Best Value Overlanding and Camping Rig Walk Around | 2015 4Runner TRD Pro | Full Build List!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- I'm calling this the best value overland rig because my goal with this build was to assemble a value focused, reliable, and capable vehicle for off-roading and camping on a budget. Yes, I know 5th Gen 4Runners are not the most budget friendly platform but I was excited about the looks, reliability, and aftermarket support. So, this video is an update of all the different modifications I have made so far keeping the "best value for money" principle in mind. I love it so far, check out the video for more details!
4Runner Patch: overland-engineer.com/shop/p/...
Instagram: / overland_engineer
Website: www.overland-engineer.com
Build List: (Look below for discount codes!)
Wheels, Tires, Suspension:
OME 3" Lift: ok4wd.com/old-man-emu-3-suspe...
-_2887 Front Springs, Rear 2898 Springs, 90010 Front Struts, 60080 Rear Struts, Stone Guards, and 5 mm Driver Side Lean Spacer
Yokohama Geolandar M/T 003s: amzn.to/3qQoe42
Spidertrax 1.25" Spacers: amzn.to/3nr70YO
BMC Plates: runnin4tacos.com/products/4ru...
Larger Front Bumpstops: amzn.to/3ns2EQV
Toytec Rear Bumpstops Extensions: www.toyteclifts.com/43006-ttl...
RRW RR6-H Matte Dark Bronse (zero offset): www.relationsracewheels.com/c...
Exterior:
APEX Badlands 12k Winch: www.harborfreight.com/apex-12...
C4 Fab Lo Pro Bumper: c4fabrication.com/products/4r...
RSG Rocksliders: rsgmetalworks.com/collections...
UpTop Overland Bravo: www.uptopoverland.com/product...
Apache Storage Box: www.harborfreight.com/9800-we...
MaxiTrac 8ft Awning: www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_MT...
Lighting, Electrical, Misc:
MyFak Large - alnk.to/c01NQOf
Dasaita Headunit: amzn.to/3Cu9Pwk
Throttle Grenade: blackopsoffroad.com.au/produc...
Powertrays: www.powertrays.com/collection...
PowerTrays Accessories (Dual MRBF): www.powertrays.com/products/a...
Switch Pros 9100: amzn.to/3HCqaCT
Harbor Freight Rock Lights: www.harborfreight.com/12-volt...
New Grill Lights (Diode Dynamics SSC1s): amzn.to/3DSst21
Diode Dynamics Fog Kit: amzn.to/38bPKhR
Diode Dynamics 30" Light Bar (Driving): amzn.to/3DzKvq7
Diode Dynamics SSC3s (White Combo): amzn.to/3HBd5de
AlphaRex Pros: amzn.to/3nt5QMa
LASFIT 4Runner H7 LSPlus Low Beam & High Beam: lddy.no/yjpi
LASFIT 4Runner Switchback Signal: lddy.no/yjph
Smittybuilt 2781: amzn.to/3tK6fdP
C4 Fabrication Dual Battery Tray: c4fabrication.com/products/4r...
ARB Diff Breather: amzn.to/3qQp0Ou
Midland MXT275: alnk.to/btgG7un
Midland 6dB gain antenna: alnk.to/aAGTdqH
Midland 6dB gain mount:
Rago Fabrication Dash Mount: www.ragofabrication.com/colle...
Rago Fabrication Driver Side Antenna Mount: www.ragofabrication.com/colle...
Ethernet Passthrough: amzn.to/3sqCVZk
Cali-Raised Ditch Brackets: amzn.to/3wWBDsc
Old Cali-Raised Grill Lights: caliraisedled.com/products/20...
SetPower Fridge: amzn.to/3oIhx0V
Bluetti EB150: amzn.to/3cqieGB
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DISCOUNT CODES:
MyMedic (21%): OVLDENG21
LASFIT (10%): OVLDENG10
Autonomous (Varies): R-ca5d0e
Midland (15%): OVRLNDENG
Throttle Grenade (10%): OVLDENG
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Disclaimers:
-only products specified in this video or a previous video have been supplied though a sponsorship or partnership
-some links may be part of an affiliate program to help support the channel.
