I just got back from a week of vacation on the big island of Hawaii. I've never seen so many lifted Tacomas all in one place in my life! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> It became pretty funny that everywhere you look, there's another lifted Tacoma. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> There were very few with a winch or rock sliders and a relatively small percentage with an aftermarket bumper. But most have to have a lift. The few winches I saw all had roller fairleads with metal cable, which makes sense for the sharp lava. I figure the lava is tough on tires.

Anyone have a theory why Hawaiian's love lifted Tacoma's so much?

Are there many fun trails there? I noticed a couple trails near the coast on old jagged lava north of Kona.