Yea I do believe I won't be mudding my buddy went the day before we was planing to go cause he found a good spot and wanted to try it out long story short my 2wd ended up pulling his 4wd out of the mud cause he flooded the starter and the transmission I think I will stick to the off road ruff trails lol

 

Okay, so generally mudding is a bad idea if you want to keep your truck nice, but I understand that sometimes you just cant resist the temptation. So my suggestion to you is let your 4wd friend go through everything first. And put some tow hooks on your truck. You are going to get stuck, I promise. Tow hooks on the front of your truck save you from crawling around in the mud to find a safe place to put a tow strap.

 

The only time in 5 years my truck has left me on the side of the road was when I flogged it through deep mud and covered it.

Also, with a hot air intake you are far more likely to get water in the intake. We just had a decent snow storm here. I hit a large patch of slush and the truck studdered a little. When I popped the hood some of the slush was packed on my filter.

As soon as I get the chance I'm going back to the factory intake housing with the Gotts Mod. Look that up it actually works better than an aftermarket intake.

 

I went mudding in a Tacoma once.. Went straight to the car wash after, turned the truck off and it wouldn't start again. The starter was toast. Then a few months later, the head gasket went out. The mechanic said something was plugged up with mud and that's what caused it. Needless to say, I went through mud holes in a stock Tacoma that guys in their lifted square bodies were getting stuck in, but my days of mud are over.. If it just rained, I'll swerve into the other lane just to avoid water puddles now. I like to bathe my truck as little as possible and mudding isn't the way to do that.

The only time recently that I went mudding was the day before my high school senior pictures, because I wanted my 4Runner to be muddy in some pictures, but that was over 2 years ago.. Now id probably clean it and get the pictures done with a clean vehicle instead.

 

Honestly just take it slow and don't try something u know that u cannot make...I go mudding in my 2WD but I also have a 3 inch lift on it but no off-road tires so just take it slow

 

Yeah I'll hit mud holes every now and then nothing to serous just don't go borin throw there if you don't know what it's like that how you break **** and the sprinkler is a great idea I found mud and leafs stuck in between my frame and transfer case this weekend when I changed the fluid

 

Seeing as I am technically H.I.C.K. certified, I will throw my 2 cents here on the off chance someone else sees this and had the same question...

Mudding is only fun under 3 conditions: 1-You are fairly confident your truck can handle it (i.e. your not a nervous wreck the entire time thinking "Oh no" every time you see a hole). 2-Friends are there to enjoy it with you. 3-They brought the beer. lol

Me personally, with a 3" suspension lift from Rough Country and Cooper Discoverer ATPs...rough, dry trails are so much more fun and so much easier to enjoy...and don't cause nearly as many headaches and damages if you know what your doing.

Hope this is helpful