4x4 / Off-Road TechThis section contains all discussion related to taking the FJ Cruiser in Off-Road situations, 4x4 applications and any armor modifications.
First off, gotta say - Jason and crew are amazing to deal with. I sent crude PowerPoint sketches of my ideas to replace the "DO" with vents. They redrew the vents to better match and keep the integrity. The guys also tacked in 8 studs to allow me to mount the factory plastic mesh (from the old bumper) in the new bumper.
The bumper was shipped bare, touched up (skim coat of leveling compound), painted with Toyota Ti Silver base coat (4 coats) and clear coat (3 coats). The lower half of the bumper was rattle-canned satin black - much easier to touch up. Although, with the single stage paint and the Preval (self-contained spayer), touching up the silver is a piece of cake.
I used a Warn M8000 and a hawse lead. I also rewired and moved the winch remote plug - look on the top of the bumper near the p-side headlight.
Yeah that looks absolutely fantastic. You are gonna be a rock star at the next gathering. It would be neat to see how that looks with the rear bumper since that is very close to finished.
It was a lot of effort to do but you got really outstanding results. Is your bezel white? Can't tell.
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Yeah that looks absolutely fantastic. You are gonna be a rock star at the next gathering. It would be neat to see how that looks with the rear bumper since that is very close to finished.
It was a lot of effort to do but you got really outstanding results. Is your bezel white? Can't tell.
Yep - I do see a Demello rear bumper in my future... but how far in the future... eh hem... Jason?
Yeah, it would've been nice to unwrap the bumper and start wrenching... I think I had the bumper on a bench for three weeks before it went on - all the prep work, cleaning, sanding, painting, sanding, waiting, painting... But, now that it's on... I am glad I did it the way I did.
The bezel is white - the glare of that shiny bumper makes it hard to tell
Looks great Manhatten. I have a custom bumper on the way too, but I have not the patience for such meticulous painting. Awesome job.
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Painted headlight bezel, Series 87 steelies with 255/85-16 Maxxis Bighorns, ARB full length rack, 60" hi-lift, OME Heavies on all 4 corners, Budbuilts front to back, OEM sliders, Upper and Lower rear Digger Links, TRD CAI, All-Pro High Clearance tailpipe, Hacked Rear Diff Lock, VSC on-off switch, Custom Expedition One Front Bumper, EPi 9000lb winch with synthetic line, and lots of manual recovery gear and tools.
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