Marcus37 Fj cruiser Build Thread

[Marcus37]

I traded in my Toyota Tacoma on this new 2011 FJ Cruiser. My thoughts at the time were to do a little camping and light trails. That started to change

very fast after my first trip to Table Mesa AZ!

The day I brought her home! (2011) AKA The Tank

And now! (2013)

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Here is a video of the The Tank on a trail called Elvis in Florence Junction AZ I was on 34" Toyo MT tire , stock transfer case.:rocker:
FJ Cruiser on Elvis 1st obstacle.....FJ - YouTube







Current modifications

Front Suspension/ Steering
Total Chaos +2” Long Travel setup
Total Chaos front secondary shock hoops
2.5” Icon Coil-overs w/ external reservoirs
2.5" Icon secondary piggyback shocks
All Pro Spindle Gussets
Total Chaos +2” 4340 Axles
SS extended brake lines
Front limit straps SDHQ
Sonoran Steel front Body Mount Chop



Rear suspension
Metal Tech rear long travel springs
Metal Tech 4x4 3" bump stop extensions
1" billet machined rear spring spacer (to compensate for rear Exp 1 bumper)
2.5” Icon remote reservoirs Long Travel 11.5 inch shocks
All Pro HD Lower Links
Sonoran Steel adjustable rear trac/pan bar
SS extended brake lines
Extended e-locker harness

Wheels and Tire (Updated)
17” x 9” Mickey Thompson Classic Lock with color matched Rock Rings
35” x 12.5” 17 Nitto MT's
Viair 440P compressor
Power Tank air chuck with gauge
Power Tank 10lb C02 setup


Transfer Case/ Gearing
Marlin Crawler Lefty with 30 Spline CroMo Output shafts (Front and Rear)
Marlin Crawler 23 Spline Competition CroMo 4.7.1 Gears
Inchworm Adapter Plate
Bud Built Tummy Tuck cross member
Sonoran Steel custom shifter for Lefty
Nitro 4.56.1 Gears (Front and Rear)
Front ARB Air Locker
ARB Compressor CKSA12 (small compressor for front locker only)


Armor/ Exterior
Gobi stealth custom rack to fit Rigid Sr 40 light bar
All Pro Lower link armor front and rear
Icon rear Shock skid guard
Bud Built 6 Piece Tummy Tuck Skids with high clearance cross member
Bud Built Rear differential skid
Demello round tube sliders
Front bumper Demello flat top with Rigid 6" E series Led's inside the winch area
Rear bumper Expedition 1 rear swing out tire carrier



Lighting
Front Hella 500 factory spot lights converted to 4300k 55 watt HID Kit
Rigid 40" SR Led light bar on custom Gobi stealth roof rack
Rigid 6" E series floods inside front bumper
Rigid Dually D2’s- euro beam
XK Glow 16 pod Rock light led setup
Side Mirror Light Mod- white led's
Interior Lights all AZFJ Homedad Led Kit!
Expedition 1 Rear bumper lights Hella 4"
Dirty Parts dual battery kit with yellow top optima battery



Recovery
Smittybilt X20 8000k waterproof winch with
Synthetic winch line
(6) D rings
ARB X-Jack
Desert Rat 2"30 ft strap
Tool box- Lots of tools misc stuff
Trail spare inner & outer tie rods
+2” LT Built (half-shaft) complete front axle


Communication
Cobra 75 WX ST
4’Wilson antenna
Quick-Disconnect
Bandi Mount
Apollo Communications peak and tune
Baofeng portable two-way Ham radio
Acer net book with GPS antenna running Overland Navigator software
Garmin Nuvi 760- Off-road GPS topo maps


Exhaust
Performance Muffler high clearance tail pipe
Performance Muffler custom Y-pipe
and rerouted and tucked around Lefty
transfer case flat belly

Interior
Dirty Parts 6 switch housing (drivers air vent)
Icon auto black billet shift knob
Marlin Crawler Billet Turtle Shift Knob
Custom ARB locker/ Compressor switches center switch housing
ARB 37 qt Frig hard wired to dual battery (Dirty Parts)
First Aid kit
Left rear (custom bracket)for fire extinguisher and 10lb C02 mount
TPMS light hack completely disabled (no more metal valve stems)
DRL switch mod (on/off in the cab)

 

[Mtbcoach]

Well built, nice rig, enjoy...

 

[lancenoell]

I think I'm going to just copy your list and send it to Santa this year, nice set up.


How do you like the MTR's? I've got a set ordered now, 3 of the 5 are here, but something got screwed on the order so the other two are in Utah......argh.

 

[Marcus37]

MTR's are my favorite tire so far! They drive great on the street and awesome off-road!

 

[lancenoell]

Great thanks, I'm really looking forward to them, heard nothing but good reviews.
I've run KM2's on my last two trucks, and BFG A/T's (stock ones) on the FJ for the last year.

 

[Archy Chris]

Nice build!

 

[lgrt]

nice build

 

[Marcus37]

New shoes!

 

[BillW]

Let us know your thoughts on Grapplers vs MTRs later.
Nice rig!


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[WES1977]

do you have a pic of your dual battery setup

 

[SammyT96LX450]

Nice tank! Any other place that sells the lefty tc anymore?

 

[winnie]

very nice truck ... I see you were one of the lucky one's to get a Lefty before the adaptor plate production stopped (which I'll never understand) ... I missed out by a couple of weeks ... seriously considered an Atlas 2, which I think is the only viable, essentially bolt in option (aside from front and rear driveshaft alteration), but wayyyy to much money ...

 

[Marcus37]

Updated Mods

I recently upgraded my Lefty transfer case by adding Marlin crawl box in front.

I installed a set of Dave's Off road Triple Sticks and had Sonoran Steel Fabrication built 3 custom shifters. The transmission tunnel had to be modified to clear the triple stick base and linkages. Sonoran Steel Built a 3 piece transmission tunnel cover set to gain the necessary clearance to run this setup and maintain a factory center console with all the cup holders just like OEM.

All sealed up! I'm running 3 individual boots for fitment vs a triple 1 piece boot.

I installed new Trail Ready's wheels!

 

[1911]

Those dual cases and triple sticks are sexy! What is your lowest crawl ratio in 1st gear/low/low?

 

[Marcus37]

It's around 170 to 1

 

[1911]

It's around 170 to 1

You could get out and have lunch while your truck climbs an obstacle. That is great; you can never have enough gears as far as I'm concerned.

 

[winnie]

sweet setup ... no gas tank mod needed?

 

[MROONFJ]

What GPS and software are you running on the Acer? And how did you get topics on the nuvi? Thanks man, beautiful rig!