Recent content by RunningWild

I'll second that. Maybe if you had the stock 15" it would look odd, but the 265/70s look fine to me and I have the taller (but much softer) '890s in back. I can post a pic if you like, but since it's not the exact setup you're after I refrained. As for the adjustable shocks, if you want to...

Not while crawling of course, and not all the way to the metal either, but at 40 mph yeah the soft top of the extra-tall bumper seems to be doing the job it's supposed to do. My rear wheels stay on the ground noticeably better than when I had just the new springs and shocks back there. I don't...

I highly recommend getting bump stops to match your rear lift. The Sonoran Steel brackets with Daystar urethane I'm using make a big difference in handling and ride at speed over washboarded dirt and other repeated hits. Might save your shocks and mounts from over-compression damage too...

License Plate The wheel carrier blocks the standard license plate mount on the truck's hatch, so it includes its own, light and all. Assuming you only have one plate available for the rear, to stay legal you'd have to swap your license back and forth from truck to carrier. Doable for sure...

Yup, that's the ticket... to not getting a ticket. :thumb3:

local regs One thing people forget about Oregon Dunes is that even full-size vehicles in the sand are required to have a safety flag (we have too many yahoos launching off hills without looking first). It has to be orange or red, 9' off the ground, 8" wide and 12" long. Also you need an...

Yeah, Toyota says they fit the 2002 also. I think they might even line up nicely with the skinny chrome, no promises though. :)

You can still get the base front mud guards (with hardware) from Toyota. I put a pair on last week after finally ditching my banged-up running boards. They don't look that great with the SR5 flare, but do fit nicely in the mounting location with no drilling. I drive on gravel a lot, so I...

Being a new member here I'm very glad to see that this thread was restored. I can understand how a moderator could be tempted to just make such a mess disappear, but it's a much better service to the community that the time was taken to weed out the truly objectionable and retain the highly...

Good news: the patents at issue are design patents, not utility patents. The infringement question is thus whether another roof rack looks too much like theirs, not whether it works the same way or was built the same way. They do not have a patent on vehicle-specific racks, nor any other...

If all you need are the mud guards below the bumper you can still order them. The part numbers are 76625-39475 for the right and 76626-39475 for the left, about $33 each plus shipping from online sources. I just got the front ones this week for when I finally take off my trashed running boards.

you have one extra item You don't need both the panhard drop bracket and the adjustable panhard bar. The bracket is for folks that don't want to spend $200 more for the fully adjustable bar. Using both at once is not better. Save yourself $50 and skip the bracket. As OkiSurf1996 mentioned...