Recent content by Desert Dawg

My wife paid you to say that, didn't she?

Yes, really enjoyed the Ram and built it up with a great Fox system that let me take it up and over some gnarly 12K mountain passes in CO. Had a better build on the Tundra with its King setup and did the same. With both rigs, the Jeep guys told me that when they saw me coming up the trails...

Hi everyone. Was an avid forum member several years ago with my "Desert Dawg" build; 2014 4Runner Trail Edition. Afterwards, I moved on to building up my 2015 Tundra 1794 Edition with a ton of mods (pre Pro-editions). Since then, I had some fun building up a couple of rigs including my Ram...

Looks great! Haven't purchased mine yet but have been seriously considering this color! I prefer lighter colors to begin with (even though I currently have a dark grey truck...lol) to hide the dust but this color is very distinctive. My wife didn't like Lime Rush at all when I showed her, but...

Actually, 12 MPG towing with that load doesn't seem too bad; you mentioned some long hills but was most of the trip on level ground? Up here in the mountains, I bet it would be closer to 9 MPG at best. But still, impressive! I am toying with the idea of a supercharger too along with 4.56s but...

Thanks! Oh yeah, I have purchased many a vehicle out of state with great success. Already found some dealers in CO selling at MSRP whereas here in NM no such luck. On the other end of the scale are some dealers in AZ not selling to anyone out of state at all.

I did consider it but just not a big fan of the styling even with mods. Awesome machine, but like my response above, I just can't into the Lexus styling. I had my sights on a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser and all sorts of ideas for modding that, but I waited too long and now refuse to pay...

haha...for sure and that is before mods. I averaged about 14 City with my modest mods and not a whole lot better with Highway mileage. But it's all relative. Compared to my built up Tundra and Ram Rebel with bumpers, winches, 35s, toppers. etc., my 4Runner was "efficient"...lol.

Hey there honda250xtitan! I sure had fun with that Tundra build for sure. But to be honest, been dipping the TR4.org over the years too. Just couldn't stay away so probably an omen to myself that "I'll be back"...lol. Yeah, I was just looking at the Wescott Designs version! Looks pretty good...

No worries and to be honest you had me worried that I didn't remember what kind of vehicle I had. I am getting to that age now...just saying...lol.

Yeah, I understand the sentiment and my decision is not set in stone yet! I do like the PRO but also dependent on what is available at what price by end of the summer (currently finding markups of $2.5K to $10K above sticker so that is not going to happen)!

Actually, there was!

...and I blame my kid...lol. He is waiting on his new 2022 4Runner TRD Off-road Premium so naturally I am helping him with his build plans. But it really got me thinking about going back to a new 4Runner before the Gen 6 comes out. I did have a 2014 4Runner Trail Edition several years back that...

OP, great well balanced review...thanks!

Nice to know I still kind of live on here and there...lol! :cheers: