I just got the rack off and did a killer paint correction and ceramic coat, so I am just looking at it now. I think I am going to rip all four mounts in half with a band saw with a metal blade or just make a mess of it with a 4" cut off wheel and then weld the two pieces back together overlapping. The problem is this will only get me about a half an inch in the rear. I will also be moving the whole thing backwards by about 2 inches, which I think will give the whole thing a better look.

Are you using the discover 3/4 wind deflector? It's much better than the one they normally sell with the rack

Ideally I'd lower it by the thickness of the rack rail itself, and then run the wind deflector all the way to the top and still be able to make the deflector go to the roof.

 

I don't have one of those racks but make sure you leave it high enough to clear the open sunroof.

 

Update:

I couldn't help myself and installed the 2" lift up from 1", spent 20 HOURS compounding buffing and ceramic coasting this car, it looks awesome now but damn.

v v Shiny




So here's no rack and 2" lift with new mudlfappies




Really wish I could find 10mm or 15mm spacers for the rear

Also the truck Looks RIDICULOUS in off road mode now haha

 

Other observations:

Ride:
With the 2" lift the car handles much, much better, now, I wish the struts ran at this PSI from stock

With the 2" lift and offroad the car is almost underivable, its so stiff you bounce over everything. with the 2" lift and 1" tire lift, I don't have to use off road mode anymore now anyways I guess, and can just use it in emergrencies or clearing logs and such.

Tire Pressures: Currently running at the "normal mode" recommended pressures of 44 front 50 rear, feels like too much, my experiment with 40/46 or something like that soon, would love to hear what others are doing

Fuel economy: mixed driving around town has seemed to have decreased from 24mpg to 22mpg (actual)
Highway at 71 mph seems to have dropped from 30mpg to 25 mpg actual, this does really suck, I am surprised it was that different with the 4 ply tire. That's even after adjusting for the 6.5% difference

Height: this makes me wish I had rock sliders, I am 5'8" and any higher would be uncomfortable and is already a pain for my 76 year old father. wondering if I should drop 1600 on the sliders, seems like a lot

 

These sliders are much less:

WildBear4x4

 

man those look great. No shipping to USA though

 

Oh, crap. Sorry, I didn't realize that.

That said, you might want to give them a ring and see how hard and fast that is.

 

They are super cheap sadly they don't ship here know any of them that are cheaper that ship here

 

There are companies that provide parcel forwarding from England. The company ships to them, then you pay the forwarding company to ship to your address. Not sure of the cost on an item this size and weight, but it's an option.

 

@orangeman this was one of the funnest AND funniest threads I've read in a while. It will be a loss to the forum when you go join your new boring Toyota forum friends when you get your Sequoia.