The Humboldt / Lost Coast / surrounding areas thread

[4RunnerIdiot]

Welcome. I'm in Washington this week but I'm around after that; lets go take an easy run.

FYI, I live in Eureka/ Cutten now, we moved to a bigger place 2 months ago.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually driving up to Washington and BC at the end of August. It's going to be my 4Runner's first long trip.

I'd love to hit up something pretty easy once you're back.

Also, nice pics. Photography is also one of my bigger hobbies, and a big reason I want to get into offroading/overlanding.

 

[MeefZah]

Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually driving up to Washington and BC at the end of August. It's going to be my 4Runner's first long trip.

I'd love to hit up something pretty easy once you're back.

Also, nice pics. Photography is also one of my bigger hobbies, and a big reason I want to get into offroading/overlanding.

BC is awesome, we went to Alaska last year and initially thought BC was just a place to get through... now we want to go back. Infinitely better than AK.

 

[Mike's Custom Toys]

Thanks for posting all those great pictures. I was born and raised in so hum and not too many other people have seen some of the places you have shown. In 2015 we relocated the shop to Grants Pass. Keep on exploring and be careful out there at different times of the year.

 

[MeefZah]

Thanks for posting all those great pictures. I was born and raised in so hum and not too many other people have seen some of the places you have shown. In 2015 we relocated the shop to Grants Pass. Keep on exploring and be careful out there at different times of the year.

Word.

You did my lift some months back - Bilsteins all around, Eibach T1 / T13 coils; sourced them from Wheeler's up there. Nice work. I'm quite happy.

 

[MeefZah]

Added a light bar behind my grille, and went out to the north jetty to grab a few pics. Stopped and then damn near got stuck in the loose sand just before the water but not actually on the waveslope; had to claw it out in 4 LO and rock back and forth a few times. There were a few other people out there and it was kind of embarrassing, really. eep: Number 1 rule in loose sand - don't effing stop!

 

[MeefZah]

The "ghost town" of Samoa, taken for the 4R photo tag game.

If you aren't playing the game, you should. It's a fun way to explore stuff in the 4R and justify taking pictures of your truck.

Read the first page or two to get the idea and then skip to the last few pages for the current tag challenge:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/general-discussions/118154-4runner-photo-game.html

 

[MeefZah]

It was new tire time for Meredith's truck. I got her Cooper Discoverer AT3s in stock size. I also snuck a 1" lift on the front because I can't stand the factory rake!

 

[4RunnerIdiot]

Coincidentally, I just put some general grabbers on mine yesterday. Wanted to wait till I put a lift in so I could put on something a bit bigger, but I got a flat, and was running on the 14 year old spare so it had to happen. 265/70r17 E-rated.

 

[MeefZah]

Coincidentally, I just put some general grabbers on mine yesterday. Wanted to wait till I put a lift in so I could put on something a bit bigger, but I got a flat, and was running on the 14 year old spare so it had to happen. 265/70r17 E-rated.

Oooo, I like them! Where'd you get 'em from?

 

[4RunnerIdiot]

Oooo, I like them! Where'd you get 'em from?

Ordered from Tire Rack, shipped to and installed at Firestone. Ordered Monday and were delivered Tuesday evening, and installed yesterday afternoon.

 

[MeefZah]

Ordered from Tire Rack, shipped to and installed at Firestone. Ordered Monday and were delivered Tuesday evening, and installed yesterday afternoon.

Nice. I'm kind of thinking on some new tires. A guy I met yesterday had Cooper STT Max pizza cutter 255s and they were incredible looking, and apparently good on the road... sigh...

I bought some OEM trail wheels and am swapping them out Saturday, am selling the black TRD Pro wheels. Too much black goin' on there. Need some silver contrast!

 

[4RunnerIdiot]

Nice. I'm kind of thinking on some new tires. A guy I met yesterday had Cooper STT Max pizza cutter 255s and they were incredible looking, and apparently good on the road... sigh...

I bought some OEM trail wheels and am swapping them out Saturday, am selling the black TRD Pro wheels. Too much black goin' on there. Need some silver contrast!

