The rear brake upgrade is a little more complicated because the parking brake needs to be dealt with. I first jacked the rear of the FJ up and with the jack stands in place I removed the wheels from both sides. Removal of the rear requires that the parking brake pad be loosened using the…
Drive Line, Service & Warranty
Brake Upgrade with Frozen Rotors – Front
by tomas •
As part of my re-gear and tire size upgrade I wanted to improve brake performance on My Toyota FJ Cruiser. To this end I chose to upgrade the rotors and pads on the FJ to slotted rotors and better pads. I chose to go with cryogenically treated slotted rotors from Frozen Rotors combined with Hawk…
Service & Warranty
Maintenance Day for the FJ
by tomas •
This Sunday is maintenance day for my Toyota FJ Cruiser. The projects include replacing the joints in the upper a-arms and upgrading and brake pads and rotors. First on the agenda was to tackle the a-arms The joints in the All Pro Off Road upper a-arms are lined with Teflon and wear out after 15,000…
Gear Reviews, Lighting
LiteSpots Rock Lights Reviewed and Installed
by tomas •
Yesterday I upgraded the LED rock lights that I use on my Toyota FJ Cruiser. The old lights were single LED lights house in an alloy housing. I had one light fail because of water getting it to the light. I approached Off Road Only about trying out their rock lights called LiteSPOTs. LiteSPOTs consist of surface…
Drive Line, Gear Reviews
Completed install of All Pro Off Road Front Bumper
by tomas •
It took some time to get the final build of my new All Pro Off Road front bumper completed. A new light bar from All Pro was ordered so the finish would match the new bumper finish. I upgrade the lighting system to include four 4″ Fuego lights. The winch install again required the solenoid to be removed and…
Expedition Gear, Lighting
Baja Designs Fuego Lights Installed
by tomas •
For some time I have been running 2 inexpensive HID driving lights from Checker on the front of my Toyota FJ Cruiser. The pattern from these lights was not very well directed down the road even though they did seem to fill the area right in front of the FJ with light. I also had…
Photos
Spring Vacation 2008 Gallery online
by tomas •
I just finished uploading and adding a gallery for our SE Utah spring vacation from 2008. Enjoy the pics:
Miscellaneous
Rear Mud Flaps added to My FJ
by tomas •
With the addition of Bushwacker fender flares the Toyota FJ Cruiser stock mud flaps are removed. On past trips the front of my trailer has gotten plastered with mud and with no flaps the problem is going to be even worse. I decided it was time to fab some rear mud flaps for the FJ…