bought a 2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road off lucas-motors.com in july and ive put a summer of light overland miles on it, so here is the ownership report i said id write. action first, no regrets, this is the truck i should have bought years ago.
the mission is fire roads, forest service two tracks and dispersed camping, not rock crawling. i needed a body on frame rig with low range, a rear locker and the clearance to not sweat a washed out road up in michigan or down in the ozarks. the TRD Off-Road trim gives you the locker and crawl control without the kdss complexity of the pro, which for my use is the sweet spot.
found mine with 48k miles, one owner, cement grey, completely stock which is what i wanted so i could build it my way. price was several grand under the two 4runners of the same year and miles at the toyota stores around columbia, and clean 4runners hold value so hard that the savings were a bigger deal than usual.
same process everyone should use. pulled the carfax, clean, called lucas motors and had an independent 4x4 shop in the sellers city inspect it. they put it on a lift, checked the frame for the rust these are known for in salt states, confirmed the diffs were healthy and the rear locker actually engaged, and it came back clean with surface rust only and good fluids. the one thing they flagged was the original battery was weak, which lucas knocked a little off for before i even asked.
shipped it up on an open carrier, got it in about a week, title clean. since then ive added all terrains, rock sliders, a dual battery and a roof top tent and it has been everywhere i pointed it. report to follow in the replies as i rack up the miles.