9:36. Nobody instructed or mentioned it, but that's where you can tell the driver knows what's up--a touch of side-to-side steering action to search for grip. Well done driver.
@@CA11100 Like the recent Blazer vs Explorer budget comparison by some TFL new guy who looks like Stingray from Cobra Kai. He clearly didn't know how to off-road with a manual transmission.
@@plus790 yup! It’s frustrating when they bring those guys who don’t know all the feature or how to use them or just how to off-road general to make a comparison. They don’t have the skill or knowledge to make a proper comparison
These are awesome and great job on the course! They were definitely ahead of their time when they came out. When these first came out I thought they looked like a space bubble. I wanted to see an FJ based off the 79 platform. But they’ve really grown on me now that we can’t get them. Lol. They are pretty badass.
I really miss my '08 FJC that was this same color combo (Sandstorm w/White roof). Purchased used in 2010 with ~12k miles on it well before the popularity happened. Bilstein 6112/5160 should have been the factory suspension to begin with! One weekend I'm driving down 50mi of very rough National Seashore, the next weekend I'm in convoy with some Porsches on an interstate road trip (gas was a LOT cheaper, lol). Without a doubt the most versatile-performing vehicle I've ever owned. Was getting close to 194k miles when a nice lady turned left in front of me in 2019 on the way home from work. Would have kept that beast forever. And I just wasn't willing to pay the amounts of $$$ being asked for on low(ish) mileage examples now.
111000miles FJ with just Icon 2.5s and relatively cheap Falken Wildpeak running at 25psi made it look like nothing. What have you done Chris? Now these FJs will get even more expensive..!!!😠😠
Own a 2014 I bought a brand new tan FJ cruiser. Still have less than 90,000 miles on it. I live down in Louisiana, so I can also attest to the fact that the FJ cruiser can damn near swim as well. They are amazing vehicles.
Yeah, but you have the better off-road vehicle, and a better platform for building. It's funny, I got my 4Runner because I couldn't afford a Wrangler lol.
I bought my FJ because the one you guys owned. It’s the one rig that I miss the most on your channel. I guess I copy you guys too much. I have had the Treg, FJ, Gladiator and the Bronco Sas. Have to say though I love the FJ the most.
@Toasty no I don’t have the bronco anymore. Yes I had the sway bar disconnect but the reason I got rid of was the quality. The top was really bad, many materials were not made very bad.
I have a 2007. It has 195,000 miles on it and still runs like a new one. I had to put a water pump on it and the previous owner put an alternator on it. It has done off road things better than my expectations and they were pretty high. It's my daily driver and it rides great and has more power than you'd think. It's been a great ride and I'm glad to see how it would do on your course, if slightly modified. Great video guys. Thanks
In another 5,000 miles you'll have successfully broken in your FJ. They say 200k miles is the break in period for a Toyota 6 cylinder naturally aspirated engine. So if you're looking for a Toyota and it has less than 200k miles its like a brand new vehicle waiting for you to take it through its paces. If your Toyota has over 200,000 miles then that vehicle is waiting for you to put it to work.
@@breeze787 I'm finding that to be true it has about 202,000 now. It's the first Toyota I've owned and I can't hardly believe that it doesn't use or leak a drop of oil with that many miles. It has been an amazing vehicle.
@@dalejones4322 Give him a treat. Have the Auto Salon give him/her the full treatment. I do mine about every 2 years and on special occasions like reaching 200k that's a no brainer.
crushed it, this video really makes me miss my FJ. I would love to see some content with similarly modified a GX460, I know you all have done some content with stock GX's, but those bumpers really limit it potential.
Ive known guys with fj cruises but for some reason ours turn so much sharper then all the ones I've seen. We can do a single lane u-turn back to a single lane return easy. That turn this fj did at 4:03 would have turned easy first try for ours. Really dont know if theres some mod done to it to do that? Was already lifted when we bought.
