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"Hey Steve, that is good info. Last weekend I was on Piliken Road (10N46) with my son driving and he drove into a rut on the passenger side. I couldn't  get out to take a pick but we had to do the same thing, ie backup to get out. The rut…"

"Me too. I might replace my KM2's with 3's. Looking forward to reviews, but they sound good so far. Petersens 4WDand offload did a favorable report recently."

"No problems for me so far at 72K miles. What symptoms did you get? Thanks, Steve."

"///Do you have any experience with the normal KO/2's/// The KO2 came on all TTSE FJ's. They do not allow snow or mud to easily escape the tread. The block pattern really does block the mud and snow. Compare pics with KM2 and new KM3, they…"

"That is a nice swing-out, saw it in 2014 or 15 on your FJ. I now have an ARB on the back so not sure if I need it. It is always a psychological play as to wether the door mounted tire carrier can hold up to larger tires, however, so far so good.I do…"

"What I did today today was have Les Schwab rotate my tires in a 5 tire clockwise pattern. Nice that it is free every 5K. I am sure I pay for it upfront with my tire purchase but it makes the rotations easier :) And I dont have to do it myself."

"Did you have to increase length of axle shafts and tie-rod ends? Seems like this kind of change can weaken these parts when articulated hard off-road. How is it?"

"Uly, you have any experience with KM3's yet? Thanks."

"It is aluminim, might as well recycle it."

"your original post said //// The sale is for the stock roof rack, mounting hardware, the custom basket and the two removable crossbars.//// How about a price without the stock roof rack, which I have and without the crossbars? I would only require…"

"Excluding the crossbars, how much higher than the factory rack does this sit? Thx."

"Conor says "Hi" "

"Wow, Connor's getting big.  Looks like a fun day.  "

"Post up pics of your rig.Thx."

"sent you a private message. Planning on June 9trh."