-the music I use: www.epidemicsound.com/music/f...
0:00 - Intro
1:52 - Patches!
2:16 - Exterior
14:01 - Platform
16:47 - Interior
20:53 - Outro 
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Check out the New Patch available on the website! They will go fast! overland-engineer.com/shop/p/4runner-trd-pro-v1-patch
Those patches look. awesome. Picked one up for my Taco. Great walk around video. You have a great looking rig.
@@TerryOwensBansheePA heck yeah! Thanks Terry! I’ll get that out today!
What I love about this build is the unapologetic use of budget components and gear to get a functional rig out there for minimum bucks. Some of these things will let you down at some point or other, but the many hours you spend outside and the spare change you have to enjoy it make it a net win for sure. It feels good to see something like this. The flashy rigs with every tacticool mod in the known universe are nice to check out and nice to use of course. But the majority of folks would be well served with sort of rig.
For sure! I agree! Spend the money on certain mods where the higher quality makes sense but everything doesn’t probably have to be at that level. Of course it is nice! But not a necessity, especially if you are trying to build a cool looking rig too
I would hardly consider most of these mods, while tasteful, as "budget components"
@@namunyoska2 Yeah some are not but some definitely are. Some of my armor is from Facebook marketplace used. I have some harbor freight stuff, and I built some stuff myself. But you are right, there are some things that are more on the spendy side and those were things I thought you did not get as much value from the cheaper options. I get what you mean though!
@@OverlandEngineer The good thing is that you're not claiming it as a budget build but a "best value" build so I see no issues. I did enjoy the video and love some of the ideas and tutorials you have on your channel. Subbed!
@@namunyoska2 @namunyoska2 Right on! Yeah I try not to click bait/say it misleadingly but sometimes we all walk a line on youtube due to dumb keyword algorithm stuff so people actually see the videos haha
Fantastic walk-around and review, my man - thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
By far one of the best reviews ive seen! Love the channel and love the build!
Thanks I appreciate it!
I went looking for inspiration for a 4Runner build and here you are. You’ve got the exact rig I want. Gotta get started...
Sick that will be awesome! Thanks for the support! Feel free to message me on Instagram with questions along the way.
the quality of this video is outstanding, great job man
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Dude, your rig mods rock 🤙 Nice job!
Thanks! It has been a ton of fun to document. I think the cinematic videos make it look cooler than it probably is haha.
New to the Overland community. I like what you have done to your 4Runner. 😎😎👍👍
Zach, great video, great rig, thank you so much for sharing with all of us.
Thanks!
Świetna robota i wskazanie w jakim kierunku warto po dążać chcąc cieszyć się maksymalnie off rodowymi przygodami 🖖
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
While we are very biased towards our Fords, I think if we ever had to switch and wanted something more geared towards camping/roadtrips/overlanding - we'd be picking up one of these bad boys. Great channel content! Very to-the-point and no-nonsense which we appreciate :)
I get that! My family is big into ford especially for vehicles larger than anything Toyota makes. Thanks, I appreciate it!
Great practical build
That is a beautiful and clean rig
Thanks!
Great video Zach! Eventually I'll get around to shooting a video of my own setup and post it online. Some day...
Haha thanks! It takes a lot of time so I understand.
Great channel, thanks. Subscribed!
Holy, didn't think I would run into you Zach! Just got my TRD PRO 4Runner man!
Dude, no way!! Small world. That's awesome.
Your rig looks really great
Thanks! I appreciate it!
That's a great 4Runner, and also I think you have great hair!
Thank you and thank you!
I’m about to join the diode team as well. I think the light bars looks best all white as well. The amber looks great in the fog lights though, like really good!
