Month: October 2010

Electrical

Heated Mirrors
Bytomas October 23, 2010October 18, 2026

Snowy Colorado winters tend to lead to iced over mirrors on the Toyota FJ Cruiser. One of my early modification to our new FJ Cruiser was the installation of heated mirrors. The installation is an involved process and is not for the faint of heart. To complete the installation the following step must be taken…

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Other Stuff

ARB To Offer Additional Fridge-Freezer Sizes
Bytomas October 22, 2010October 15, 2026

This December ARB will be offering additional sizes of its well respected Fridge Freezer. The sizes will be from 37qt to 82qt. I may have to get a 37qt to run as a freezer in the trailer. I have been running the 50qt since it was released and it has performed very well in all…

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Trail Armor

All Pro Off Road Rear Bumper Installed
Bytomas October 21, 2010October 15, 2026

To help complete the finished look of our Toyota FJ Cruiser I installed an All Pro Off Road rear bumper. The stock rear bumper is a simple plastic skin and is prone to damage and the silver side caps tend to get knocked off. The All Pro Bumper uses a minimal design which keep the…

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Electrical

Auto Rod Controls – Switch Console
Bytomas October 20, 2010October 15, 2026

I know, I’m the total geek with all the electronics that I have in our Toyota FJ Cruiser. To control all these devices in our last FJ I built a switch console using rocker switches that I mounted in the ceiling. Though this system worked fine it required lots of wires being run to the switches…

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Miscellaneous

Out Patient Surgery for the FJ Cruiser
Bytomas October 19, 2010January 26, 2012

One problem running larger tires on the Toyota FJ Cruiser is tire rub on the body mounts right behind the front tires. With the larger tires mounted on our FJ this now became a problem. I contacted Rockware in Colorado Springs to get the body mounts chopped. With a quick trip to black forest I…

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