New to the Site and have a pretty stock FJ.

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on March 17, 2009 at 4:21pm

AJaYCruiSeR is stock and joined us at Hollister. A bone stock FJ is very capable and many of us wheeled our FJs for many months before getting them lifted. In fact, many will agree that wheeling it stock before upgrading will give you a better feel for what it is capable of.

with that being said, you may prefer to ride jumpseat with someone first instead of hopping behind the wheel of your dad's FJ immediately...especially if you are uncomfortable.

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Permalink Reply by EDub12 on March 17, 2009 at 4:29pm

thanks potatomutato for the advice ill talk to AJaycruiser about it

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on March 17, 2009 at 6:16pm

AJ kept up w/us all day, he even did 5 fingers hill which is pretty gnarly for a newbe.
My FJ is basically stock, small lift in front, but I still have the stock street tires. You just have to be more selective of how go over an obstacle. Keep checking here for the next Hollister run, hope to see you on the trails soon.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on March 17, 2009 at 7:36pm

Why don,t you bring out your dad and you guys can wheel and learn together? Might be better to have him see what you doing that having to explain it later..

Of course if this is meant to be kept away from your father then by all mean wait until we do another Hollister run before you go some where by yourself..

Tater wheeled stocked for like two tears before his Icons...

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on March 17, 2009 at 9:41pm

i think those "two tears" came after "clunk!" and "clank!" on the undercarriage! LOL. j/k

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Permalink Reply by EDub12 on March 17, 2009 at 7:47pm

no my dad knows that i want to go off roading with the FJ and we share it so i mean if i do the damage i got to pay for it. lol

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on March 17, 2009 at 7:47pm

I went to Hollister when my completely stock FJ was one week old. Potatomutato came with me and he explained the basics. Then, only adding rocksliders (that you might already have) I did slickrock last summer, that is a pretty though trail.

A stock FJ is a very capable vehicle.

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Permalink Reply by F@kken FJ on March 17, 2009 at 10:05pm

Ditto to what everyone has said about the stock FJ being very capable.....for the past two years and a few trail runs, I've been all stock!!!

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Permalink Reply by DWH on March 17, 2009 at 10:17pm

I have been to Hollister with no lift and on many other trails. It has been a blast. You just have to pick your line more carefully. I am pretty new to off-road myself.

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