It has been a slow week working on the new Toyota FJ Cruiser. I have been waiting for the man in brown to deliver parts. Today I received my new Bud Built skids. The quality and workmanship of these skids is exceptional. I will be painting the skids with Rustolium Hammered Black in the next…
Modifications
I have worked to document all the modification that I have made to my FJ Cruiser. If you are unable to find a specific type of mod try using the search box.
Mechanical
Safari Snorkel Installed
by tomas •
This morning I installed my new Safari Snorkel on our 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser. ARB does not spec the snorkel for the 2010 but the SS415HF Snorkel can be made to fit. To get the Snorkel to work on the 2010 there are a few different steps that must be taken. First remove the Air…
Electronics, Electronics, Ham Radio
Icom IC-2820 HAM Radio Installed
by tomas •
I chose to install a new Icom IC-2820 in the new build. This radio is a dual band VHF/UHF radio with D-Star support. What is really cool about this radio is the Head Unit mounts separate from the Mic. The Radio is mounted next to the Inverter in the right rear of the FJ. It…
Electrical, Electronics
National Luna Dual Battery System
by tomas •
Another modifications complete. Today I finished the dual battery system install in our new Toyota FJ Cruiser. For this build I chose to go with the National Luna Dual Battery system. “The National Luna Intelligent Split Charging System allows you to maintain two or more batteries in your vehicle. The Intelligent Solenoid manages the charging…
Trail Armor
All Pro Front Bumper Installed
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One of the items that I salvaged from the Blue Burro was my All Pro Off Road front bumper and EP-9000 Superwinch. With the 1″ body lift installed I needed to modify the headlamp bracket to clear the All Pro Bumper. I cut the existing brackets off then welded 1/2″ square tube on to the…