SIG MSR took some getting use to. The field of view isn’t quite what I want, I may go back to an EOTech Holo.

 

Most guys doing “heavy wheeling” with all that gear aren’t crawling rocks and getting into 30 degree off camber situations. I do and it was dangerous to the point where the weight up top needed to come off.

 

sounds like suspension issues

 

Yeah, it’s not a suspension issue on my rig.

I also don’t run any sway bars because I actually wheel my rig in a manner that most self proclaimed “hard core” guys dont do. Rock crawlers don’t run with a bunch of useless shit on top of their rigs for a reason. I’m not an overlander.

 

sounds like you got the wrong vehicle then

 

Nope, not at all. 7 previous Tacomas and all were great until the 3rd gen. Love the 4Runner and it’s so much more capable on 33’s than the Tacoma on 35’s. Plus, the fact my gear stays dry on trips is huge.

 

I'm seriously considering a new bronco 2door

 

I'd wait and let them figure out all the bugs before taking the plunge.

 

Always

 

From page 1, post 2, any update on the GEN 2 TACO to keep you from wheeling this one hard?? Was looking at your wheel specs, scrolled down and saw that post, had to ask!

 

Colorado and Moab bound tomorrow! Lots of kick ass pics and video to follow...

 

The journey begins. Will be calling the 4Runner home for the next 17 days.

 

Hey you old shit bag. Hope you go way too fast on that one Sketchy section on black bear pass and take a miss step.

 

What sketchy section? Nothing sketch about that trail. Black Bear is highly overrated in my opinion. It’s a beautiful trail and is easy if you aren’t stupid. You really have to fuck up to flop your rig. The steps were cake, the slide didn’t slide, and the switchbacks were tight but not bad at all.

You should have brought your stock ass T4R out here with us!

 

I know I wasn’t on our threads much but I didn’t know about it till 2 weeks ago for whatever reason. I wish I could have went

 

Some footage from Hell’s Gate. I wasn’t impressed with the obstacle at all. All the videos you watch and people you talk to make it seem like much more difficult than it was. Getting down to the start of Hell’s Gate was way worse.

https://youtu.be/5l368jAR5zU

 

It’s dead. Killed by rats. I’m gonna go play with muscle cars and airplanes for a while.

Unfortunately, the wiring was just too tasty for some local rodents. I had no lights on the dash or any other indications that wires were being feasted upon (hadn’t been chewed through completely) until I hit a rough patch on the highway and something went bang and then got all rice krispy sounding. Transmission grenaded itself, the main shaft in the trans bound up and broke in 2 places, the bind was so severe it trashed the t-case and torque converter, and also caused a momentary blip in the engine that was enough to spin the crank. Had it towed to a shop (not Toyota) and they found a rats nest with a bunch of crispy fried baby rats in it on top of the trans built around the trans harness and a second nest at the back of the engine between the firewall and engine near the main harness pass through. Total damage assessment was engine rebuild, new trans, new case and new main harness and trans harness. Shop wanted $17k for parts and labor. I said fuck that and sold it to a guy with a wrecked T4R who just needs and good chassis and body to put his driveline in.

 

Holy shit! Toyota needs to stop using rat food as insulation! I can't believe they're still using that garbage. There's just too many of these situations going on.

What are you going to replace it with?