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@@TheOriginalStevenH I have the factory mud guards

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews that’s factory?!?!! I added weather tech Matt’s on my ZR2, yours looks like nothing was installed

@@TheOriginalStevenH I’ve been looking for some wider mudguards, but there isn’t many aftermarket options out yet

@@66Bflo once you’re finished making changes, you can arrow up or down, which should move it off of the settings screen.

All set. Thanks !

@@66Bflo you’re welcome

@@Casitascrawlers no recalls yet

@@aaronnorlund4484 the website says 65”

I definitely wouldn't buy one I think the last gen looks a lot better

@@patrickboulet1134 no I’ve never noticed it bottom out, but the coil springs do react differently than the leaf springs. It feels smoother on the small bumps, but then almost harsh feeling like it did bottom out on some bigger pot holes. The new Tundra feels like that also.

@@OdysseyOffroad how’s the dirt bike riding coming along?

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews slowly but surely 😂 going out again tomorrow evening 🤘🏻.

@@paulnirschl6500 the hood is because they’re aluminum now. You’re not the first one to complain about that. Thanks for the feedback

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews yah but I came up with a fix that got 90% of the flex to stop. Toyota dealership was no help and neither was Toyota at least not the person in India that I spoke to.

@@paulnirschl6500 what did you do to fix it?

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews you need 2’ of 1/2”&5/8” heater hose. Cut to length to fit on each side of the washer nozzles, then slit the pieces to go over the lip on the cowl and stack the 5/8 over the 1/2. I then put some camper weather striping on the underside of the hood above the heater hose just to insure the paint wouldn’t get rubbed off. This gave the hood in front of the windshield some support. That took care of 75% of it, I then cut some foam pipe insulation in half and put that in between the 2 layers of the hood at the edges of the hood scoop to support that to get rid of 20% more. Total cost to lessen the very annoying hood flex about $15 that Toyota either didn’t catch on testing or just didn’t care enough to correct.

@@paulnirschl6500 I haven’t noticed the flex on my Tacoma hood as much as I’ve seen it on the Grand Highlander. The hood line on the Grand Highlander is very flat, and doesn’t have as much contour to it. It’s all about the weight reduction, but I agree they could have come up with some reinforcement to prevent. Great ingenuity

@@erwinprincipe08 unfortunately I didn’t know about the rock chips until I added the tires to it. It had mudguards on it when I bought, so didn’t give it a lot of thought at the time. I’m currently trying to find some wider mudguards for it.

@@CK-gf4ns no, the Tundra is a more enjoyable ride out on the hwy, but the Tacoma is much better as a daily driver around town, and getting in and out of parking spaces. The Tacoma better suits my life style, and that part I do enjoy.

@@lc7192 thanks for the suggestion. Congratulations on finding a premium package

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviewsthe rock chipping preventative measure is to ceramic coat/wrap those areas that get the chips

@@georgia_flyfisher2200 the infotainment issues have been there since 2022 when the Tundra came out. You’d think that an over the air update could fix the issue, however it hasn’t yet. They may be able to fix the molding issue, but I don’t foresee them changing anything else on the 2025 model. I wouldn’t let the moldings deter you from purchasing now

​@@RodneysnwridesandreviewsI am thinking that they will be quite a bit cheaper next year because the economy is getting so bad and sales will be getting worse.

@@GerryHavican that’s always a possibility. Once they get more inventory on the ground, the demand won’t be as high.

@@jmpattillo I’m looking for wider mudguards, but I haven’t found any that I like. Regken is coming out with some so I’m waiting patiently

@@lilnofresh2875 probably not. I’ve not ridden Brown’s camp myself, but I much prefer Huckleberry Flats over Shotgun Creek. The trails are way too short at Shotgun, and there is a lot of big rock that they’ve put on the trails.

@@lc7192 thanks for the feedback. I really wanted to get the premium package, but Toyota isn’t sending them out to the Northwest. The leveling kit was a big improvement on the looks, and yes it does take away from the visibility, but not as much as you may think. I had a 2022 Tundra, and when I put the leveling kit on it, it was night and day difference in the visibility over the hood. In didn’t affect the Tacoma near as much as it did the Tundra, so I was thankful for that.

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@@charlesb4267 I had a set of the KO2’s on my 2022 Tundra, and didn’t notice them holding rocks as bad as the KO3’s did. I’m the size of the gravel has a lock to do with that. Thanks for the feedback

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews You are correct that gravel size has a large bearing on how a tire will pick up rocks but also tire size within the same tread style makes a difference as the tread spacing changes somewhat with sizing. Never the less that is not good news to hear the KO3 are even worse for retaining rocks as I hoped they would be better. One of the reasons your video and findings interested me is that where I live in a rural area of Alberta has a lot of gravel roads and over the years ( a lot of oil patch activity up here on gravel roads ) the original KO proved to be a horrible choice in tire for our gravel roads, then came the KO2 which ironically BFG even had an article bragging how they tested their then new tire on our very roads up here and how much better it was. Years of that KO2 have passed by and so going to any tire shop around here that is honest and the first thing they ask is "are you planning on driving much gravel" and if the answer is yes they hands down say do NOT get the KO2 as it will stone drill and the carcass will fail. So where does that put the KO3, that I assume is yet to be determined !. That doesn't mean a lot of other tires are great on our gravel, its murder on tires but some do a lot better than others in this harsh condition. For example have run some sets of KM2/KM3 on two wheel drive farm pickups that see mostly gravel and they will only last 8000 miles on the drive axle and that is on a very lightly loaded pickup and they are shot tread wise and have had the casing fail , that just gives an idea of how crushed gravel eats some types of tires.

@@charlesb4267 that’s good information. The one thing that I did like about the KO2 was how puncture resistant they were. With the KO3 being a C class rated tire instead of the E, I wonder how they’ll hold up.

@@Rodneysnwridesandreviews I haven't seen the current listings for the KO3 sizes that have come out so far but would assume there are some gaps in the sizes and ply ratings that have come to market at this point. Take the KO2 for example, the "all metric" sizes in an LT tire tend to be load range E while the "inch designated" tires tend to be the load range C which they also refer to as their "flotation series" So when one looks at a tire chart that has these two different designated tires the LT tire has a higher minimum operating pressure vs the flotation series. I know its all confusing, the flotation tire also says LT on it but that is after the tire size rather than before. Do you think they could have come out with a less confusing mess ? LOL. But as to your load range C tires, I do hear you over the fact that they might be a bit less tough on the tread surface portion of the carcass but they also are a more flexible tire to air down further for off road use and will ride better on road with a truck of your size vs going with a load range E. I honestly would not worry too much about it as the fairly large tire for a lighter pickup like you have is a very different application compared to an HD truck if its packing a lot of weight constantly as that really ramps up the abuse to a tire when on gravel.

@@charlesb4267 you definitely know your tires. Thanks for the great information.

@@dennislabrador3554 around $1,200 for the set