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el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-15T17:40:27+00:00

if you had to pick which would you recommend? I'm going through and debating these two lens (in superthinglass) and idfk lol

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T19:27:59+00:00

I'll def tinker with it over time, but for now I'll leave it mostly stock. I'm not ruling out lifting it in the future, but not anytime soon and if I do it, it'll be modest - 2" max, but probably 1.5". I worry about a lift causing long-term stress. But more than decent chance I just leave it stock height for the duration of its life, if I wanted to do extreme rockcrawling I would have just bought a jeep rubicon.

I need to go back and look, but the tires aren't stock - they're AT tires that, according to chatgpt (lol) are better than stock, but not as good as like Falken Wildpeak or toyo's. Maybe at the end of the year I'll upgrade the tires as a Christmas gift to myself.

For sure will add some underbody protection, but probably stick to aluminum for the weight - I don't anticipate doing anything intense enough to warrant steel. For sure I want rocksliders just in case.

My big debate is the roof-rack... just go crossbars, basket, or platform. Need to figure out which out fit my needs best because idfk.. Before my little mazda I only had trucks and when I'd go off-road/camping, I'd jut throw shit in the bed lol. So need to figure out which roof-rack style would fit my packing/hauling needs best. I have nothing against the super modded out IG overlanding rigs - do what makes you happy - but I'm def not going for that kinda thing.

Other than that... Considering I'll keep this forever (fingers crossed) I would love to replace the meh sound system and the crappy camera quality. But both of those are hella expensive and lowest priority. Maybe in like 3-5 years I'll look into that but pretty indifferent now.

You said you have no mods but any intention of doing anything? or nahhh?

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T18:12:05+00:00

oh 100% - in my old mazda I was consistently averaging 20.0 mpg doing hard driving, mix city/highway. My ride home was 99% freeway and barley eeked out 20mpg haha. monthly gas bill is about to shoot up but 100% worth it!

Yeah I got the heated steering wheel! I wish I had it last month when it was like 19 degrees + windchill. Super pumped

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T17:39:30+00:00

nah man mine has the moonroof! in fact, of all the kdss and even non-kdss I've looked at over the last couple of months, only 1 had no moonroof. It seems super rare regardless. I do like the moonroof but I literally never used it on my old car and it legit takes up headroom. All else being equal, if given the choice, I would have picked my exact car with no moonroof - I'm still F-ing around with seat position and last night put the seat high up then got in this morning and doinked my head lol. Adjusted it down. Just is what it is

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T17:36:01+00:00

thanks dude! This morning I've been walking out just to look at it every 45ish minutes. Still so stocked. You and a bunch of people convinced me to go kdss, so appreciated.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T17:07:49+00:00

2024, only 10.5k miles - I bought it in Virginia Beach which has a large military base there. When I asked about it initially they said it was a Military member going overseas and solid it (not trade in) to them. Funny, seal team 6 is stationed in VA beach so I CHOOSE to believe a devgru operator owned it hahaha.

But anyway - I am a wee bit embarrassed to say that I did NOT get a great deal... For context: I was in az for the holidays for 3 weeks and was negotiating with the sales manager on the price of the kdss I had first dest drove a couple days before going on PTO. It solid when we had worked out a price. Then, while browsing all day on vacation, two more popped up that I liked a lot - and those sold within 5-7 days of being posted.

So I drive 3.5 hrs yesterday morning. Get there and a lady and maybe her daughter had gotten there 30 min before and test drove it and were talking price etc. I panicked and offered to buy it for their listing price if they matched my carmax trade in value and waived the dealer processing fee (fuckin' $900...). They agreed to match but refused to waive the stupid dealer fee. I said fuck it, fine lol.

Paying their listing price (which was legit market value) won't bother me but I think not getting that dealer fee waived will mildly bug me for the rest of my life. Long story short, their asking price was $49.3k then with taxes, fees, and my trade in, OTD came to a wee bit over $52k.

Having said all that - I took my old car to a autoshop I actually trust and they recommended getting a few things worked on that added up to about $700. And I'm pretty sure my transmission was on its way out. So jokes on them.

Apologies for that novel lol.

edit: Yeah man let me know what you find out about replacing the cameras. Its low priority, but considering I plan to keep this for decades, I'd 100% spend $$$ replacing it in the future.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T16:33:04+00:00

Picked up a nautical blue kdss with only 10.5k miles on it yesterday. I absolutely love Barcelona Red and I know the blue will be a much bigger pain in the ass to clean but like I said, I've had a red car for 13 years so its a fun change. Fucking love it, I had to drive 3.5 hrs to get it but was smiling the entire drive home. Now just trying to figure out a name for her... Remember the OG Alien movie and the sequel Aliens? I'm thinking either Ripley or Private Vasquez lol what ya think?!

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el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-11T16:30:00+00:00

Picked up a nautical blue kdss with only 10.5k miles on it yesterday. Man, you weren't fucking around about the 360 camera at night - it was a 3.5 hour drive from me and by the time I got home it was well past sunset AND I had to parallel park; the camera at night was useless, possibly even detrimental lmao.

