Well, after driving a Limited this weekend I placed an order. I'll have the first and only rear air suspension car in the Pacific Northwest. They weren't ordered due to expense ($1,400 MSRP). It includes the X-REAS shocks, though, to soften the blow a little.

Anyway, to put things in perspective, I've owned every gen 4R since they were first produced. Also several FJ100's (still miss my '99 with locker), and Sequoia (what was I thinking?), I'm not going very far out on a limb to say that the '03 4R is the most significant SUV Toyota has ever produced, in a class by itself and better than Land Cruiser FJ100 IMHO. Note that it's built in the same factory (Tahara) as Land Cruiser and Lexus LX/GX.

Still, it could be even better with proper tires. I'm no big off-roader, occassional forest service roads and mud slogging around Northwest Oregon. Can anyone suggest a tire upgrade from the current 265/65R17 tires using the same 7½" rim? One still acceptable for on-road duty most of the time, but with a more off-road orientation and still fairly quiet. Looking around Tire Rack shows it to be an odd replacement size, important to maintain, I think, for calibrated inputs to all the ECU sensors throughout the drivetrain.

 

no idea man. just as we start to master the 3rd gen stuff, toyota has to screw us all up and introduce a 4th gen, now everyone is a newbie again. good luck w/ tires.