Monthly Archives: January 2009

New Lower Link Skids – Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum

Demello now offers lower link skids Quoted from http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/demello-offroad/72057-new-lower-link-skids.html: New Lower Link Skids – Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum We have been working with different designs and different ways to protect those lower link mounts. What we came up with is a 3/16in bracket that bolts over your stock mount. The mount covers all the way…

Dirty Toy School

Training Last Summer I attended the Dirty Toy School in Grand Junction Colorado. The School was a training session with Chris Neslon and Bill Birke. The following is a quote from a message I sent them about my attendance: “I am very happy to have attended the first Dirty Toy School in Grand Junction, Colorado.…

Jackmate

At one of the FJ Summit recovery training session Chris Nelson showed us the Jackmate. The Jackmate enhances the capability of the Hi-Lift jack. The Jack Mate slides over either end of the Hi-Lift Jack bar using quick release pins. When used as the base plate, the Jack mate has “gnarly teeth” which dig into…

Winch Master Switch

I do not feel comfortable with a large, hot, hot unfused wire in the front bumper. The main power wire for the winch is just this. It is directly attached to the battery with no protection from a fuse. If a short where to happen with this feed wire it could easily start a fire.…

Door Reflective Marker Tape

You will notice that the doors of the FJ Cruiser have no reflective markers to show them when they are open. Many of the European cars I have owned have this safety feature. To increase the safety of the FJ Cruiser I decided to add my own safety marker tape. I purchase Reflexite DayBright Conspicuity…