Limited Edition Mod Thread
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CF_Machete
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Is that a pro garnish over a limited bumper? If so, do you have any pics of the stock limited bumper with the pro garnish and upper grill?
Went through the same thing here...aside from the obvious AWD my #1 reason is keyless entry/start button (climate & cooled seats are dope also), maybe I'm spoiled but I never plan to use a key ever again. I felt crawl control & locking diff were an adequate sacrifice for these things - I'm planning adding my own locking diffs later.
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BettysNephew
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I slightly prefer the look of the TE, particularly the frontend. I had a 2015 TE for 2 1/2 years and just recently traded for a 2017 LE. Why because I'm older and appreciate the creature comforts. I have no intention of lifting or bumpering my LE. Maybe wheels but the 20s don't look too bad and I am actually getting slightly better gas mileage than the TE did. I thought I might put 17s on for winter with more aggressive tires but the TE did okay in the snow with the stock tires and I suspect the LE will be just fine if not better. In the time I owned the TE, I never once had use of the crawl feature as we don't have too many mountains or rocky plains here in Iowa. Just deep mud and snow/ice in the winter. The main reason I traded was to get away from the black and go to white for allowing the truck to look better for more than one day after the wash job. I will still keep this one clean but at least it doesn't look filthy after 24 hours. Getting on in years has some advantages as you are no longer judged by your peers as to how cool your car is as long as it gets you there and back in comfort. :^) I must admit I do enjoy watching the build threads and may even adopt some of the more practical mods such as phone holders and ham radio installs but that is probably the extent of it for me. Oh yes, I did install HID low beams.
mayorblurps
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That looks really sweet. I ordered the 2.5" kit after reading that 3 would be a stretch for the XREAS? Now I'm wondering if I should have gotten the 3" kit. Dang...may have to exchangeI'm really liking it! Hasn't changed the feel of the ride much but you can tell a difference in the rear when going over bumps.
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My local shop is telling me the rear coil spacers can't be used with the XREAS on the rear? And I can't figure out how so many LEs are running 2.5/1.5 DS or the Toytec??
Noob lady here with noob question, sorry for posting here but cannot find the answer...with the Daystar or the Toytec are we just leveling the front with these kits (and calling it a 2.5/1.5) or...? If so, why does Toytec send the rear parts for a package compatible w XREAS if we can't use them?
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zcruiser
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You must not drive many gravel roads. And yes I lived in southern Iowa farmland before moving to NC. Rock dust everywhere.
Daystar 2.5/1.5 is a 1.5 spacer on top of the rear coils, not sure where you hear otherwise. They work fine with XREAS, though I feel the rear becomes too harsh over bumps.
mayorblurps
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Thanks for the clarification. I got the Toytec kit. I didn't realize the rear coil and strut was separate, that's what was throwing me off so badly. SMH, sorry folks. We could easily see how front spacers would go on but not the rear coil spacers since the rear coils aren't visible at all except underneath, and it just looks like struts from a quick look beside the tire. Only took hours of research and banging my head to figure that simple thing out.
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mayorblurps
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That is once nice nice setup. Digging those tires too, had wanted to see them on a truck. I might actually like those better than the Terra Grappler G2s. Gotta check and see what price difference is.Put some Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/55R20's on today with 20x9 0 offset wheels. What a difference. Everyone was right on about it being more planted on the road, not to mention it looks like a truck now.
Put a 2.5/1.5 leveling kit on a few weeks back and am super happy exactly the way it sits. Of course I wanted to go bigger and more aggressive as we always do but even with this setup I get a slight rub on the mudflap with the wheels full lock in reverse. No complaints though.
Now to do something about those ugly running boards...
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When you upgraded from the skinnys did you use the OEM TPMS or just order wheels and tires and have the sensors installed at the same time?
Right now trying to decide if I should go with 275/60/20 tires or 275/55 (will have a Toytec 2.5/1.5 kit installed so should be space there?)
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BettysNephew
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I grew up 30 miles West of Cedar Rapids. If you had the truck in crawl mode you would have been passed by John Deere tractors. Farm pickups are usually blasting down the gravel at 50+ MPH and will spray you with rocks whether meeting or being passed.
Its-a-4Runner
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Thanks. I was trying the embrace the Limited's bling with the machined face over trying to hide it. I wanted to keep mpg and the unsprung weight increase at a minimum, so I went with 275/55/20's. These tires are great, very smooth and quiet for an aggressive tread. Even with the spacer lift, 275/60's would rub the mudflaps like crazy with the offset I got. I'm sure removing the flaps/molding the fender liner would work, but I wanted to keep things as original as possible. Even the speedo is just about OEM on the highway. Maybe a 1% increase.
As for the TPMS, I did not have any installed in the new wheels. The thought of switching between summers and winters and attending the stealership twice a year for a reprogram wasn't appealing. Im just going to pull the dash and use lightdims to cover the dash light. TPMS's usually have a threshold of 8psi before they warn, and since I'm a regular checker of psi, I'm not worried about poor tire maintenance.
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Its-a-4Runner
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Cool. Did u wrap / paint the chrome? Doesn't look like plasti dip. Looks clean. I went to a wrap shop and they told me they couldn't do the front bumper because of the angles. Said the seams wouldn't hold after time.My limited so far......
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reddb21
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I wrapped everything. We will see how everything holds up but the guy who did mine didn't seem to have any concern. And bonus it warrantied! Ha
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Here're is mine so far but Looking at all the blacked out chrome on the LE's is getting me thinking. Looks pretty darn good. Thinking about Just the chrome on the front and getting it wrapped. I don't have the guts to plastidip knowing me I'd end up making it look horrible. I wanna leave some chrome on the rest of the truck.
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You know which brand/color of wrap was used by chance? 3m pearl white seems too yellow on amazon - just flat white?
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reddb21
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The guy who did mine with Avery Dennison brand wrap. It's a pearl wrap and it's basically identical to paint.
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Excellent, Thank you! One more - know if it's gloss white pearl or satin white pearlescent?
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