I wanted to do more research, but that spare tire was sketchy so time was short. Pretty sure it had literally never been taken off the truck, and it's a 2004. It was at 0 PSI, and manufactured in 2003. They had to spend 20 minutes cleaning the bead because it was leaking all the way around when they first filled it. Put it at 40 PSI to try and really seal it.

It was between the grabbers, wildpeaks, ridge grapplers, and KO2s. Grabbers seem to be pretty quiet on-road, and are fairly aggressive, and were the cheapest for an E-rated that I saw.

Also, if you don't already have a buyer for the TRD Pros, I was looking at buying some just today. Not entirely sure they're what I want, but I'm at least interested.

 

[MeefZah]

I wanted to do more research, but that spare tire was sketchy so time was short. Pretty sure it had literally never been taken off the truck, and it's a 2004. It was at 0 PSI, and manufactured in 2003. They had to spend 20 minutes cleaning the bead because it was leaking all the way around when they first filled it. Put it at 40 PSI to try and really seal it.

It was between the grabbers, wildpeaks, ridge grapplers, and KO2s. Grabbers seem to be pretty quiet on-road, and are fairly aggressive, and were the cheapest for an E-rated that I saw.

Also, if you don't already have a buyer for the TRD Pros, I was looking at buying some just today. Not entirely sure they're what I want, but I'm at least interested.

I do - a guy is meeting my in Redding on Wednesday, but if that falls through you can have them. I'll give you a good discount.

Have you had E's before? They gonna ride a little harsh. I try to run C's for comfort, weight, and cost; although a lot of the more aggressive tires aren't available in our sizes in C. Did you replace the spare, too?

 

[4RunnerIdiot]

I do - a guy is meeting my in Redding on Wednesday, but if that falls through you can have them. I'll give you a good discount.

Have you had E's before? They gonna ride a little harsh. I try to run C's for comfort, weight, and cost; although a lot of the more aggressive tires aren't available in our sizes in C. Did you replace the spare, too?

Naw, never had Es. I don't mind harsh, and so far I like how they ride. I also just really like the security of having something so durable, especially the sidewall.

The spare is still an old tire, but the first time I get these rotated I'm going to buy a 5th tire, put it on the spare, and pop it into the rotation.

 

[MeefZah]

Swapped out the TRD wheels for TE wheels a few weeks ago. I like it better:

And I just got back from a 3 day trip through the Sierra Nevada range, checking out some cool dirt roads. The whole trip report is here:

https://meefzah.smugmug.com/September-2018-Sierra-Nevada-dirt-roads-trip/

Here's a few of the shots:

Hogsback Rd, Red Bluff:

Dropping down into Bowman Lake, Graniteville:

Indicator Peak Rd, Susanville:

 

[4Reak Show]

Just added some more to my to do list. Can't wait for my daughter to be old enough for my wife to relax and roll. Can somebody comment on that by that way? Neurotic wife thinks almost 2 still isn't old enough...

Anyhow, killer pics. Going to be rad to hit up these these type of areas

 

[thenightman]

I have always heard that if the kid is old enough to safely support their own head, they are old enough to deal with the bumps and shaking of wheeling. I don't have any kids, but I have been doing research on the subject.

Anyway, this is the lost coast thread, so here is a pic of Usal Beach

 

[MeefZah]

I have always heard that if the kid is old enough to safely support their own head, they are old enough to deal with the bumps and shaking of wheeling. I don't have any kids, but I have been doing research on the subject.

Anyway, this is the lost coast thread, so here is a pic of Usal Beach

Did you cross the river via the ford or did you access it from the south side of the bridge?

Either way, nice!

 

[thenightman]

Did you cross the river via the ford or did you access it from the south side of the bridge?

Either way, nice!

Hmm. I accessed the beach area from the north side of the bridge. I think the river was dry. But I crossed a pool of water to access the beach the first time. The second time I just went on by the north end where it's dry. So to answer your question: I have no idea.

 

[08t4rsr5]

It was new tire time for Meredith's truck. I got her Cooper Discoverer AT3s in stock size. I also snuck a 1" lift on the front because I can't stand the factory rake!

Looking good! I figured you would sneak a mod or two in there eventually!