Finally, a modified show that is a toyota but not a running of the mill 4x4. The FJ is the best (stock) 4x4 that toyota ever made. Too bad they quit making it. Had one for a view years and it was awesome! 2" lift is all you need ... and some better shocks.

One of the BEST modified episodes, such a well though out and more importantly actually used rig.

Excellent FJ. You can't do enough FJs !! Those gull wings would make a world of difference

Love finally seeing more and more modified fj cruisers in Australia. Hopefully see it around on some of the tracks in our travels some time. One of my favorite things about owning an FJ is seeing peoples faces when they realize how underrated these things really are.

What a machine! Love the fact that Jonno DIY most of it, such an inspiration.

I'm on my 3rd FJ, Wrote 1 off rolling down a hill my mistake, Love em. Factory off road package/crawl control + 160lt fuel tanks. Then mod as u have. GREAT SET UP MATE, I'm a Kiwi, importing a 2013 off road package and similar set up minus rooftop tent seller kept from Australia. U Ozzys get it right moving 4x4s. Go FJs, massive power, economical when driven nicely, brilliant

125L LRA aux tank is the best mod you can do to an early FJ. Takes you from 350km range to easy 1000km. 100% should be at the top of your list.

Love the reaction to ‘How do you get the battery out?’ Fantastic build! Can see the passion and purpose behind it!

Great mods. One of the best cruisers out there. The FJ is hands down one of the best vehicles to roll off the Toyota factory production line. It's pretty much bulletproof. Transmission cooler was a wise decision. The only vulnerable area, especially because it's a tow vehicle is the rear diff. Stock diff is a single pin diff , I'd be putting a 3 pin diff in it to make it indestructible. About 3k. I've owned an FJ since 2014 and have clocked up 230,000 km. Nothing has gone wrong except a rear cargo door gas strut.

Great to see how someone who travels/camps so much sets their vehicle up. Everything needs to have a reason to be along for the ride

Greetings from Oregon, USA. Love this build. I own a 2012... same color with a white roof, low mileage... like 80,000 kilometers. Took off the ridiculous roof rack and bumper, replaced with a Victory 4x4 aluminum bumper and roof rack, lots of lights (Baja Design and Diode Dynamics), big Warn winch (made in Oregon), some various molle panels. I love your gull wings... that is an inspired mod. I agree about the small petrol tank... I always have to carry RotoPax on any overlanding trip. I think my next mod may be a bigger tank too. My truck gets about 13 liters/100km fuel economy, which is pretty good imho for what it is. But that tank is ridiculously small.

We love our FJs here in South Africa 🇿🇦

FANTASTIC! 🔥🔥 First mod I did on our 2012 was a LRA 115 litre tank, the duel factory tanks make the FJ bloody heavy when full 115 litre is pretty much perfect for around 650-700 K range. LRA tanks are bloody tough too. Go a TJM front bar, 10 years of hell and ours is pretty much still perfect, no rust or cracks from corrugated roads. Great episode and FJ 🤙🏼

Nice FJ, and love the rear drawers using ALL the space. You should really consider to sell the gulwings (or offer the design). BTW GU 16" steelies fit perfectly - they are a +10 offset so no need for a BMC. A few 16" alloys fit at around 0 offset (which do rub depending on the real 285 tyre size)

As an FJC owner, kudos to this finely moded FJC.

Awesome set up. Brilliant design + construction the rear opening windows. cant say i have ever seen anything like it available anywhere globally

One of the best and most cool looking vehicles our there. Hats off to Jonno for all the work he did on it!

1:12 Spoken like a true behind the camera guy.

Wicked Fj Jono 👍 Next mod: Torque convertor lock-up kit, you'll be doing 13L towing on the HWY, 🙃 FYI: Don't do the body chop!! This bump is for 'CRASH SAFETY', designed for protection/ prevent intrusion in a 'Frontal overlap crash'.

Great FJ mate. Glad I've got the stock 159ltr tank! Certainly given me a lot to think about re upgrades for mine. Best fourby I've owned... and I'm an old fart!! 😁😁👍👏🍻

Is it a Landcruiser? Well it's based on a Prado. My rear badge be tells me I've got a Landcruiser Prado. So yeh, I reckon it's a cruiser

How's the details on this build!! Impressive, the man even customized his Engel!

Impressed with the mods Jonno has done himself! Great work. My FJ has a similar set up re: lift, tyres so nice to see it working well for someone really putting the off road k’s in.