Heck yeah! Yeah, I liked the look of the lights when they were on (when they had the yellow end lens) but off it looks so much better all white. I was very happy to have the all white lightbar look back. I love having the yellow/amber fogs. It's a great mix with my low beam or I have them wired to my switch pros to run alone. I can kind of do whatever configuration but super nice to have yellow and white.
Nice video! I'm in the process of replacing my 2019 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon for a 2021 4Runner TRD Pro. The 4Runner is in order.
Nice both of those are awesome rigs!
Nice 4runner and mods. Mine is stock but after watching this...
Haha that happens to me all the time when I see mod videos on RUclips haha
Excellent video and excellent catch! As an engineer, I’m all about doing things correctly and safely.
You not only caught a potential performance issue, but a safety issue as well. I wonder how a vehicle would perform under an emergency braking situation without the Correction. 🤔
Hmm surprised I wasn’t subbed to this channel already
Nice rig!
Thanks! I’m not recommended around RUclips much…
Very motivational video for my newly acquired TRD Pro. Interested in getting a winch but wondering how the bar will interfere with the radar cruise sensor on the front bumper...any way around that?
Almost any bumper you can order without the bar. I think that’s what most do. There may be some compatible ones but I’m not aware. I don’t have that so I wasn’t really on the look out for compatibility. I’m just mainly interested in C4 fabrication stuff so I’d get there bumpers over keeping the cruise control feature
Wow great video Zach. Really like your GMRS setup with the antenna mount. Also what brand and model roofrack is that.
Thanks
Ed
Thanks! The Roof Rack is an UpTop Overland Bravo Rack. Go snag one during black friday because they are running sales!
Love the rig and where did you get your lug nuts from? Love they are black but also look “longer”
Any issues wih the light from the swich pros control panel when driving at night (i.e., light in your eyes or reflecting off the driver side window)? I bought one but have been putting off installing it since I can't decide where to put the control panel. How bright are the ights on the control panel and how long did it take you to install it? Thanks for the video and any help you may give.
Bro no way! You have a RUclips channel!! I messaged you on Facebook about your 4Runner a while back! From Minnesota haha!! 🙉
That’s me haha
@@OverlandEngineer found my favorite RUclipsr 😂
Great video. Small and simple question, how did you mount your apache cases to your roof rack? Want to make sure it doesn't leak, as im guessing you had to drill into bottom of case. Thanks
If you search my channel, I have a dedicated video on it. If you use enough silicone or rubber washers its pretty easy to seal them up.
Did you paint the bug deflector matte black or did you buy it that way? nice truck btw, sick af
Looking at all these videos because I just bought a TRD pro! I’m also a fellow Minnesotan !
Heck yeah!!! Come to Rigs and Coffee in the twin cities! The events are listed on facebook
@@OverlandEngineer I Forsure will! I grew up some I always built Subarus and little tuner cars and finally decided to switch it up, and go to the off-road side of things and I love it! I’m flying down to Houston the 17th to go pick it up then drive it back here! I couldn’t be more excited!
@@SomeShootyGaming Awesome!! What color?
@@OverlandEngineer so I ended up getting white, personally I wanted the quicksand, but couldn’t work out a deal for one of them and decided I always liked the white! Your bronze wheels look sooooooo freaking good! I love them!
@@SomeShootyGaming Thanks! Yeah they are sweet. I’m a big fan of white too! If you do plan to Offroad, you could always look into a self healing wrap for protecting paint against scratches and then you could get your tan color! Lucid Wraps is a total beast and really nice guy. He can do it for like $3.5-4K and does a fantastic job.
Minnesota!!!
Nice rig. Would love to know what that setup cost. Looking to get a 4runner and want those mods.
I too went OME, medium springs all around. With the C4 and winch I still see quite a bit of rake. Would you say going with the heavy OME springs in front help with this on your rig? Did they level out the 4R pretty decent? Thanks.
