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11-19-07, 06:45 PM
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| ROTW: Jo Maoma
Well my land cruiser story starts with the arrival of my son 16 months ago. After dozens of trips to Baja on motorcycles things
were obviously going to change, but giving up Baja would be hard. On a trip 4 months before my son arrived (jokingly referred
to as "the last moto trip ever") i stumble on the answer South of the Bay of LA. Heading North from San Francisquito a buddy of
mine and i decided to do a little exploring up San Pedro wash. The arroyo ends at Las Animas and there alone on the end of the
beach was a couple camping out of there cruiser. We rolled up and were given frosty cold bottled water out of their fridge and
kicked back to admire their camp and their rig. (turns out this was cpg, small world) On the ride back home i kept thinking about
what a great rig they had - creature comforts without giving up the ability to explore all that Baja has to offer. I was hooked. The
seed planted by that chance encounter became a full fledged obsession as i started researching cruisers. The info here on mud
helped steer me in the right direction and after many "almosts" i finally pulled the trigger in August....
one owner '97 with 97,000 miles and boxes of service records... 
off comes the running boards and flares.... 
on goes the lift and pizza cutters... 
off with the stock roofrack and on with the Slee goodies... 
mods thus far,
CDL & 7 Pin Mod
255/85/16 BFG MTs on 7" steelies
2 1/2 " OME heavy front medium rear
Slee "short bus" front bumper
Hella Rallye 4000s
Slee sliders
Superwinch EPi9.0 with solenoid moved under hood
synthetic winch line
dual battery setup
African Outback roof rack
Technitop RTT
Hella worklight
Engle MT45
modded Yaesu FT 7800R
off for ten days in Baja...  
just back yesterday from the 1000 so i'll add more as i catch up....
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get to youre chilly bin that quickly." - topend yobbo
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11-19-07, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Delray Beach / Edgartown
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| Sexy. I like it...
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40th FZJ80 #3333 - 198k miles, 285 BFG AT's, & etc.
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11-19-07, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Ramon, CA
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| Love your rig, do you have pictures of when you took your roof rack off?
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1994 FZJ80 90k, Lined, Locked, Stock
2002 Lexus LX470 150k
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11-19-07, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by trevdawg  Love your rig, do you have pictures of when you took your roof rack off? | got nothing, sorry...
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"Mate , you must drink some serious piss to need to
get to youre chilly bin that quickly." - topend yobbo
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11-20-07, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Posts: 139
| Looks great! And it's the best color out there.
Cheers
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'96LC--kids in the back, carpet milk stain mod, cheerios on the floor mod
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11-20-07, 05:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CAPE FEAR
Posts: 392
| Nice rig. Is Baja getting more dangerous ??? Just read an article in Surfer magazine, and saw something on CNN about more people getting robbed. | |
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11-20-07, 06:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, TN
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| nice looking rig and mods, is it an 07 or 97? | |
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11-20-07, 07:41 AM
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#8 | | Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 3,225
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Originally Posted by sseaman nice looking rig and mods, is it an 07 or 97? | It's a 2017 model. He went into the future and bought it. It runs on sunshine.
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11-20-07, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Los Ángeles, CA.
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| How do you like those 255/85s? | |
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11-20-07, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tierra y Libertad
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| Nice Rig. It looks clean. I love Baja as well. But-I hear that Baja is getting so dangerous, that there are travel warnings by the US and many reports of holds ups, car hijackings, even rape. It is too bad, because it will keep a lot of people from going to remote areas...1 trouble spot that comes up is San Quentin & Cuatro Casas....
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97 FZJ80, "La Mula," Expedition Vehicle. worthy mods: rear Aussie locker, dual batteries, 12v fridge, rack, 10K winch. lifted. 33" mud terrain shoes.
DD: 01 325I Sport Sedan with H&R Sport Springs and Bilstein Struts. http://bohemianjsr.blogspot.com/ | |
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11-20-07, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Man, I've always totally dug the fenderless white whales.
