FJ Cruisers of Northern California

12k for a RIG, what would you do?

Hi guys,

if you had 12k to spend to upgrade your FJ cruiser for Road/Off-road trip, what would you do and why? I am new to off-road and to the FJ Cruiser family. I am use to camp/hike and road trip but i am not a mechanic guru! I have a 2010 FJ Cruiser Army Green stock with 30k on it. I'll appreciate any suggestion / help.

Thanks,

Pierre

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Permalink Reply by CV Kurt on August 29, 2013 at 12:59pm

tires, lift/bmc, sliders, skids, bumpers, winch, recovery gear, m-pac stuff, LED off-road lights....

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Permalink Reply by Craig Stanley on August 29, 2013 at 1:10pm

I would buy new tires, and spend the rest in beer for my FJ buddies.

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Permalink Reply by Niko on August 29, 2013 at 1:12pm

Icon stage 6 long-travel suspension. $6000. BudBuilt and Total Chaos skids. $2000. Sliders $500. Front and rear bumpers $2000. Wheels and tires $1500.

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Permalink Reply by Niko on August 29, 2013 at 1:37pm

You could also cheap out on the suspension and bumpers a little bit and get a Marlin crawl box with that money.

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Permalink Reply by Chance Hokanson(Califabrication) on August 29, 2013 at 1:34pm

Straight axle conversion!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Niko on August 29, 2013 at 1:37pm

Well, if you do that, then you save about $3000 in lifting the IFS. I'm assuming a SAS runs about $3k parts and labor.

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Permalink Reply by Chance Hokanson(Califabrication) on August 29, 2013 at 1:56pm

It's much more than that especially if your not doing it your self but you would be able to outperform just about any FJ out there and wouldn't need as much armor due to the much better ground clearance!!! I'm doing one on mine within the next year! And it opens a whole new door of trails like rubicon, fordyce and Moab!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Maximus (Max) on August 29, 2013 at 3:13pm

chance you are going for the SAS?? gonna do it yourself?

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Permalink Reply by Chance Hokanson(Califabrication) on August 29, 2013 at 5:21pm

Yea absolutely! Gonna start getting the parts together here in the next few months!

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Permalink Reply by Maximus (Max) on August 29, 2013 at 8:46pm

dude awesome! Give me the details! haha sorry for thread jacking

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Permalink Reply by Markie Sharkie on August 29, 2013 at 1:55pm

I would stick with IFS so I can go to the dunes still.

Total Chaos long-travel kit, full King suspension/shocks, 35" M/T's, supercharger, cold-air intake, new custom light bar for the roof, switch out all my lights to LED's, train horn, on-board air, and lots of goodies for the inside. Maybe even an interior rollcage.

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Permalink Reply by Maximus (Max) on August 29, 2013 at 3:19pm

but with 12k you can do a whole hell of a lot! Lets start with what you plan on doing with your rig, high speed? long travel. rocks? SAS. kinda in-between? long -travel or a solid icon/fox/king since you have the cash for the shiny stuff lol. then there are tires armor and any other goodies you can find. you will learn fast that this thing is a money pit and soon that 12k will slowly start to rise and rise as you keep adding on more and more stuff! keep us updated on what you are thinking!