I would say that stock the vehicle has some rake and since the old man emu lift is 3" all around I think it maintains factory rake. It would be level if I did more of a 2" lift in the rear. I think the heavy springs is a must for bumper, winch, and extra lights in the front. It would just make the rake worse.
Is that a upTop roof rack? If so, the front design is a little different from the rest of fabricator. Does it make a lot of wind noise? High and low speed?
Nice
Great looking rig. I saw that MN license plate and wondered if you use thumbscrews to allow you to get at the winch without a wrench.
I think its called a Hawse license plate mount. Yeah they are these plastic knob nuts. Not sure what the technical name is for them...
As a writer I love the phrase, "get at the winch without a wrench." Great alliteration.
Last child leaving the nest to collage so we are transitioning from an Odyssey Touring, which I truly enjoyed and has incredible MPG, to a T4R-OR Pro. Love everything about this truck including the way the Viper cut was avoided. Here is my million dollar question (almost literally lol) what is MPG hit fully loaded?
In this form…14ish MPG. With a 3” lift and 285/70/17s with minimal stuff on the roof, 14 was roughly accurate. A bad wind or large roof top tent will lower it.
MJ Motorsports runs a lot of the Geolander MT 003’s here in Honolulu.
Dang. Well I have absolutely loved them. I want 35s in them now haha
I would also install a good Dash cam!
How did you mount the Apache cases to the roof rack? Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the support! I've got a video for just about everything I have done to the rig. Here is the case one haha: ruclips.net/video/p4_f_CrSsb0/видео.html
What is the tire/wheel size combination?
Have you had an issue with your drawer slides rattling? I have the same ones and the locking mechanism constantly makes noise
I put little foam pads on the bumpstops at the back and they are dead silent!
Really nice mods.
Dash mount is clean. Does it require drilling into the factory dash?
Yeah it does...
The mic mount for the dash mount is that a Rago product as well?
Kind of. The rago mount has little side arms and I drilled a hole through the midland radio mount so I could anchor it to the little arm. It works great. Initially I used the provided double sided tape but that fell off pretty quick
how do you choose your wheels offset/spacer for 0 offset? Im trying to upgrade my wheels
It just depends on what sort of look you want. With a zero offset your tire will probably not poke out at all. -38mm is common and greater than a 1.25" spacers. It requires quite a bit to fit them. Basically you need a body mount chop to run anything more than zero offset or spacers on a 285/70R17. What tire are you shooting for and maybe I can answer better.
How you change seasons like that
i really like your set up, i just bought a 2021 Trd off road and i want my set up like that. So anyways, what’s your MPG? And please don’t say “you don’t buy a 4runner for the MPG”. I also have a 96 4wd/locked and she’s thirsty lol
Haha yeah that is the classic annoying answer on Facebook. I will say that I started out around 17 mpg. Then Dropped to about 15.3 MPG when I had 285/70/17 KO2s and my 3" lift. Dopped abit more when I went to Geolandar M/Ts to around 14.7 MPG. Then I added my pedal controller, roof rack boxes, awning and I seem to be lucky if I get 12.5 MPG. We will have to see if that increases soon. I took the roof stuff off but still love my pedal controller. I kind of drive my vehicle like I stole it though so I am sure I could be getting better than what I do. I also use bottom of the barrel unleaded haha.
Hello , new to your channel. Big 4Runner fan here. My wife has a 4r 16 Trail Edition and I have a 20 Trd Pro although I’m going to get rid of the Pro when my 22 Trd ORP comes someday. Having the pro is nice but we use it for travel and exploring. To be honest the wind noise from the bulky roof rack and the exhaust drone on the highway is horrible ! I wanted a vehicle to modify and didn’t want to do it to my pro.
That will be awesome! Yeah I’m not a fan of the new pro racks either…they don’t seem very practical, don’t look that cool, and probably really hurt MPGs…that’s my take anyway.
Hey My Man can we get a Switch Pro and Dasaita install vid?! Also, what made you go with "Throttle Grenade" and "Throttle Commander"? THANKS!!
