Wheel Well Design Improvement? Land Cruiser 250 vs 5G 4Runner.

BG · 2025-04-15T21:21:53+00:00

Had a blast this weekend wheeling with the 74W crew; Dissent Off-Road, Stellar Built, and 74Weld. There is nothing quite like 18" of total ground clearance when ripping through 3-4' drifts of power. There is an insane difference from 35" tires on mid-travel. The ground clearance just eats through the powder and barely drags the diffs through the center path of the snow. I've had 74W portals on my 5th Gen 4Runner for about a year now but this was the first time snow wheeling on them. Game changer for the snow for sure. I've never had so much fun snow wheeling. I think I only got stuck twice. I used to go snow wheeling back in the day but pretty much stopped because you just can't go anywhere. With 35" tires on mid travel, you just get hung up everywhere; front skids, belly skids, rear diff, frame rails, links, etc. 74W portals have for sure changed the game when it comes to the rocks and the snow. Love these portals.

@Kai__Larsen

Member

Apr 4, 2025

After tearing into my wheel wells and fenders the other night I noticed something different on my LC250 vs my 5G4R.

And it's simply a better designed piece of plastic between the fender and the driver/passenger door opening. This piece is solid! And very form fitting. The purpose? To keep mud, dirt and water out of the area between the fender and the opening of the front doors. (I'll post a photo of the 4Runner equivalent below)

This is on the 4Runner. I did buy this car secondhand so I can assume there was one there at one point. But maybe there wasn't. (Normally there are fender liners) but the 250 has both. And the 250 just looks way more solid the way it's mounted and pushed back. A tire will not touch this so there's no reason to remove this.

Just something I noticed and thought I'd share. Anyone else care to add their thoughts compared to other Toyota vehicles?

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