Just picked up a 2014 from older, 72 yr old guy original owner. He kept it all original. I'm going to spend a lot of time researching before any mods. Really appreciate all of the info you provided. Arizona FJ so it looks new.
I’m jealous of those mint southern frames. Haha. Definitely do your research. I would say to especially pay attention to suspension as it’s something you’ll always notice. The other one would be lighting if you drive much at night.🤙🏼
tires +tires will be 25 to 30 lbs over factory, but what really kills the power delivery is the gearing. I have 33's on mine and I think thats the limit before having to do major modifications to run the car safe and reliable.
The green one is a manual with 3.91 gearing and it felt perfectly fine with this setup. The white auto one also did perfectly fine with a super light 35” setup, but anything heavy kills it. Toyota people tend to over-gear due to lack of power, so it really depends. 35s on a supercharged FJ with stock gears feels just fine too.🤙🏼
I've been on. 35s, stock gearing, in Colorado, for 3 yrs. I don't tow anything. I was going to regear but decided to try it first. I won't change it now unless I break something.
Mines at 280,000 miles, everything brand new under it again. Lived it's whole life on wide 35 mudders. Crossed the country and back for work well over a couple dozen times, come back to Alabama, straight to the woods. I'll never get rid of it. So much custom shop work. So much extra power. Love it. Found my root problem today. Apparently they get frame rot. Gravity is holding the motor and shocks both in right now. Cracked welds everywhere. Apparently 1.5 million frames like this were recalled. I just found out, and think I missed the window. Do you know anything about this?
Unfortunately, FJs were never part of the frame recall that toyota did. If the rot is salvageable, you might want to talk to a custom fabrication shop about patching the frame. Sorry to hear about your issues!
@@fj_matt i can weld an what not. Thats not as much as the issue as treating it afterwards, and having it lined back up where it should be when i do weld it. Iv got it so hopped up, and thru the years, its just broke an stretched the steel so much it has to be pulled back together with a frame machine first if i were to use mine. But again, then i have to treat he inside of a full box frame or iv done all that for nothing. Ton of work. An to my knowledge, there are no frames i can just buy without the same problem waiting to happen. Right?
Yeah, they couldn't or wouldn't help. But they don't make the frame anymore, so I'd assume once I find one, I'm buying the same problem. I think I'm going to just clear the shop, tear of cab, motor, fuckin everything, pull it to speck, actually weld it like it should be, instead of tacks everywhere, fisher plates etc. But then I still gotta have it dipped or it'll be for nothing. ..... that's a lot dude. But I'll never get rid of her. She's crossed country over a dozen times 1 way, my daily, my work truck, my side by side, my hunting blind, hell I had to live in it in the west Texas desert oil field for a while. She's a monster, iv done all the work myself since new, and now she's all new again, but won't drive it because I don't want the frame to dump everything or break more new shit. But I need her now. Like now now, and I only have time for a come along and my welder with steel plates. To correctly half ass that I need more time really.... ffs man. She's my baby. Even my RU-vid profile pic lol @@fj_matt
If you don’t want to do aftermarket upper control arms, than 2.5” is the max your alignment will be happy with. I prefer the more level look you tend to get with a 3” lift though, and with the age of most FJs, it doesn’t hurt to do new (aftermarket) upper control arms. Stay away from 6” drop bracket lifts though. In my personal opinion they just aren’t worth it.🤙🏼
My fj is just stock with stock wheels. I’m just wondering if I can do these tires only and it be ok. I thought I would have to do a differential change. Is this possible with stock fj cruiser and just get the frame cut? It’s hard talking to shops they just wanna upsale.
