Looks like a blast, wish I was friends with those guys!

I would do it, but my 4runner is my only car and of course the DD, so technically no, but if it was my second car, I would do it.

But on the other hand, I get a bit anxious parking in a gravel parking lot, lol. Yea, I baby mine a bit much.

Made me click off it within just ten seconds.

believe it or not the rigs are designed to take this kind of abuse.... the only thing you're going to want to keep an eye on is suspension over heating.

Toyota officially notes as well that the trucks are safe to ride in up to 27.5 inches of water before claims will be denied on warranty issues. I dont know about you guys, but if you go measure 27.5 inches on your rig your going to be surprised just how deep the truck can go before water comes in or does damage.

I tried finding the video on YouTube (no luck finding it sorry) that I had watched years ago but Toyota actually did a promotional testing video on the 5th gen 4Runner a while back where they actually give instructions on proper driving through water that was as high as the top of the wheel well. I remember them saying to keep the car always in a moving motion so a wake of water would be pulled down from teh engine bay, giving less risk of water logging the engine etc...

its pretty interesting to be honest that such a piece of equipment is designed to handle so much abuse.

Interesting. A stock 4runner runs 31.5 inch tires. So about 4 inches below the top of the tire. I'll remember that next time I have to ford a flooded intersection.

or just get a 4x4 sr5 lol

Purchased my daily driver 2019 19 TRD OR April 27th. On April 28th it had 324 miles on the odometer and mud all the way up to the underside of the hood (see photo).

Now I’m at 17,024 miles and I don’t even flinch when I hear branches scraping down the side and roof. I don’t have much deep water to cross, but mud, sand and pushing through dense vegetation is a weekly thing for us. Not to the level of much of the video... yet, but we’re working on it.

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Less than 1000 miles before I took mine for a swim.




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I would, but it is my daily and I'd rather not break stuff. I have decided that I will likely pickup a GX470 this winter and transfer my springs and UCA to it and drop the 4runner back down to 1.75/1 and leave it as my daily driver and build the GX up for some abuse.

I think I've done every trail I see in the video. You don't have to damage your 4Runner on those trails if you're a good driver and choose the better lines through the obstacle. But you probably do have to accept that it's a possibility that you'll damage something. No matter how careful you are, it's always a risk.