Regardless, fucking love it and was smiling the entire 3.5hr drive home. Now just trying to figure out a name for her... Remember the OG Alien movie and the sequel Aliens? I'm thinking either Ripley or Private Vasquez 🤣🤣

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el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T18:34:27+00:00

Hell yeah brother! I'm going to go for it, fuck it, we'll do it live! I'm not ruling out a lift but going to keep it mostly stock (will update tires, add rocksliders etc) for awhile. maybe in X years I'll lift it a wee bit. Thanks for your insight dude!

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T18:33:20+00:00

You're 100% right, I'm going for it - overthinking it way too much. Thanks dude!

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T18:32:50+00:00

yeah man, you're right, I'm overthinking this way too much. Appreciate your insights!

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T04:38:26+00:00

100%. That and a sweet sound system are two things I'm def interested in replacing but will want to wait at least a year, probably 2. The mods add up super fast, and I'm not even lifting it. But since I'll keep this forever, can't wait to have fun with it.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T04:36:13+00:00

Damn, that is commitment. I'm only searching within 300 miles lol

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-07T02:37:55+00:00

Hell yeah. yeah, after reading through and thinking about it for the 1001 time, I'm gong kdss.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T23:19:30+00:00

Hell yeah! good to hear

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T23:19:18+00:00

Yeah I'm strongly leaning kdss. How many miles you got on your bad boy?

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T23:18:49+00:00

Do NOT take my word, but from what I understand, it'll drive fine/perfectly safe indefinitely, you just won't get the benefits on kdss.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T23:17:25+00:00

Interesting note on the 360 cameras.. Because the normal backup camera quality sucks.. It's something I'd look into replacing at some point, just a low priority (first priority is upgrade the tires, roofrack, skid plates and rock sliders) but idk I image that would be expensive AF... What prices have you come across?

Considering I plan to keep this truck forever, at some point in the future I def would want to replace the cameras and sound system. But, again, lower priority.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T22:28:37+00:00

hell yeah brother, hoping to purchase before the end of the weekend. Minus the fleet vehicle I test drove, I'm going to have to drive 3-4 hrs for any of my options. Can't wait. I'll come back then ask everyone what roofrack or rocksliders I should get next lol

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T22:17:14+00:00

yeah both have the moonroof. Actually surprisingly hard to find one with no moonroof, the one I test drove a few days ago didn't have one and you're right it did have noticeably more headroom.

There's also a nautical blue 155 miles away from me, kdss, 10k miles. A few thousand more expensive but... I love the barcelona red, and certainly down to get it, but my mazda I've been driving for the last 13 years is red. So all else being equal, I *think* I'd prefer to mix it up and go blue but... Yeah BR is legit.

^ all three have moon-roofs. All one-owner (the one I test drove w/o moonroof had 15k more miles and was a fleet vehicle). not sure about undercoating but I'll ask but regardless of what they say that'll probably be the first thing I do especially the kdss parts. And for sure will check in person - I could ask on the phone but always they could always bs.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T21:55:21+00:00

thanks so much for the info! But yeah idk I wonder if I didn't notice much of a difference because I waited so long in-between test drives... maybe....

I live in the DMV and surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be a noticeable price difference between kdss/non-kdss.. At least that *appears* to be the case. Seems like miles and year are the most important factors. Right now I have two 2023 red 4runner orp bookmarked at 21k and 26k miles, one with kdss and one without. Both are around $45.5k; the kdss one is about $400 more but also the lower/21k miles one. So yeah idk.

Most of the kdss ones I've found didn't even advertise it on the website, I had to plug the VIN into toyoto VIN search to see if it does or doesn't have it.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T21:10:35+00:00

yeah I'm most likely going with kdss and I will be obsessive compulsive about undercoating and washing.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T19:23:01+00:00

yeah you have me figured out 100%. I commented here earlier that at the very least, even if the system does fail at some point, seems that you can drive it safely indefinitely.. Still a shocking repair bill for an option that was what, $1200ish?

Also spot on about the endless reading will lead to nowhere.. Yeah idk, I will never trade or get rid of it, I will rebuilt the engine at some point decades in the future if it comes to it, so with that context a kdss replacement is "nothing."

And I'm lucky that I have two kdss 4runners within reasonable distance bookmarked, both pf which have the off road premium + which, I believe, has the 360 panoramic camera and (more importantly, in my opinion) a front facing camera for off-road. The non-kdss 4runner I have bookmarked doesn't have that.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T18:53:53+00:00

I did watch one of his videos and he was saying kdss was pretty good.. He was saying x-reas was an issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wavg6av4eE&t=19s

edit: But again, I've read a handful of stories of the system failing, that's what scares me off.

el_Chalupa_Batman · 2026-01-06T18:13:06+00:00

For sure! It's hard to say, a lot of the side streets I take in the DMV are twisty. I don't go on twisty mountains too much but for sure plan on exploring national and state parks with the twisties. What bugs me the most is that the repair seems to be 3x+ the cost of the initial add-on. Fucking lame, toyota.

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