After a week of ownership and getting wheels/tires and rock rails installed, I finally took my new Trail Dust out just to check the offroad systems and make sure everything works (coming from a 2016 4Runner). I also wanted to check whether the Toyo OpenCountry ATIII tires (285/70 r18) tires rubbed, mounted to '24 Tacoma TRD 18" wheels (45 offset). I chose this nearby area as it had ~12-18" deep holes spaced to put tires in the air, i.e. full flex. Surface was soft, partially-consolidated fill dirt, very loose with few rocks. Did several runs and tried to take the same line, same speed, etc.
No tire rub at full compression, all systems worked as expected. There was a spot at top where turned wheels were nearly fully compressed, so although I didn't test it in these holes shown in the video, I'm confident that there is also no rub fully compressed at full lock (will confirm later). This did bring up one question I have about DAC/CC compared to older systems, and that is:
When does the system (i.e. the single control button) initiate DAC vs. CC? Haven't gleaned this from the manual, and once it set itself to CC, another time it chose DAC, with no known input from me (I assume it may be linked to the vehicle's orientation, i.e. facing uphill vs facing downhill)?
Hope this helps people new to the platform choosing tires, or those new to off-roading wanting to see what these vehicles can do (stock tire size would have behaved similarly). Note in the last run how much less tire spin there is with the rear diff locked. DAC/Crawl Control was also engaged for one of the runs, but I didn't note which, and it's not really relevant.
Cheers,
Jeff
- First run I tried just in 4High, tires immediately spun on the first compression, I did not include this brief 'run' in the video;
- 2nd run locked the Center Differential;
- 3rd run added MTS-Sand (wanted to see if tire spin increased); and
- 4th run locked Rear Differential.
No tire rub at full compression, all systems worked as expected. There was a spot at top where turned wheels were nearly fully compressed, so although I didn't test it in these holes shown in the video, I'm confident that there is also no rub fully compressed at full lock (will confirm later). This did bring up one question I have about DAC/CC compared to older systems, and that is:
When does the system (i.e. the single control button) initiate DAC vs. CC? Haven't gleaned this from the manual, and once it set itself to CC, another time it chose DAC, with no known input from me (I assume it may be linked to the vehicle's orientation, i.e. facing uphill vs facing downhill)?
Hope this helps people new to the platform choosing tires, or those new to off-roading wanting to see what these vehicles can do (stock tire size would have behaved similarly). Note in the last run how much less tire spin there is with the rear diff locked. DAC/Crawl Control was also engaged for one of the runs, but I didn't note which, and it's not really relevant.
Cheers,
Jeff
