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  1. GWcruiser

    Front bumpers

    Sorry - apparently the humor doesn't translate well, even tho I explained it in the small print.
  2. GWcruiser

    Front bumpers

    For less than $2,000 I get a pallet of metal parts? I don't own a welder, will superglue work? :eek: ps: yeah, I know, you plan to assemble them, but the image of parts on a pallet was irresistable.
  3. GWcruiser

    FJ Rear Axle Rust

    Well - that axle end of the panhard mount is ready to bust off, I'd be worried when it does you may have issues keeping that street level look intact.
  4. GWcruiser

    FJ Rear Axle Rust

    Looking at your wheel weights, I'd find another shop to do your tire balancing. Weights on either side of a wheel are doing nothing good for you. It happens when the guy running the balancer can't get the rim plumb to the shaft. Sort of // instead of || ...
  5. GWcruiser

    R&R Stock Right Rear Bumper Cover

    Task completed without skin loss. If anyone ever sees this: note the clips in the side surrounds pull straight out, and not upwards as all the images and manuals suggest. A spudger might help unclip the three across the top of the piece - they look like they are designed to have a spudger...
  6. GWcruiser

    R&R Stock Right Rear Bumper Cover

    Has anyone done this and have thoughts to share about the work or time it will take? Or reference to the FSM for making the swap?
  7. GWcruiser

    Alternator Replacement

    This particular alternator - after actually reading the details in the test, would never make it to my truck. I'd send it back. 15.24 volts will boil a wet cell battery in no time, and destroy an AGM in months if not weeks. The 130A alternator with a 14.2 volt output is actually AGM compliant.
  8. GWcruiser

    Alternator Replacement

    Likely a dead battery. Once a battery is fully discharged, they do bad things internally: lead turns into lead sulfide, acid turns into goop. For $99 bucks at Home Depot you can pick up a usable battery. I'm in the market to replace my ultra dead 2 year old AGM - 4 year warranty that no one...
  9. GWcruiser

    New 2013 FJ Cruiser Suspension Lift Kit Q's

    Sorry to argue, but a wench is a must have for off-roading.
  10. GWcruiser

    Tribute to the OEM Panasonic Battery

    Old thread but worth adding to: My OEM Panasonic was not dead, but showing a lower than I liked standby voltage a couple years ago (mid 2018), so I purchased a Bosch AGM. Today, went out to start the truck and the 2 year old Bosch AGM has died, shorted cells, all because I left an interior...
  11. GWcruiser

    New 2013 FJ Cruiser Suspension Lift Kit Q's

    On second thought - no comment - lol.
  12. GWcruiser

    New 2013 FJ Cruiser Suspension Lift Kit Q's

    I suggest you start off-roading and see what the stock truck can do. You may find a lift and noisy tires aren't needed to get you where you want to go. And, if you think 33's are great - you already have 32's on the rig from the factory. And the guy in the truck ahead of you at that swamp rut...
  13. GWcruiser

    Transmission shifter locked in Park

    Try an alternator swap on a 2002 Ford Escape.
  14. GWcruiser

    IFS eliminate kit

  15. GWcruiser

    IFS eliminate kit

    So you're putting a Jeep front axle on your FJ?
  16. GWcruiser

    Friend Selling '08 - Curious Abt This One

    No - just venting that service records aren't always a good thing.
  17. GWcruiser

    Friend Selling '08 - Curious Abt This One

    If mechanics have routinely handled a vehicle, I become quite suspicious of unseen damage. I've had more than one new car of mine ruined by factory trained mechanics doing stupid things - hoses reattached in in the wrong spots, improper torque of head bolts during a recall for warped heads, etc...
  18. GWcruiser

    Friend Selling '08 - Curious Abt This One

    Where do you guys live that a 2008 FJ is selling for $27,000? I'll take my truck there when I go to sell it. Play with the filters, and 2007 to 2009 4x4 FJ's are $18,500 or less. A bit higher mileage, but not $10,000 more...
  19. GWcruiser

    Friend Selling '08 - Curious Abt This One

    Another side bar: is it 4WD, an auto or manual, and does it have the off-road kit and upgrade packages (A-Trac, VSC, etc.)?? -- and check around for prices: $27k seem very high. ps: then there's this listing: $17.5k, 100k miles. https://www.carfax.com/vehicle/JTEBU11F88K022796
  20. GWcruiser

    Friend Selling '08 - Curious Abt This One

    Anything after market generally adds no future value. $10k on an SC adds nothing to NADA/KBB. Nice to have maybe, but value is in the eye of the beholder (or the guy that spent the money in the first place). A dealer, e.g., won't increase trade value for a lift or SC except 'on paper' gains...
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