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View Poll Results: If you are experiencing body rips or bulges with your FJ, what setup are you running?
Stock bumper, no lift 77 30.80%
Stock bumper, w/lift 25 10.00%
Stock bumper, w/lift and 285/70 17's 28 11.20%
ARB bumper, no lift 2 0.80%
ARB bumper, with lift 9 3.60%
ARB bumper, w/lift and 285/70 17's 16 6.40%
WARN bumper, no lift 1 0.40%
WARN bumper, w/lift 8 3.20%
WARN bumper w/lift and 285/70 17's 8 3.20%
ARB bumper, w/lift, and 255/85 16's 1 0.40%
ARB bumper, w/lift and 315/75 16's 5 2.00%
Demello bumper, no lift 1 0.40%
Demello bumper, w/lift 4 1.60%
Demello bumper, w/lift and 285/70 17's 4 1.60%
Road Armour bumper, no lift 0 0%
Road Armour bumper, w/lift 6 2.40%
Road Armour bumper, w/lift and 285/70 17's 5 2.00%
All-Pro Bumper, no lift 4 1.60%
All-Pro Bumper, w/ Lift 7 2.80%
All-Pro Bumper, w/ lift & 285s 19 7.60%
Stock with Skid Plates 20 8.00%
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:05 PM   #901 (permalink)
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Re: Engine Bay Body Rips

I just got back from 5 days of trail use on Tincup, Taylor, Pearl, Schofield and back over Taylor... Still no problems.
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Old 08-25-2007, 01:07 PM   #902 (permalink)
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Then you might've just answered your own question. Anyone that dedicated to the FJ needs to own one!! Look how much time you've already got invested in this crackable, yet lovable, beast.

I know, I know. To make matters worse, I actually like the brick.
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Old 08-25-2007, 02:49 PM   #903 (permalink)
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Anyway, I was chatting with Chris Nelson, one of the drivers, and told him about the engine bay bulges/cracks issue. He didn't seem to know anything about it. I then asked him to take a look at one of the FJs they brought here (I tried to attach the pic, hope it works). We open the engine bay, and there they were: small bulges on the crumple zones on both sides, about 1/2 in. off plane. He claimed that that particular vehicle had been through a lot of punishment (it did have a few scars on the front bumper to show for it), and it that's true, the bulges were not nearly as bad as I'd expect. I looked at driver's side closely, and didn't see cracks. I couldn't take a picture of the engine bay, he closed the hood before I had a chance. He tried to explain the bulges as the results if body flexing, and didn't think it was a big deal.
That truck in your thumbnail looks very much like Team Millens. The Baja rig.

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Old 08-25-2007, 02:53 PM   #904 (permalink)
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Great job to both of you! Rep points to ya!
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Ditto's on what Mike said. You and da' Bear are being extremely proactive on this and we're all hoping that the outcome is positive for those of us who put our $$$ and faith in this truck.
Hey . . . thanks for the kind words, Mike and Dale. But, the credit goes to every darn one of you guys in this thread who contributed to the solving of this issue. And, with that kind of team work, I have no doubt that this will be solved.
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NOOOOO!!!! Not the BRICK!!!!!
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Old 08-25-2007, 03:05 PM   #906 (permalink)
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That truck in your thumbnail looks very much like Team Millens. The Baja rig.

I know, it has the same decals. But I can't tell if it's the same truck or just a replica; one thing is that the bumper on the truck they have here is different from the one on your pic. I suppose I could just ask them.
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Old 08-25-2007, 03:14 PM   #907 (permalink)
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i forgot to state my build date: 11/06. bought the rig on jan 18, 2007. almost 14,000 miles to date.
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NOOOOO!!!! Not the BRICK!!!!!
Wow!!! The brick would be my last choice... Possibly followed by that LCSteve color... ha ha

Titanium rules!!! No cracks (yet)
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Thanks again to LCSteve, CruiserLarry, Bernd and all the others who are really carrying our collective mail on getting this resolved!

From the feedback I read you have been receiving Toyota is living up to it's reputation of being very concerned with customer satisfaction! WOW!!!
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I agree the writeups and professionalism of cruiserlarry and LandCruiserSteve are excellent. Kudos to both.

I still find it odd that the problem wasn't first noticed on one of the Trail Team vehicles, lot of miles on highway and offroad.
I discussed this very issue with the Toyota field team - No one had reason to check them before, so they may, in fact, have the bulging / cracking symptoms. The reps are going to see if the Trail Teams vehicles from last year are still around - if so they will investigate the structure on those vehicles for any signs of the problem. Usually, the vehicles are sent to the crusher after they are done...we outfitted the new Trail Teams vehicles, but they are all later production date '07s...we'll try to have them checked as well... Remeber, though, the current thinking is the issue may be caused by constant resonant vibration of the front end over time - this would show up more often on higher mileage, freeway use, as opposed to occassional off road abuse...

In the meantime, if anyone from this forum has the chance to visit with the Trails Teams this year, try to check out the inner fender wheels, and maybe snap a pic or two for the record...

The saga continues.....
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