awesome! And man it's only the beginning!

I'd be down for the 24th. What tires did you end up going with???

The day after, I found all kinds of sht I needed to fix... haha. I put a gash in my right rear tire, so right now I'm rollin on the spare. My idler pulleys are making noise, my brake pedal is super squishy, and all kinds of scrapes all over the body. All part of the game... i guess.

Uhh, Brian talking about the DuraTracs really got me thinking. I priced out 5 DuraTracs and 4 Trail Grapplers and pulled the trigger on them(The Nitto's). About 10 minutes later i read something about how bad TGs are in snow and tried to cancel the order from Amazon. They wouldn't let me until i complained and so they are "trying" to even as we speak. Either way i'll either have DuraTracs or Trail Grapplers next time i see you guys.


I have some scratches and a major dent in diff skid but mechanically the truck seems to be running fine. Hopefully nothing serious with your truck, if you need help wrenching let me know. You were hard charging man so i'm not surprised.

Soze still had the best trail damage

So a few pointers for what I already have been through. My idler pulleys went bad on me but i bought my guy used and certified through toyota and they fixed all of that fo frizzle (well minus the 50 dollar copay). Might be worth a look to see if it still falls underneath the warranty.

As far as the pedal being squishy that is a pretty common thing for our 4runners. I replaced all my calipers/pads/ and actually brake lines but my guess is you just have some mud caked on those calipers and that is giving you the squishy feeling.

And scrapes are a no biggy, might look like it cant get out but dude the buffer i bought has definitely paid for itself. Definitely give me a shout if you have any questions on any of it.

As far as my carnage, I managed to dump off a nut or two from my extended rear sway bar end link and had to do some trail maintenance and jerry-rig that thing back together. Spent an hour or so re-installing on Sunday and through a bunch more locktite and put some back-up nuts to keep them from coming off again.

Nice. I'm sure you'll be happy with either set of tires. After the tire damage over the weekend, I'm leaning towards some new 285s. I'm looking at the Hankook Dynapro MTs.

Im at over 153K miles, so the warranty is a distant memory... Haha. I'm 90% sure it's the idler pulleys. Did yours go bad after hitting mud holes???
Should be an easy fix (from what I've read). Just have to find the time and space to replace them.

Unfortunately, count me out for the 24th. Conflicts with pre-booked skiing/boarding at Snowshoe.

haha, dont think so, just kind of happened one day. It also happened before I did any mods to the car. So not likely any wheeling incident.
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Im at over 153K miles, so the warranty is a distant memory... Haha. I'm 90% sure it's the idler pulleys. Did yours go bad after hitting mud holes???
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Got my 285s mounted last night. I'll be replacing the idler pulleys and doing the diff breather mod this weekend. I'm ready for RCOR Round II

I'm jealous. Say hello to Cupp Run and Shay's Revenge for me.

Ooo Nice, send some photos! And let me know how the diff breather mod goes, been wanting to do that guy for awhile now!

Yea, I'll snap a few pics this afternoon. I think the breather mod is a good idea with how deep some of those water/mud holes are at Red Cloud.

Awesome, my tires came in last night, hopefully everyone else is gonna be able to make it on the 24th. Hopefully Soze can catch up on the next one.

I most certainly will.

Sooo.... Duratracs or Trail Grapplers?

285/70/17 Hankook Dynapro MTs