Great video. Thanks for sharing. I'm researching which rails to get and RSG are standing out. But good grief, keep your hands out from under the wheel. Safety third, I see.
I ran my 1st generation Taco stock for 2 years. It was so legit but 3 inches later and I could kill stuff like this. Now he's dead, RIP, picking up a new 4Runner next week. Gonna armor up first thing. Nice work on that bit!
Right?! I obviously had no intensions of hitting anything this extreme. I’ve since seen many video of guys flopping their rigs right here. RSG sliders are great. I wish they had a set for my Jeep.
This was near the end of Cleghorn Rd in Southern CA. It was the worse we've ever seen this part of the trail. Turning around wasn't an option and nobody expected this. So we worked through it. You can hear the driver in disbelief at the end of the video when he said, "Really?!
YES!!! I posted the video to show how strong these sliders are but never even thought about mentioning the great spotting. I have wheeled with Dino before and I guess I just take it for granted.
Bill Waterhouse I never would have but by the time I got to it there was no possible way to turn around or back up what I just came down. If I had a choice I would rather do this drop off again than descend the section just before it. Plus, I’m now on 285s with 3” of lift 👍🏻
Bill I went with a cheap spacer lift. Just like the Toytech but under a different brand name of Supreme. I found others that had done the same and were happy. I had spacers on my TJ and was happy. Same here, rides well on the street and I believe it will work well for me off road.
Ha! They did after the fact. They ran an ad for a discount on sliders and I hit them up and said, "Hey check out my video can you refund me some $$? You guys should be sponsoring me." (I think it had about 10-20K views at the time) They looked at the video and wrote back, "Yep, you are right, we should be sponsoring you. Too late for us to give a refund, would you like a KILLER deal on a front skid?" So of course I said yes. My daughter has that Runner now and it is sporting RSG sliders, front skid and KDSS skid. All great products.
@@willienillie6337 I would for sure buy them again. Even without the great deal on the skid. I'm in a jeep now. If RSG made jeep parts I would have them. Good luck.
Yes, totally stock and airing down for sure would have helped. But I was wheeling with a couple of BUILT jeeps that day and they needed to be put in their place. To see that a bone stock T4R could hang with them. Of course they did not need to stack rocks but I wouldn't either if I were sitting on 4+ inches of lift. ; -)
You got that right. But there really wasnt much room for them to work and no way was I gonna let off the brake until they told me to. Just glad the Runner did not slide down on its own.
@@dreddy_g No. But, there was one line on the driver side that was in the way of one bolt / bolt hole. The line is steel and hard and inflexible by hand. I put my jack under it and slowly flexed it up to get that final bolt it. Pretty sure this was just production tolerances issue on my specific Runner as I have not heard of anyone else having to do this. These sliders are pretty heavy so it helped to have a friend and jack stands though I have read of folks installing them by themselves. I coated all the bolts in anti-sieze.
Also I forgot, you have to cut/notch the factory KDSS skid for these to fit. I have an angle grinder and it took longer to get the tool out than it did to make the cut.
@@randomstuff3672 awesome. I could use tips when in ready. Just bought a 2015 trail 2 weeks ago. Just gonna level the front and throw 32s on it. Keep posting
Kleghorn in S California. This is really the most extreme section. Most of it is just fire road. Used to be funner but they blocked off all the extra credit sections.
Cleghorn Rd has lots of fun stuff. All the hard stuff has bypasses (the main fire rd). Its a great training trail with easy access. The trail is constantly changing due to its high usage and newbies spinning tires longer than they should. If you are in Southern CA, hit me up and we'll get you through.
No body damage, cool. Wonder what else on the bottom of that truck was damaged? I own a 4Runner and there are plenty of other things hanging down under there.😂
One of the off shoots. Towards the end if you start from the freeway. I am told that it has a skull and cross bones painted on a rock at the beginning of this section but I never saw that and have not been back since to look for it.
Great. My foot never slips. They are plenty wide enough yet not so wide that I HAVE to use them. I can easily step right into the Runner. I think once I lift it I will be using them as steps all the time.
@@randomstuff3672 so you wouldn't rather have gotten the angled ones? I'm in the middle of making that decision myself and can't make up my mind. The angled ones would have seemed to give you the little bit more clearance you'd need to get over this section without scraping, but it's tough to tell from the video alone.
@@david05111 Sorry for the slow reply, I did not realize I had a question on here. No. I do not regret getting the flat ones. They probably stick out a bit further than the angled ones and I have already needed the width a few times to push my rear tire/rim away from a rock. Also, even if they were angled, the bottom is still going to me at the same height because they still need to bolt to the frame. 10/10 would totally buyu flats again.
I would buy DOM every time. HREW starts out as a flat sheet, they heat it, roll it, then weld it into a tube. Thats fine for mall steps, but if you get into situations like this, you want the better steel.
@@randomstuff3672 Same here. By the time I realized I shouldn't be there, it was too late to turn around. I thought I was gonna role my 4runner. Luckily I made it through with minimum damage.
Just went out in my 2019 trd off road the other week. Everyone thought I was crazy because mine is also bone stock. When I didn't once get stuck or damage my 4runner, they all knew at that moment that it's a beast.
So you don't hit your step😂 sliders are designed to be used for this stuff don't treat them like there proper side steps because there not there added protection for driving on rocks
Rock crawling wasn't on the agenda that day. This was a familiar section of the trail that had been recently washed out by a few major rain storms that year. Turning around was not an option so, "we overcame and improvised." We got his 4Runner down with no damage, mainly because those sliders were solid and did their job!! There are a lot of rookies who run Cleghorn, but that wasn't us. We did what we had to do and as safely as possible which is why we had the outcome we did. It was a good day!!
I'll tell you what, that Runner did excellent that day. I kept saying on the radio that he can drive around this or that obstacle and the next thing I knew he was in my rear view mirror! I've always had great respect for Toyota because they just flat out work. This day didn't disappoint. This was the only part of the trail that got bad. My 05 LJ Rubicon with 4" lift, 35's, and tummy tuck scraped going down this so we knew it was going to be an issue for the stock Toyota. We had a couple of scrapes, but NO DAMAGE...even to those sliders.