P.S......WHEN'S THE SUPER-CHARGER?!?!
I did a Dasaita install video!
The reason I got the throttle control was it was a competitive price and had so much customizability. Most have like two modes which is just a shame. Plus it has Offroad modes. Basically I thought they offered the best customizability and a good price. Plus I could help people get a discount
Have you ever had to use craw control? Or do you think A-Trac is good enough for most everything?
Good question. I guess most of the time I just use 4low if anything gets dicey. Mud terrains help a lot with traction. A-trac and the Diff are both helpful. I think crawl control is probably best in sand but I have hardly driven on sand. I am only used the rear diff a few times but it works like magic. Atrac typically would be enough for most the stuff I do...why do you ask?
@@OverlandEngineer I'm debating on getting an SR5 premium or a TRD Offroad. I like the creature comforts of SR5 Premium (and it's cheaper). But the SR5s don't have the MTS/crawl control.
And I feel like a locker could always be installed later if I feel like I need it, which is why the locker is not a factor in my decision right now
@@erickdiaz6152 Ah I see. Well my experience has been everyone throws it in 4Wheel drive, then if that does not work turn on all the toyota offroad things haha, then if that does not work use crawl control or locker depending on situation. A trac helps to better deliver power to all tires or rather the tires that are not spinning. It probably helps but a locker would be much better. I know that was not part of your decision but that would be my take. Honestly I think a more important decision would be whether you plan to regear or not. If you want to regear to run 34-35" tires then I think the SR5 is the no brainer because you are waffling on whether you need a locker. If you plan to regear then a locker could always come. Getting a 4Runner for 33s where you really don't need to regear and then all of a sudden deciding you are spending $2.5k to basically install a locker. Probably not worth going with the SR5. So to sum it up - gears or no gears? If gears, skip the locker because A trac is whatever compared to 4WD. If no gears, get the Offroad premium - you will be happier with a factory e locker over air locker. This is coming from a guy that does not turn on A trac much with a TRD Pro haha.
New sub here. Born in Colorado. 38 year Montana resident 4th gen 2005 4.7L V8 DOC in gold. 3" front lift. 2"rear. Alloy 17" rims in silver, BFG All Terrain tires. Built a custom drawer system in the back. My wingman's name is 'Speck.' He's a 4 year old Red Heeler. What kind of dog is Otis? Do you know if your radio antenna system is compatible with the 4th gen? It's a 2005 and I only have 148K miles on it. And the motor runs like a top. Got a little bit of frame rust to deal with. That's my next major project. (Coating frame with rustoleum after grinding down surface rust.)
My radio antenna is just connected to my midland GMRS so it’s super universal!
The 4runner IS the Land Cruiser Prado. Oh and so is the gx and Fj but those rear doors aren't nearly as cool.
I do love the prados!
What size tires are you running? Nice rig by the way
Thanks! They are 285/70/17s with 1.25" Spidertrax spacers. I mention the spacers because it makes the tires look wider depending on the angles.
what music intro is this ?
So I'm a noob, what's the advantage of yellow/amber lights for off-roading? Is it a snow thing? we don't get much more than 1-2inches a year where I live in Mississippi so would I still want amber over white? Great looking rig man.
No problem! Just in general the light performs better if you are concerned something while driving might reflect the light. That’s all. It’s still even personal preference. A lot of people also prefer yellow/amber in fog, rain and dust over white light. White light is just especially reflective on snow. I also really like it because I like the mix of yellow LED and white LED on back roads at night. Easier on the eyes, not as harsh of a reflection, and way way brighter than halogens. Hope that helps!
@@OverlandEngineer Yeah that covers it, thanks for taking the time to reply!
@@regularguy7517 no problem!
@@regularguy7517 No problem!
im waiting for the bubble to burst on price on these. i have a 2005 4runner but its 2wd but it does have the 4.7 V8. its in damn good condition and will get me by until the insanity in the used car market subsides.