Looks great! | |
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11-20-07, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Pole, AK
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| I'm curious how you like those 255's as well. What's your MPG with all the mods? Great looking ride and well built for what you do with it.
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11-20-07, 11:55 AM
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#13 | | Lifer
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sandy Eggo
Posts: 4,231
| What did you do about the holes left behind by the flares? Almost looks like white tape in the last photo (Baja 10 days pic) | |
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11-20-07, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Originally Posted by BHMCruiser It's a 2017 model. He went into the future and bought it. It runs on sunshine. | I've been meaning to find me one of them sunshine runnin futuristic trucks  ... I hear they're rare in the states!
Sweet looking truck! I've always wanted to get down and see the 1000.
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1994 FZJ-80, "Big One", Locked, ARB Roof Rack, ARB Winch Bumper, 285 BFG MT, OME 850/863
1992 FJ-80, "Little One", stock and in need of some love. SOLD
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11-20-07, 02:45 PM
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| nice rig, do u have pics of the front end with the shortbus with the hellas on, looking to get this bumper but wondering how and where to mount the lights.
and what rims r those, they stock size steel, or differnet offsets etc
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MATT, 94 FZJ80, LOCKED, OEM SUBTANK WITH GAUGE CLUSTER, OME HEAVIES, MARKS4WD OVERHEAD CONSOLE, AFRICAN OUTBACK ROOF RACK, EEZI AWN TENT 1400, SLEE DUAL BATTERY SYSTEM WITH RED TOP OPTIMA'S, JDM AUX FAN, SLEE FOG-LIGHT HARNESS................MORE TO COME
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11-20-07, 06:45 PM
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by JO MAOMA
just back yesterday from the 1000 so i'll add more as i catch up.... | Badass 
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09 Kawi ZX6R
01 BMW 330i
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11-20-07, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN
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| Very nice.
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stockish, 205,000 miles 1996 T O Y O T A LAND CRUISER FZJ-80- SOLD
Gaucho Grande FJ-40 HP252 (Nephew's build) 15" tires. 18v battery upgrade, FJ-40 emblems, toy CB, toy cassette radio, trailer build in progress.
Gaucho Super Power FJ-40 IGOD0500US (Niece's build) 24v, FJ-40 emblems, 15" tires w/ hard foam tread, 24V scooter (brushless) motors, Disc Brakes, working radio, LED headlights and taillights, underbody lights for added safety.
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11-21-07, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: colorado front range north Lat: 40:23:57N (40.3992) Lon: 105:04:18W (-105.0718)
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| schaweet... does the ninja Lego man equate to requirement that you wear your ninja mask while driving?
I might go with, take the window out of the door, shoot a couple 45's from your lap height as if you shot a carjacker, then keeping the sharded metal on the door, put a small patch from the inside of each whole and replace window...
so when someone looks at it, you clearly shot a 45 mag a three cluster from your lap out through the door...
... ha ha ...
(nice clean rig btw)
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1994 Yoda Type 80, lockers, 285 silent armour, ...
Purpose: Expeditions In Rockies, transport for dog n kids and or when too icy for motorcycles
BMWs-99 R1100S- 88 R100S (project) - Ducati-97 M750 - Kawasaki - 74 G4TR Trail Boss 100
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11-21-07, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sseaman nice looking rig and mods, is it an 07 or 97? |  lack of sleep shave 10 years off...
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11-21-07, 11:03 AM
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#20 | | Lifer
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tualatin, OR
Posts: 5,237
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Originally Posted by Barbarosa schaweet... does the ninja Lego man equate to requirement that you wear your ninja mask while driving?
I might go with, take the window out of the door, shoot a couple 45's from your lap height as if you shot a carjacker, then keeping the sharded metal on the door, put a small patch from the inside of each whole and replace window...
so when someone looks at it, you clearly shot a 45 mag a three cluster from your lap out through the door...
... ha ha ...
(nice clean rig btw) |
LOL! That's a great idea! And my door is almost fawked up enough to do it!  | |
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