Went down to Oregon Inlet, NC last weekend. Had alot of fun, it was warm and the sand was extremly soft (great for getting stuck)

I pulled a fellow 4runner out of the ramp, they bottomed out trying to get on the beach.

I got stuck in this pic, gotta love open diff and stock suspension. It made for some good pictures of the rear flex.


This just seemed like a cool shot

A nice shot at the end of the day of my buddy and me


The next shots I take on the beach will be no running boards, 3 inch lift, and some nice 33s to fill the gap.

 

did you air down at all?

and is that jeep stuck in that last picture?

i wish there was a beach nearby lol...

 

no, I didnt air down I thought about doing it but it wasnt really a big deal since we had a tow strap. If we kept getting stuck then I would have aired down. And yes he is stuck haha.

 

I have the exact same 4runner! I have a 97 limited 4wd the same color! I love mine!

 

sweet ride. I only wish I had an e locker, but I have a lockright coming so that will help alot.

 

I do have the e-locker and it helps out a lot! I like the hellas on the front!
I am lifting mine this week. I got an ome 2.5" now all i need is some bigger tires.

 

Nice, I am installing the toytec ome lift this week. Good luck with the install.

 

Aaahhh Oregon Inlet. Brings back some memories, I can rememer exactly what that sand feels like. Its been a good 12 years since I have been to the outer banks.

I took my '91 truck out there when it was practically new. All we had was a shovel and that managed to get us out of a few stick spots.

 

I have the Same color 4Runner as you.
And I too have a friend with a Jeep Wrangler.

I too had the running board my first time out, and bad tires, and I have no e-locker.

By the end of the summer I hope to have 2" Bl and 3" Suspension with some 33s

 

looks like fun but i dont do sand wheeling

 

I want to do some of that. Is there any chance of cop trouble????

 

Looks like fun! Next time you in the sand air down to at least 15 PSI preferably lower if you have a way to air back up. It's a night and day difference. At the Norcal Pismo run last year I couldn't even get up to the camp. I stopped and aired down and didn't even spin driving the rest of the way in.

 

You're not really wheeling in the sand until you air down. Axle hop and drag are ridiculous until you are floating on top of the soft stuff...

 

You're missing out, sand is one of the most forgiving off-road environments, unless you're going too fast and break a suspension part.

 

i was ju8st thinking back to my fond memories of the days in nc, and that would happen to be near the duck/corrola area would it?

 

I always air down when I go down to OBX to wheel but didnt feel like doing it this time unless I had problems with the softness.

That is Oregon Inlet which is just south of Kitty Hawk, I usually go up to Corova/Corolla.

 

ahh i know that area to we stayed near kitty hawk one year, and then way down the beach near corolla/duck the next year. its an amazing place. i actually have a great story about it...were driving down the beach late one night, about 6 miles from the house to the pavement, and were cruising cuz the water level was previously pretty high and everythign was packed and flattened out, and then boom whooptee do size humps out of no where, my buddys dads titan went for a ride, at one point we dove the nose and sand just went straight over the hood like it was water, next thing we knew we were looking at the sky...minor body damage...and it explained why the beers were exploding when we got back lol

 

It is legal to wheel on certain areas of the beach in NC.

I love riding on the beach. We took a big trip up to Hatteras last summer. Just got to be carefull of the water or you will end up with some pretty nasty undercarriage rust.

I love that color 4runner by the way.