For the third time, with my Toyota FJ Cruiser, I have had a mouse in the passenger cabin. One trap and the latest mouse is a goner (no photos of this). It is time to get a handle on this problem The first mouse came through the cabin air intake and put a hole in the cabin…
Miscellaneous
Mechanical, Miscellaneous
AFE Cold Air Intake – First Look
by tomas •
We are finally seeing some after market parts for the redesigned engine in the 2010 and newer Toyota FJ Cruisers. The man in brown delivered one of the first to me last week, the new AFE cold air intake (CAI). The AFE CAI replaces the stock CAI with an air box that manages a higher air flow…
Getting Trail Ready, Miscellaneous
Custom Trailer Hitch
by tomas •
Our M416 adventure trailer is a key part of our off road adventure gear. The trailer uses a lunette and pintle hitch. On our old build I used a normal receiver hitch that hung below the rear bumper. The receiver was the lowest point on the rear bumper and was always getting hung up. For…
Miscellaneous
Cosmetic Blackout
by tomas •
On the white FJ Cruiser I do not like the look of the silver trim. During the build process I took on the process of blacking out all the silver trim pieces and adding additional black trim and components to the exterior of our Toyota FJ Cruiser. Our goal was to create a black on…
Miscellaneous
Out Patient Surgery for the FJ Cruiser
by tomas •
One problem running larger tires on the Toyota FJ Cruiser is tire rub on the body mounts right behind the front tires. With the larger tires mounted on our FJ this now became a problem. I contacted Rockware in Colorado Springs to get the body mounts chopped. With a quick trip to black forest I…