Tim’s Alaska Ranger Raptor Build + Adventures

[Tim_AK]

Welcome Tim. What kind of running boards your RR?

Thanks! Mine are RCI frame mounted sliders. 5° with top plate. My wife is only 5’2”, and it’s nice to stand on the back of them when messing with the tent, so that’s why I chose 5°. Sliders are what I hit the least (skids the most). 3 hour install with a friend, but wasn’t too bad.

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[Tim_AK]

Regarding high speed stuff, I got some rear travel position sensor guards from Ark and installed them earlier this summer.

https://arksplashguards.com/product...MYbI7t2SLXehG77RYYtPCYguWL_E02Wi1mGl-NFTrvo2v

I saw some metal options for like $250, but I don’t foresee smashing them into anything (maybe I’m ignorant on that)? But I did foresee them getting pelted with road debris on high speed dirt road sections or the odd high speed trail. These are some sort of durable plastic so I was interested to see if the cheap route would pay off. Took them out to a dry river bed in the area (normally the land of side by sides and drunk people on a nice weekend), went downstream far from the crowds and let the truck go in Baja mode. I’ve had the Tacoma out here tons of times with the family (the kiddos like to play next to the river) but I don’t think I’ve ever driven above 25mph. The rocks always made the suspension feel “loose” even though it wasn’t. Well, the RR had no such issues. 70mph (without the kids haha) was cake. Took the random whoops with ease. I even accidentally hit a 3 foot deep angled rut that I didn’t see coming, hitting the up sloping back side at 50mph… the truck basically laughed it off. My buddy and I were in disbelief that it handled it so well.