My Fuji White 2012 became a Kaikoura Stone 2016

LR4 in CO · May 23, 2017

Seems like quite an upgrade to me, with just about everything except Adaptive Cruise -

Black Pack
HD Pkg (Twin Speed T-Box, Full Size Spare, Locking Rear Diff)
Meridian Surround Sound System 825 Watts
Vision Assist Pkg
Climate Comfort Pkg

The Kaikoura Stone is growing on me. Really like the blind spot monitor w/cross traffic alert. The sound system is awesome! It was used, hit 13K miles while I drove it home.

Hate the huge running boards. I'm going to do some Forum research to see if they can be replaced by side tubes without compromising crash safety.

Surfrider77 · May 24, 2017

Crash safety thing is stupid anyway. Feel free to remove them. It was just following some NHTSA rules that went into effect for ALL vehicles for that year forward. It doesn't magically make all the 2004 - 2009 LR3s and 2009-2013 LR4s rolling death traps.

It's a beautiful looking truck and I actually really dig that color. Just ditch the ironing board side steps and you are golden!

backcountryLR4 · May 26, 2017

That's a nice find. Took me forever to find one with matching specs.

I've noticed the running boards stand out way more on anything but the Fuji white. I hate mine too, but still figuring out what to do.

XLR8TOR · May 28, 2017

Looks great!

ktm525 · May 29, 2017

How are you finding the reduction of power? Nice colour btw, looks like a beefier, richer Ipanema.

Lone Star landy · May 29, 2017

Looks fantastic! One bonus of the running boards is they more or less prevent door dings. Had them my MY2010 and they got dented instead of the doors.

LR4 in CO · May 30, 2017

ktm525 said:
How are you finding the reduction of power? Nice colour btw, looks like a beefier, richer Ipanema.

Maybe because I live at 7900 feet & this engine is supercharged, or because the new tranny is an 8-speed, or that I don't tow anything, but I really haven't been able to tell any difference in power between the 2016 and the 2012 with its V8. I think the V8 was slightly smoother though.

ktm525 · May 31, 2017

At that elevation I bet the power difference is a wash. Are you sure the running boards can't simply be removed? With most of the population driving trucks and SUV's near me the running boards didn't stop any door dings.

manoftaste · May 31, 2017

I remember reading somewhere that Supercharged engines still lose power at attitudes vs the Turbo charged engines which actually do not lose any power.

LR4 in CO · May 31, 2017

manoftaste said:
I remember reading somewhere that Supercharged engines still lose power at attitudes vs the Turbo charged engines which actually do not lose any power.

Both superchargers and turbochargers are basically just air pumps. How much they prevent power loss at altitude depends on how they're designed and controlled (e.g. how much air they can pump at a given altitude vs. engine rpm, and how much they'll pressurize the engine's cylinders before a bypass/waste-gate starts opening.)

My friend, who's a private pilot & flight instructor, reminded me that the British Spitfire was supercharged even back in the 1930s. That's so it would still perform at way over 10,000 feet.

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