New rolling stock for my Toyota FJ Cruiser. The man in brown dropped off my new Mickey Thompson Sidebiter wheels yesterday. These wheels are a part of the re-gear and tire project for my FJ Cruiser. The numbers: Weight – 28.5 LB on my postage scale 5″ Back Spacing 17″ x 9″ Width The stock FJ…
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Re-gear Progress
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It has been a few months since I posted any information on my re-gear project. With the gears ordered though a local shop the modification should be completed sometime next weekend. Here is where things stand at this time: Toytek 1″ body lift installed. Bushwacker fender flares installed. Frozen Rotor brake upgrade installed. Viair on…
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Brake Upgrade with Frozen Rotors – Rear
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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…
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Brake Upgrade with Frozen Rotors – Front
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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…
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Completed install of All Pro Off Road Front Bumper
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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…