Edmunds is a watered-down online publicationt. What they're doing is called "engagement farming".
A lion's share of their revenue comes from pay-to-click ads on their website and paid monetization on Youtube.
Like any company owned by private equity, their interest is income over accuracy, so...
Whoops, sorry guys! Totally forgot this thread exists.
In the future, definitely. That will come a bit down the road, though.
Thanks for the comment, glad to hear! I see OTT is on Ecutek now too, which is killer!
Will do that very soon!!
He definitely misunderstood what I was saying but I have to correct the record. The Trailhunter actually doesn't have an open inlet on the front. For some reason, I was confusing the TRD intake with the Trailhunter intake, which is indeed closed on the front.
So it certainly is actually a...
It's not a snorkel as much as it is just a higher air inlet. The airbox isn't sealed and the primary inlet at the front of the box is still open, so it's no more safe for water fording and dusty roads than without.
Because of this, I'd argue that it's there primarily for looks.
That said, the...
Looks really solid man
This is almost completely untrue. Your braking system doesn't care how much taller your vehicle rides, so long as it isn't tugging on brake lines at full droop. (That doesn't really happen on these.)
The only thing it can affect at higher lift heights is CV's, but that...
I don't think that was much of a consideration at all, to be honest. Toyota has been pretty clear from the beginning that the hybrid system isn't an economy-based hybrid, and that's reflected in the way it performs.
If Toyota intended this to be used exclusively for mileage improvements, we...
I would be surprised if the restriction was anywhere other than the throttle body inlet. I'll probably order one this week.
I'm happy to hear you noticed an immediate improvement. I'm hopeful this makes a pretty noticeable bump in power. You can never have enough.
Man this is an absolute BUMMER to read because I was just considering ordering a set for my 4Runner.
That aside, how do you like the shock performance?
Solid setup tbh. You'll have to toss the turbo inlet and get a TEQSPORT inlet, it won't work with the larger T550X compressor housing. I'm also not sure if OTT supports custom tuning, probably worth checking with them. Otherwise, you're solid!
Edited to add: (we both responded at the same time)...