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Ditched the GTI
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KOA789
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I drove a regular Trail edition, I don't know if that had the system in it. I pretty much drove the 4Runner for a bit, then a Touareg, then i drove the Touareg to the Jeep dealer and ended up buying a Jeep lol The 4Runner was more off road capability then I would need. I do enough off roading to get a wagon stuck, but not enough to get anything as serious as a 4Runner. The GC (no air ride, but has removable front air dam and locking rear diff) does everything just right on road for me and lets me get a bit nutty when i go camping or snowboarding. 4Runner looks damn imposing though. It's much bigger than the last one I drove (2003) and the one I drove had a 3rd row as well, which I didn't know was an option. If they offered a diesel I probably would have bought it though, I drive about 15 to 18k a year.
DBESTGTI1
Go Kart Champion
Yeah the X-Reas isn't an option on the trail models. It's a night and day difference. I like Grand Cherokees but I feel like every single Jeep I've even driven feels so loose int he steering. Like it requires constant steering input back and forth to try to keep it going straight on highways. I did look into a Wrangler Unlimited but IMO it wasn't worth the cost for what you get.
Lol...
But seriously... With 4 bikes on the hitch... He can get a load leveler air ride kit which i've seen on some FJ's
He can even pick up a set of offroad specific volk racing te37's from rotarynight.
I was gonna pick up te37's for my FJ but all that is left in the production run is a pair in 1 offset and another pair in a different offset with no plans to make more
DBESTGTI1
Go Kart Champion
I have some plans for it but nothing major.
-I'm going to add mudflaps to keep the rear wheels from spraying shit up at the bikes.
-I'm going to do HID high beams. I'm not going to be an asshole running HID's in halogen housings blinding everyone else on the road. They will be in halogen housings but you turn the brights off when other cars are coming anyway so it's a non issue for the high beams, I want it to scatter the light and light up everything.
-I'm going to do Weathertech floor mats before ski season starts.
-I'm going to do LED interior bulbs.
-I'm going to tint the front windows to match the rest of the factory tinted windows.
-Budbuilt battery tray for running dual batteries (for camping and stuff like that).
Depending on how satisfied I am with the light output after messing with the OEM stuff I may add a 20"LED light bar behind the lower front grill. I may do OEM Trail Edition upper front grill, rear hatch panel, and headlight housings (black instead of chrome). I may potentially do a spring spacer leveling kit that lifts 2.5" up front 1.5" in back - It's basically just a spacer that goes between the strut mount and the body, same suspension as stock but the, it just levels it out while going up a bit. It's only a couple hundred bucks and easy to install so I might try it.
-I'm going to add mudflaps to keep the rear wheels from spraying shit up at the bikes.
-I'm going to do HID high beams. I'm not going to be an asshole running HID's in halogen housings blinding everyone else on the road. They will be in halogen housings but you turn the brights off when other cars are coming anyway so it's a non issue for the high beams, I want it to scatter the light and light up everything.
-I'm going to do Weathertech floor mats before ski season starts.
-I'm going to do LED interior bulbs.
-I'm going to tint the front windows to match the rest of the factory tinted windows.
-Budbuilt battery tray for running dual batteries (for camping and stuff like that).
Depending on how satisfied I am with the light output after messing with the OEM stuff I may add a 20"LED light bar behind the lower front grill. I may do OEM Trail Edition upper front grill, rear hatch panel, and headlight housings (black instead of chrome). I may potentially do a spring spacer leveling kit that lifts 2.5" up front 1.5" in back - It's basically just a spacer that goes between the strut mount and the body, same suspension as stock but the, it just levels it out while going up a bit. It's only a couple hundred bucks and easy to install so I might try it.
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KOA789
Go Kart Champion
I've driven a few Wranglers (an Unlimited with 33s and a modified Sahara with 33*) and there was a lot of steering correction with those. I wouldn't buy one of those for a travel vehicle anyways. The only GC I've driven has been the 2014 WK2 diesel and I didn't notice that in the steering at all, maybe because it was stock, or I just don't have the feel for that. Which model is the X-Reas available on? Sounds like a bad ass system.
Any thought to a retrofit instead?
http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2013/05/02/huys-2013-toyota-4runner-oem-lexus-ls460-conversion-morimoto-xbaled-rings/
DBESTGTI1
Go Kart Champion
I got a couple new things for the truck recently. I swapped out all of the interior lights along with the plate light and puddle lights in the mirrors for LEDs. I added some OEM mudflaps to keep from spraying crap up at the bikes, and an OEM retractable cargo area privacy cover.
Usually we spend the weekends mountain biking or whatever, yesterday we did a 28 mile ride through the mountains on dirt single track so today we decided to take it easy. My wife and I got some breakfast and drove from Boulder up into the mountains to check out the fall colors with the Aspens changing. We went up Boulder Canyon to Nederland, took the Peak to Peak a short way towards Estes Park and jumped on the Switzerland Trail. We spent a few hours off roading until we hit the town of Gold Hill then over to Left Hand Canyon back down to Boulder. The Switzerland Trail is the site of a historic 3 ft narrow gauge railroad line used for mining around the turn of the 20th century. The rails have been gone for about century now but the unmaintained rail beds are open trails. This was the first time either of have gone off roading on anything other dirt country road and it was a blast. It was nothing crazy or extreme but it was a lot of fun on rugged rutted up narrow trails bench cut into the side of mountains.
Anyways, pics!
Thats a ski resort up there on the top right
Usually we spend the weekends mountain biking or whatever, yesterday we did a 28 mile ride through the mountains on dirt single track so today we decided to take it easy. My wife and I got some breakfast and drove from Boulder up into the mountains to check out the fall colors with the Aspens changing. We went up Boulder Canyon to Nederland, took the Peak to Peak a short way towards Estes Park and jumped on the Switzerland Trail. We spent a few hours off roading until we hit the town of Gold Hill then over to Left Hand Canyon back down to Boulder. The Switzerland Trail is the site of a historic 3 ft narrow gauge railroad line used for mining around the turn of the 20th century. The rails have been gone for about century now but the unmaintained rail beds are open trails. This was the first time either of have gone off roading on anything other dirt country road and it was a blast. It was nothing crazy or extreme but it was a lot of fun on rugged rutted up narrow trails bench cut into the side of mountains.
Anyways, pics!
Thats a ski resort up there on the top right
Pretty solid move to be honest. I've always loved 4Runners. The old 22B has years and years of threads dedicated to it. I've always ranked my SUV's: 4Runner, Cherokee..... And that's it. I never think of anything other than those two. And those pictures look great! A GTI for some reason would be so out of place in those pictures, like Batman on a farm during the day just standing in the yard.
KOA789
Go Kart Champion
Lol quote of the week