e431 - FMS Toyota FJ40 - The "Buyer's Guide" Series 

When you are outside and it starts sprinkling it’s nice to have that top cover on the remote.

Your son sounds like mine.😂I have been trying to take him along more to film videos....takes a lot longer but it's well worth it. Nice video!

FMS offers some sweet looking bodies! This rig looks great! Can't wait to see what you do to it! I think it deserves the usual light system and interior decorations. 😁

Fun truck 👍 You can fit a normal lipo under the hood. Its a tight fit but it works and you dont need to strap it down. Love the wheels

really nice video, recently i got one and im in love! we will be in touch.

Ampro causally dropping another fantastic review. 👏

Hi Al can you make some beauty rings for them wheels on the FJ and some wipers thanks. 👨🏻‍🔧

I really like the look of this Toyota but i agree with you the wheels are blah! Funny the wheel design matches the steering wheel pattern on the small fms controller you held up!

Makes me want you so I can tow my revo 3.3 but too have a trail rig too

great video as always! always get a smile when your channel pops up with something new. I picked up terks yellow fj and have been having a blast with it. the chassis is the same as on their 1/6 jimny and the 1/10 mashigan. the jimny comes leafed tho. they make a conversion kit for the mashigan which fits this as well. its about 50 usd for the front and rear. the wheels and tires are the same that come on the jimny and yes they are a complete eye cancer. i tried to fill the shocks with oil and while they're "oil" fillable they were hard to get to work correctly. i green slimed all the o rings (to my surprise it had them) but ultimately i ended up adding some internal springs to help stiffen up the rear to help with some of that sag, it seems to have done a nice job. also the rear shocks are at a pretty extreme angle. i moved them about 26mm over to a more vertical position and just drilled some 3mm holes and it gave it a little more height and looks a bit better also. when i scaled it out it came out to be just over 1/7th scale so i printed the "easy 13" figure from printables at 181% scale to make a 9.5" driver and it worked out really well!

Good lord the detail

Same wheels used on the Mashigan. First things I changed out. The Mashigan has a leaf spring conversion kit. I wonder if it will fit this chassis?

. - ''Go over the log'' ! - '' It's a stick''... Funny when we play like kids and kids take us back to adult reality😊

Outstanding as always. Gonna forward this to my gf and a couple other hobbyists. But I want to ask your advice on a thing if I may: The only thing that bothers me about this, and the RC4WD one, is the location of the front axle vs the leading edge of the fender. On the real one the axle is forward enough that the leading edge of the tire profile extends a little farther than the fender overhang. It’s my favorite accent on the whole thing and likewise on the WW2 Jeep, but it’s extremely rare to see anyone get it right in scale at all. Matchbox and Johnny Lightning get it right in 1/64 tho the latter brand has QC issues. Only some 1/35’s get it right. No one does it right out of the box in RC tho you can adjust a WPL a bit. In this one’s case it hurts because the model does virtually everything else right. Is it as simple as longer links and shaft?

This should be leaf springs, and you are right either 4 link or three and panhard bar, like the wheels, yes drag brake needs turning down. Did you forget the screen film or is the screen a bit scratched up.

Is the stock tire removable from the plastic rim and not glued to it?

What ever happened with the power outage the other day ? Everybody ok That was crazy live stream

I almost wish you wouldn't make these excellent videos. I always end up wanting to buy the car you review, and my collection is starting to take over the house.

I think this would look amazing in cream, the FJ40 cream.

Hello, where did you get these Wheelcaps from?

Hello, greetings, what tires and wheels did you put on it, thank you

I prefer a small remote as well. Easier to pack up, and isn't the first thing people notice.... Which is good, I would like people to notice the little car driving around before the goon with the non-cell phone in hand. Bonus points if the remote somehow fits inside the vehicle for when I go shelf it for a month while I play with my other toys lol

Nice video wheels name?

Nice wheels you put in there. Where can I buy them? Is it possible you could give me the link please?

First! I'm the first to comment!

That mirror mount reminds me of an RC4WD bumper I have for my Gelande II D110, I had to install like a 15mm m3 screw with an allen key. It was horrible... But those wheels would look great on a...probably a humvee?...Maybe a military/mercenary themed thing?...maybe under the proline strikeforce MRAP body?...they 100% don't fit on this or the Mashigan. And raw plastic black is very much not the right color for em. Also I can't say I've seen 5 link on the front of a vehicle, but I've seen it used on vehicles with captive coil suspension in the rear, to help keep the axle centered because of just how bad captive coils are. that shot at 13:15 is amazing. It has a child. In all seriousness, the body is detailed amazingly to the point it makes the RC4WD body look like a blurry picture! but why is it the size of semi truck?!...Well I know why, using off the shelf parts is cheap and cheerful but the problem is that you end up with...the worlds largest J40 Land Cruiser... It is just a touch annoying that to get a Land Cruiser that matches the size of the tried n' true Hilux bodies, I have to 3D print and scratchbuild it....Of course I'm in the minority and I know a lot of people won't care a bit about these things. I do wonder what FMS will come out with next in their hardbody series of vehicles...Maybe a Nissan Hardbody? heh.

Don’t need battery strap really. I installed inner fenders to hold everything in place and looks much better. Also put in a Fusion Pro and white Injora wagon wheels , much better

The wheels are fms generic. Are actually China crawler generic. Mashigan and atlas had them. It’s a shame because the prototypes had bfgoodrich looking tires and steelies. The wheels from the jimmy and 1/6 Willy’s would have probably been better.

Put a hobbywing 1080 , Treal beadlocks , yeah racing 65mm big bore shocks and a set of 3d printed inner fenders on mine . Esc makes it alot nicer to drive. The shocks greatly improved the ride, far less floppy as it goes along . Also removed a top link so its now 3 link with panhard. It will eventually get a weathered paint job. I also cut the 6 little posts on the roof rack down by 3 -4mm to have it fit closer to the roof