The neutering of my 4Runner continues
I switched to stock size Michelin Defenders in early winter. The car drives much, much nicer. Far less road noise, far more stable, doesn't get caught in ruts. Still fine in all the off roading I would do. In fact, when I think back to when I was a kid, all of our farm trucks were 2wd with normal old light truck tires and they went through way more shit than the fire roads I would do without ever getting stuck.
So far I think this is a good move for me despite it not looking anywhere near as cool as it used to.
I traded my RCI rock sliders with another board member's predator steps. I saved about 100 pounds of weight, my mom and son have a much easier time getting in the truck, and hopefully mbm1112 will get some actual use out of them.
One thing we discovered while doing the swap is that while the bolt pattern is the same from 2016 to 2017, the bolt sizes are different.
Next up... I'm seriously considering what to do with the LFD roof rack. It's great for what I occasionally use it for (snowboards and hauling plywood) but it has significant wind noise...
And as soon as my suspension wears out I'll go to a shock with progressive dampening. Digressive is a bad idea with KDSS IMHO.