Introduction

[LFD Off Road]

Hey everybody, Jacob with LFD Off Road (also on the forum as jafrush). If you haven't heard of us, we're based in Denver, North Carolina and make roof racks, bumpers, skid plates, and a lot more, specializing in Toyota 4x4s. All our design and manufacturing is in house. I founded the division, and am in charge of engineering and product testing, as well as a lot of the customer service.

I picked up a Meteor 1958 LC a few weeks ago that you'll see in a lot of our product photos. It's my daily driver, and it will also pend a lot of time testing products and the new platform at a local off road driving school as well in Uwharrie, NC.

We're currently working on a lot of projects for the new 250. We've got a 7/8 roof rack available now, and are in final testing on full skid plates. A full length rack should also be available in the next few weeks, and also working on crossbars for the OEM side rails and front winch bumpers.

Feel free to reach out with any questions, and if there's any specific products you'd like to see, let us know!

 

[b407driver]

Local offroad driving school? Wasn't aware of one around here.

 

[steveinfrisco]

Hey everybody, Jacob with LFD Off Road (also on the forum as jafrush). If you haven't heard of us, we're based in Denver, North Carolina and make roof racks, bumpers, skid plates, and a lot more, specializing in Toyota 4x4s. All our design and manufacturing is in house. I founded the division, and am in charge of engineering and product testing, as well as a lot of the customer service.

I picked up a Meteor 1958 LC a few weeks ago that you'll see in a lot of our product photos. It's my daily driver, and it will also pend a lot of time testing products and the new platform at a local off road driving school as well in Uwharrie, NC.

We're currently working on a lot of projects for the new 250. We've got a 7/8 roof rack available now, and are in final testing on full skid plates. A full length rack should also be available in the next few weeks, and also working on crossbars for the OEM side rails and front winch bumpers.

Feel free to reach out with any questions, and if there's any specific products you'd like to see, let us know!

Welcome! Look forward to pictures.

 

[chris_in_phx]

look forward to seeing what you have coming

 

[JustinHEMI]

Looking forward to it!

 

[LFD Off Road]

Local offroad driving school? Wasn't aware of one around here.

North Carolina, not Colorado

 

[LFD Off Road]

Busy week last week!

Installed the first two prototype full racks, these are stainless steel side rails with aluminum crossbars. Sunroof compatible. The side rails are one piece formed with multiple stiffening bends running the length of the side rail for rigidity. They need a few very minor tweaks and it'll be ready.

 

[LFD Off Road]

Next was the prototype front winch bumper. First one fit great, replacing the center section of the factory bumper. Very easy cut lines to follow on the factory bumper.

I'll be enlarging the access holes for clutch access, and again a few other minor tweaks, but the overall concept worked very well. Mates up very nicely with our prototype skid plate set also. Should have no interference with front camera models.

Painted and winch installed.

Preliminary testing out in Uwharrie the next day. Held up great through some hard sections and eating a ditch.

 

[LFD Off Road]

While we're getting the first batches of racks, skids, and bumpers through production, I moved on to our Ruggedized Crossbar development. These clamp around the factory side rails for those of you with that option. Should get these wrapped up in the next few weeks, they're very close.

Some photos from a day out field testing the new Radflo suspension as well - 2.5" shocks with front and rear reservoirs. Extremely pleased with it, for anyone who's considering one. We'll adjust it higher when the rear springs eventually come in.

 

[trek805]

take my money please......

 

[Dragoon]

Very nice! I'm interested to hear more about how this Radflo suspension performs.

 

[TrailWhale]

Those crossbars for the OEM rails look great. Would they have the same load rating as the OEM crossbars or possibly a bit higher?

 

[LCOceans]

Very nice! I'm interested to hear more about how this Radflo suspension performs.

Me too!

 

[Siblue]

While we're getting the first batches of racks, skids, and bumpers through production, I moved on to our Ruggedized Crossbar development. These clamp around the factory side rails for those of you with that option. Should get these wrapped up in the next few weeks, they're very close.

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Some photos from a day out field testing the new Radflo suspension as well - 2.5" shocks with front and rear reservoirs. Extremely pleased with it, for anyone who's considering one. We'll adjust it higher when the rear springs eventually come in.

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What rear springs will you be running?

 

[LFD Off Road]

What rear springs will you be running?

Very nice! I'm interested to hear more about how this Radflo suspension performs.

This is my 4th Radflo suspension (if Im counting correctly). They have been by far my favorite out of the suspensions I've had. These are the 0-2" of lift setup. At the moment its basically adjusted so I'm sitting level after the bumper, winch, and skid weight. Waiting on Dobinson rear springs and will need UCAs as well at that point. End goal is about 1.5" of lift.

On the 250 to me The Radflos feel about the same as the OEM suspension around curves, but it does a much better job of absorbing bumps than the OEM. The OEM setup was great for on-road handling, but off road it felt like a pogo stick, very bouncy. The rough gravel "driveway" to the training center with the OEM suspension was a 3-5 mph crawl to avoid being jostled. With the Radflos I could comfortably do it up to 20.

Didn't measure stock vs these for flexing, but it feels improved.

Also need to make some decisions on tires when the rear springs come in. I have two sets of wheels right now, one with the OEM Michelin Trails (which honestly haven't been bad so far, just need a thicker sidewall) the other set some Ridge Grapplers, which have done great at the training center, but they're just a bit small, smaller than the Michelins.

 

[LFD Off Road]

Those crossbars for the OEM rails look great. Would they have the same load rating as the OEM crossbars or possibly a bit higher?

Technically the rating for the OEM crossbars also considers the OEM side rails as well. While the crossbars are more rigid than the OEM crossbars, they're still attaching to the same side rail. We don't recommend exceeding the factory weight specifications.

Honestly 165 pounds of moving weight is a lot of weight on the footprint of the factory side rails. Typically you're only exceeding that with a large roof top tent, and if that's the case you're better served with a full rack most of the time anyway, because some of the large tents can have some flex/bounce if they have overhang. A full rack supports the tent farther forward to prevent that flex.