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Originally Posted by Meat Head
So after a year of hemming and hawing (and another new Jeep), the wife and I have finally decided to get a 4Runner. We just got back from a Moab/Ouray trip and realized, we just do not need the capability (or daily driver compromises) of a modified Jeep. The only trail we ran the entire trip that was somewhat challenging, was Seven Mile Rim, but a lightly modified 4Runner would have been fine.
So, all that said, we are going to test drive a slightly used TRD Off Road tomorrow morning. If the wife likes it, we are going to “order” one, or find one in the pipeline closest to her desires. The dealership will sell a TRD Off Road Premium or a TRD Pro with no market adjustment, but the Pro would be a 8-12 month wait. So, we will go with the Off Road Premium. Flexible on color, no black, no Lime Rush, moonroof required, but what else should we get? Is KDSS a must have? How about the sliding rear cargo tray, worth it, or not necessary? Any advice is appreciated.
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Great choice, I think and there is a VERY active, fun Toyota culture alive and well all over the US - here in SoCal there's several groups to wheel with.
You'll get a quiet, comfortable road drive. Definitely choose an TRD Offroad with the rear elocker and ATRAC/Crawl control - very useful if you learn how to use it. Mods are more expensive than with jeeps, but a 4runner on 33's with a 2-3" lift and armor is a VERY capable, comfortable compromise for us.
KDSS - yes
Sliding rear tray - nope
We have 33's and a 2" lift, and wheeled all over Moab including fins and things which is a fairly technical trail for a mildly built rig. We'd also consider hells revenge and poison spider mesa do-able, along with the Arches national park back country.
Several folks have run the Rubicon with 34-35's. The slickrock trail was just run by a member here with a bit of minor damage, but nothing catastrophic.
We are actually in the process of adding a Marlin crawler Tacobox to drop our crawl ratio to 157:1. Should be a huge improvement offroad but should leave our rig completely streetable for local trails and long road-trips.
We have road tripped quite a bit and the difference between 70mph in a Jeep Jk and 70mph in a 4runner is extremely significant. We had a JK in our convoy along with a 150k mile FJcruiser and both toyota's were bank vault quiet and smooth in comparison.