Thats fair. Though, your 2005 is worth a lot more right now than it will be when that happens! Tacomas and 4Runners will be the last prices to come down...they sell so well and are engrained with buyer reliability. I get it though, their prices have gotten crazy. I got really lucky with the timing on mine.
@@OverlandEngineer it’s probably going to be at least a year or more before prices recede. That gives me time to save up. My truck is worth minimal 10k. The issue is do I want to get into debt?
Does MN have any good off-road trails?
Eh...some. We have a few like Mesabi, Gilbert, Appleton, and some forest roads. Thats the extent that I know but most of it is forest roads. Great back wood camping but not too much challenging trail.. Fun in the winter!
Those aesthetics lights…won’t they drain out your battery?
Please Make a video on which battery are bad good great for the 4Runner
Day time running lights? They basically use no power at all. You could probably just run those for days. I’m not quite sure on the power draw but they maybe draw less than dome lights inside the vehicle because they are LED and not halogen.
I made a video on the battery I bought to replace my stock one. I could probably do another dedicated video though
I love the patch ! but website does not ship to Canada :\
Oh shoot! Let me look into that.
Do you have a video of your electrical build/install. Would like to learn more about your wiring system
I’ve been debating doing one. I haven’t posted one yet. I was waiting to see people comment like this. I know a lot of people won’t touch wiring with a 10ft pole so I wanted to make sure enough people wanted to see it
I will say that I mention in all my videos I am happy to talk through things and most people don't take me up on it so feel free to message me on instagram and I will try to help the best I can over chat. My setup primarily consists of an accessory kit from powertrays, the 4Runner powertrays for a switch pro, and the switch pro 9100. Buy all three of those things supplies you with the bulk of the materials needed to install the whole controller system as well as a 6 spot fuse box for constant power delivery.
@@OverlandEngineer I found another video you posted about the switch. I got the info I needed from that. Thank you, hopefully you end up doing a full walk through tough.
@@thefamily4runner647 Oh ok that's good. Was it my fog light video? Haha, I don't remember when I ever talked about it.
@@OverlandEngineer....what "fuse block" is that mounted to your positive side battery post? My '20 Venture has one but doesn't look like that. Mine has 250A and 70A. Recently blew that 70A side. What a PITA as it wouldn't allow the vehicle to turn over. Had to MacGyver it to get out of the woods last week. Cheers
Do some overlanding vids. Bro!
I want to eventually. I just need to get some gear to do it right and have not gotten it yet. Also surprisingly I have very little time off I just do this stuff in my after hours.
what a beautiful place, what state?
In the video or thumbnail? I think it is a combination of Michigan, WI, Minnesota, and South Dakota haha.
...where did u get the idea of the combo white/amber look lightbar?
Some light bars are sold that way and I saw a review on Diode Dynamics website where someone had swapped lenses. It looked cool with the lights on but I like it all white for when it is turned off. Just fits my vehicle color scheme in my opinion. It is not something you can buy you have to purchase the light bar and extra 6" section lenses.
that was me 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
@@jlimsun33 Oh no way!! The hidden lightbar mount on the Tacoma?!
@@OverlandEngineer yeahh. The 2020 cement Tacoma. That’s mine.
@@jlimsun33 That’s crazy! Also just realized I have maybe messaged you on instagram. Originally did not recognize you by your name. Small world, crazy!
Black multi cam would set it off. Don't ya know.
What’s the offset on the wheels?
In this video, zero offset. Its changed since this walk around.
What are your wheels and tires specs?
285/70/17s on 17”x8.5” rims with zero offset. 1.25” spidertrax spacers
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Did you actually test it out yourself ? The roof rack wind noise claim.
Yeah I think it super quiet without anything on it. Honestly though my tires are probably louder and I have sound deadening installed everywhere so it is hard to gauge my experience vs. others.
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Mpg?
shitty
What are those?!