TFL, been watching you guys for a while now and would love to come out and test my truck on your trail. I just moved to Denver for a new job after my military service and would love to meet you guys.
Great video guys! I’ve been looking into Ford Mavericks with the FX4 package and hopefully should be getting one soon. I’d love to see y’all test one on Andre’s pit!
That mavrick is really a car. It has a tiny bed, but that is about all the truck that thing is. And if you are in the market for a car/truck or ute as the are know over seas. The santa cruse if far better. And made in America. Unlike the Mexican mavrick.
@@jvert3224 Did they? Because you can still buy a brand new 2022 FJ Cruiser outside of the US. These are still sold in many different global markets (Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia). Production for the FJ is only now ending in 2022, this was announced by Toyota a few weeks ago.
The reason these have such high resale value is because Toyota hardly sold any of these when they were new because hardly anyone wanted them after the first year. Look up the sales figures, the Wrangler destroyed this thing every year that it was in production.
It's a fact that wranglers have the best resale value, I'd go back to do more research. Also, my buddy bought a tacoma a year after I bought my wrangler. Since then he's had a full transmission swap plus alternator, battery and a shock. I've had zero issues in my wrangler its been four years and lots of off road miles later, lots of redline rpm. Plus the interior in his tacoma looks like an economy jet from the 80's I would call that anything except build quality. The 2 liter in my jeep also makes more power than his 4.0.
When I was a kid my dad surprisingly took his 2WD F150 off road, meaning NO ROADS then we got out the chain saws, cut wood and loaded it down. That was a time when people that bought pickup trucks actually needed them. I wonder the last time any RAM Power Wagon was loaded down with as much wood as it could carry? 1984? Never? "Rock sliders"? tell me you have a truck but will never actually use it.
I believe they are out of production. They were expensive and used plastic windows. For me the plastic windows was a deal breaker. I really wish Toyota hadn't dropped the ball on the FJ's windows. It is one of the few things that truly bothers me about mine. The suicide doors and the rear sides should have had van style electric windows. There is a guy on YT who is trying to put into production a set of roll down windows for the FJ. His videos make it look awesome. But I'm guessing it is going to be cost prohibitive for most FJ owners.
I have a 07 with 210,000 miles lifted 3inchs with 35s. I'll take a 15 year old fj over any offroader built today. These are way better then jeeps. The new branco is trash compared to the fj, if you can even buy one. Chevy never had a real offroader. Maybe the hummer but you don't see many of them left. Most have been recycled. This platform is the one they take where reliability is measured in life or death. The artic or Sahara. You for sure will not see a ford, chevy , or dodge in that environment.
It was because of the short wheelbase. The FJ is classified as a light duty truck in the US under CAFE regulations. It is much easier for manufacturers to meet CAFE requirements with larger vehicles because the requirements take into account a vehicle's footprint. A vehicle having a smaller footprint is required to get much better fuel mileage than a larger vehicle. This is why auto manufacturers have abandoned sedans, station wagons, and small short wheelbase pickups and market much larger vehicles such as full size crew cab pickups and long SUVs. The regular cab short bed Tacoma also fell victim to CAFE.
Other than the first year, this thing never sold in great numbers. Jeep outsold it two or three to one every year of its production. People blame CAFE, but I don't think this was any worse than the same year 4Runner or Tacoma. I think Toyota realized that the sales numbers didn't justify having this vehicle in the US, especially as it was coming up on an age where it was going to need a redesign.
@@skiptheroad everything you're blaming on cafe, is simply vehicles that didn't sell. How many regular cab pickup trucks did people buy after they they came out with extended and crew cabs? That's what the majority of people wanted. Same thing with sedans, hardly anybody wants small sedans anymore, everybody wants SUVs. Most small SUVs have the same footprint as small sedans, they're just taller.
I run 12 psi in my S10 Zr2's bfg's at Silver Lake Sand Dunes. Load range C on the stock wheels. Never lost a bead but then again the sand is very forgiving.
