FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Kyburz New Member

Hi,

I recently joined after crossing paths with DWH on long canyon trail. Have lived in Kyburz for 3 years and bought my FJ as dedicated trail machine. Looking forward to learning more about my FJ and sharing the forest behind the wheel and on foot.
-don (donbrad)

FJ

Stock 2012 FJ - purchased from Thompson's Toyota. Did my own upgrades with the help of a couple friends. Photo below of newly upgraded FJ before i started bouncing it off rocks and trees.

Warn Front Bumper with Warn XP 9.5, pencil beam and trail floods
Warn Rear Bumper
2.5 inch lift kit, heavy duty front and rear suspension
Moto Metal 18x9 Offroad wheels with Nitto Terra Grabber tires
Under armor for engine & oil pan
Trail roof rack with wind deflector and ladder

Me

Ex-techie who traded a ranch in Acampo and career in Silicon Valley for a cabin on the South Fork of the America River.

I live and work (self employed now) in Kyburz year round
Hobbies are hiking, fishing, shooting and prospecting
Hike the trails between strawberrry and ice house daily - weather permitting.
The FJ is my trail runner -- getting me to remote locations where I can hike and explore

FJ - right after upgrades

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Permalink Reply by JagyPNF on February 8, 2015 at 8:07am

Thanks as well.

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Permalink Reply by Back in Black (FJ4 Tahoe) on February 6, 2015 at 6:39pm

Welcome, I've done the Long Canyon Trail a few times with DWH and Steve Hope. I'll let you know next time I plan on rolling up there. John

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Permalink Reply by donbrad (don) on February 7, 2015 at 11:00am

Sounds good.

-don

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Permalink Reply by JagyPNF on February 8, 2015 at 8:07am

Don if you have any questions about the trip feel free to send me a PM and i will try to get an answer to you as soon as i can.

Paul

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hope on February 8, 2015 at 10:27am

Hi Bro, just noticed this

Warn Front Bumper with Warn XP 9.5, pencil beam and trail floods>>>>

Looks like the ARB front bumper that I have with the fog lights kit, no?

Steve Hope.

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Permalink Reply by donbrad (don) on February 8, 2015 at 11:45am

You're right, Steve. Original order was warn front and rear bumpers. Central4wd recommended substituting Arb. Great bumper -- and added pencil beam and floods.

-don

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Permalink Reply by C4B_ROCKs on February 15, 2015 at 11:54am

Welcome to the NorCal site.

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Permalink Reply by donbrad (don) on February 17, 2015 at 8:10am

Thank you. Great to find others with FJs that use them off road.

-don

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Perez on February 16, 2015 at 1:43pm

Shout out to you guys hailing from Acampo. I grew up in Lodi. My friends dad owned the store in Acampo, (joe & Gamal). Haven't stopped in there in quite some time, think the family still owns it though Gamal last I heard was in AZ. My old buddy Stacy and I used to rampage around Acampo back in the day on our bikes and later mopeds, then later our cars. Great place to live once your grown up, but when your a kid, nothing to do but get in trouble...LOL.