Your rig is beautiful, and it's tastefully built. But as someone who balls on a budget and rocks a '15 SR5, it's frustrating to see "value" in the title and open the video to see a TRD Pro, a $1000 C4 bumper, AlphaRex Pro headlights, and a... $400 fridge... in a best-value build? Title is completely off, but hey, at least your rig is gorgeous. Hope you actually off-road it the way it's meant to be now and show us some good content with all these sweet goodies put to use.
Yeah I have had a few people message me about that. Part of the reason it was titled that way was to help it just actually get recommended to overland viewers and this video has actually done well. But in all transparency I bought my bumper on black friday, my suspension is the $1k old man emu system, my first set of 33s were off Facebook for $200 with like 20% tread left, my sliders were used off facebook, the fridge is way cheaper than dometic, the alpharex pros are the cheap model that I did my own led swap on, and I paid less for my 100k miles 2015 TRD Pro than SR5 premiums of same mileage in Winter 2020 before the COVID car crisis. So in my mind I felt it really was a best value build. It still is a little bit of a stretch but in the description I put that a 5th gen was part of my criteria when starting the build...I may still be stretching it a bit though. Thanks for your support though, a clean build was my goal and it has been fun making content with it!
Would love to support you and your channel but you don’t ship to Canada. WTF
Sorry I just haven’t looked into it…maybe it’s super easy. Message me on instagram
You look a lot like a soccer player named Matthijs De Ligt, he plays for Bayern Munich.
Don't blow my cover!
Rock light benefit: you can see who’s hiding under your truck with a machete
LOL, I do love them at camp for seeing around and spotting people hiding under my truck haha.
I love this setup, but in terms of value this is kind of ridiculous. If you want something relatively new, a Pathfinder or Xterra can be had and built for like literally half the starting price of this. You don't need to be able to throw down $30 or 40k to go overland, I'm kind of just sick of all these channels calling these extreme luxury items "best value", it can be especially disheartening for people who want to enter into Overlanding to open youtube and see the highest viewed videos talking about the best value out there is something like this.
I see what you mean but I paid much less than 30k for my vehicle. Plus I mentioned in the description I was starting with a 5th Gen 4Runner as a criteria. The sooner people realize RUclips doesn’t promote content at all without slightly exaggerated titles the more people will understand why RUclips channels are the way they are. I do that so that people can see all my other videos because walk around videos get the most views. I don’t like it either but if my videos get less than 50 views then almost no one new sees my videos who might really benefit. It is what it is I guess.
Harbor Freight, Smittybilt, Amazon off brands,etc are not extreme luxury. Dude, chill out a bit. Also cars are all super expensive right now and sometime in the future prices will normalize again.
@@RubiconV sorry dude but you are totally naive if you think anyone but a very small percentage of the population can afford to build a rig like this for this kind of purpose.
all I'm saying is have some perspective. You throw a couple of grand at a hobby like photography, sports, mountain biking, kayaking, etc....and you're doing pretty great, then compare what a couple of grand gets you in overlanding, hardly anything on top of already needing a relatively expensive vehicle....
@@pizzasaurolophus What is your point? There are people starving in this world and slavery still exists in the middle east. Some people can't afford a computer or phone to watch youtube. Should people not make videos anymore? LOL
@@RubiconV ...go back and read the first comment again? There are people out there overlanding in XJs or or stock pickup trucks that are worth a few thousand dollars and they do great. It can suck as someone trying to get into the hobby and only seeing Wranglers and 4Runners with a ton of mods being descibed as the best value out there. I totally get where the uploader is coming from though, and I think it's a great build, it's just as the example I gave earlier you could buy an Xterra, put a lift, 33s, RTT and a slew of other mods for literally half the price.
your crocs... no.
Not a truck
Truck frame 🤷🏻♂️
Should have started with a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk, more capable
I’m sorry but that’s a laughable statement. I love Jeeps but there is no way that’s a vehicle anyone should start with over a 4Runner for capability
Yeah... more capable on getting through all the fast food drive-thrus
2:16 for those who can't stand intro BS