FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Brand New FJ in SJ

Greetings! Just coming off my first week with my 2009 Black Diamond FJ... loving it so far. Looking forward to everything FJ.

Incidentally... NO, that is NOT a typo in my last name: FJELSTROM. Appropriate vehicle for me, I think.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on August 30, 2009 at 9:26pm

Welcome Gustaf.

Keep your eye out for one of the get togethers or trail runs, you can see most of the mods on someone else's rig. We usually get together once a month.

Not sure if you've done any wheeliin' before but I think you'll be impressed by the FJ's capabilities.

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Permalink Reply by Botched on August 30, 2009 at 10:15pm

Thanks! I'm actually new to wheelin' but what I've seen of the FJ so far totally rocks. No pun intended.

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Permalink Reply by David on August 30, 2009 at 11:07pm

p.s. we are all jealous of your last name. :oP

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Permalink Reply by RdKl on August 31, 2009 at 8:36am

Welcome! I am in Los Gatos so not too far from you either.

As for roof rack I went with the Baja Rack because it was a bit lower profile than ARB and wind noise is a lot less. I got it from them directly and it showed up the next day.

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Permalink Reply by C4B_ROCKs on August 31, 2009 at 10:36am

Welcome to the site..

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Permalink Reply by Botched on August 31, 2009 at 5:48pm

Oh yeah... forgot to add some details…

I'm a Creative Director by day… I work at an interactive agency in San Jose. By night I'm an artist, musician, photographer, and procrastinator. My wife and I are foster parents to a 16-year old... and we all live with our slightly crazy dog Juno.

I've had it in the back of my mind to get an FJ for my "next car" for quite some time now, but was planning on holding on to my 97 Tacoma until its dying breath. Unfortunately, that breath came two weeks ago when I was rear-ended on the freeway and insurance totaled it out. So... here I am!

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Permalink Reply by daPitbull on August 31, 2009 at 8:33pm

Nice, photography is a hobby of mine. It'd be cool to see some of your work. I'm sure you'll be posting more pics of the FJ, lol.

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Permalink Reply by CA Annie on September 1, 2009 at 10:08am

Welcome to the loony bin!

That FJ is WAY too shiny and clean... needs scruffin up! Hope to see you on a trail soon - Ann

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Permalink Reply by Mark O'Connor on September 3, 2009 at 3:40pm

Welcome to the site!!! My last car was an 02 tacoma.. I too said I would hold onto it until its dying breath. Then the clutch and trany went all at the same time. So here I am. At least we didnt stray far from the Taco. Were all Taco's at heart. literally same engine. Look forward to wheeling with you in the future.

-Rocky

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Permalink Reply by Botched on September 2, 2009 at 2:45pm

All these FJs around... reminds me of what we called my grandmother on my dad's side.... "GRANDMA FJ".

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Permalink Reply by Vaughn on September 3, 2009 at 2:06am

my lovely wife told me when i fisrt bought the fj in 06 is it dirty? we lived 2k miles apart and she did her home work and told me the only good fj is a dirty fj !
to be honest i didint git it til last summer on my first run run !
git dinged get skatchkkkkerdt!!! come an play
IT ALL BUFFSS OUT IN DA END!
GET SOME!!!

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Permalink Reply by DWH on September 3, 2009 at 12:17pm

I have set up a run to Long Canyon trail on the 20th if you are interested. It is an easy one to get started on.

http://norcalfjs.ning.com/forum/topics/long-canyon-trail-the-whole