Love my FJ LAND CRUISER! Love the gullwings can do with those myself. ❤

Awesome video! Jono your a natural. That FJ is a beast especially when you consider that Jono has custom made all of it by himself

It’s a Toyota, that’s all that matters🙂👍🏻 I would say it is a land cruiser with a youthful style. Next mod should be a steering wheel emblem blackout. 😎 After that get that bigger fuel tank. Really enjoyed this video. Great rig 🎉

Love the ride of the FJ... SUPER comfortable! Wish I hadn't put the same bar on mine... that Hamer bar, which is now available, looks so cool, if only the wife would allow the waste! :D

Great Mods, Put those Gull wing windows into production..Wow..Love those! Have 14' FJXX Land Cruiser...3" Lift, looking to rig our, had a 2010 FJ TRD TrailTeams..fully rigged, ARB's front/rear w/winch, BFG's, homemade gear boxes..Crashed by a teenager...rebuilding this one. Thanks to both of you....Great Rig, From the Great Southwestern Mohave Desert🌵

You have a few options for long range tanks on the fj. Arb long ranger has an 84L and a 120L options to add to the factory 72L, which will give you 156-192L of capacity. The 84L will maintain a good departure angle. I personally have the 120L and my fj is as thirsty as yours (35s and a SAS doesn’t help), I can easily get 1000km range depending on driving conditions/style. Some people get the 115L standard tank replacement, but it hangs lower than factory and definitely affects ramp over angles. I’ve also heard less than glowing stories about these tanks from other fj people.

Cool Episode! Especially since I now also bought an FJ 2014 model here in South Africa! :)

Love the gull wings, as an fj owner it’s the first thing I noticed as no one makes them for fj, super impressed

Love it!! I'm inching my FJ build towards this one🔥🔥

Another mad ep Ronny you have set the level of interviewing and rig rundown, this is certainly a mad car, keep up the good work mate

The Tonka truck! Love the Land(FJ)Cruisers!

Remove the front sway bar and add a stiffer rear sway bar. You get so much more front wheel articulation and can go further than most other IFS vehicles! Did it to my 120 and it does really well off-road! Downside is you have to put it back on as soon as you’re back on road.

Great FJ mate, love to do something similar, but the weight restraint on these are very tight, I recon that you’ll be at least 280 kg over the limit, or mabe more, we have a Fj and long range tank and filling this up with no draws or roof rack we 20 kg over by weigh bridge, but love your set up. FJ’s always pulling out other cars in difficulty’s .

RD, thanks for bringing this legend out, into the open. I'm tall and don't fit the 70 series for long drives. Had a Prado 120 Grande for 8 years and loved it, first 4x4 I ever needed a tow out with but great for dropping the kids off at school. Traded in for a late model Kakadu and had to get towed of the beach by a 1982 hilux. Sold the Kakadu and bought an Amarok cuz itz got balz, and oil leaks every year which cost $k to fix. Of course toyota make the best offroad vehicles, and I apologise for straying to... others. I live in the pilbara and need a proper 4wd. Is an FJ better than a 70 series wagon of similar worth? Now the 70 comes in auto, I won't need to get my leg shortened to operate the clutch.

Hy Ronny, love Toyota. Beautiful 4x4. Little as My Jimny 🤣🇮🇹💪🏽

Best FJ. Nice build. Wish i could get gull wings for my Fortuner.

Up the Land Cruiser Jono! Haha. Great run-down. Fitted out so well. Best use of space I've seen.

I think this is a great rig, its a little bit different from the normal protagonists and is really well thought out. You didn't say what brand the "lounge chairs" where though?

Very nice vehicle and fun overview !!!

I had to find the only 4G reception for about 100km radius to watch this haha. So worth it! Jono you need to be in front of the camera more often, you two crack me up. Teddy said ‘Jono’s funny’ Oh yeh, the car is pretty good too 🤙🏼

Very nice machine it is, Wish I do that I could do more to my 4wd

Sickest, overloaded weapon ever.

Great looking rig. I own a 2012 FJ and it only has the a trac setup. Mine is a Jap import, apparently there were quite a range of mods that were fitted to different spec FJs. I am looking at doing a few mods to mine as soon as I have the spare cash. I tow a caravan with mine and do some gravel driving, mainly shiny trips. I would like to fit a winch and bar with a 40mm lift, so I can get the caravan out of slippery areas and do some easy off road solo trips.

Thank you so much roni for this awesome modified episode 🤘🏻

Looks sick. Might copy that water solution. Oh and I need more utes for inspiration 😅

This is an awesome build and shows if you plan the rear draws you can make a really functional setup.The Gull Wings are excellent and wish you could buy them. The fuel economy must really be affected with the 33" tyres (Plus RTT)? I run standard tyres and with a main and aux tank I can get well over 1600km (193L). On road between 10.5 -13 L/100km and 13-14 L/100km off road/outback touring.

Fantastic Rig, Love it, Any chance on sharing the Gullwing designs?

LOVE IT !

It looks so amazing, very well belt my man.

Nice FJ! If it has the 4.0L (1GR-FE, petrol), it probably gets about 8 MPG in 4L on 4WD terrain, like my American Tacoma ... real gas guzzler on the slow stuff. Sucks gas like nothing I've ever owned ... my 3.0L Nissan was a real dog at 12 MPG on the slow stuff, but the 8 of the 1GR-FE is just wild. Gas mileage is key for range.

Johnny Dahl, is that a fake tan Ronny? great video guys! good to see this legend out from behind the camera!! #dahlijonda

He said 134kw after a tune. Did Jono mean 234? Because the stock fj gets 200. Can we clarify that and also where he got the tune?

What a ripper episode! Jonno it’s bloody awesome man. I didn’t realise how comprehensive it is!

I’ve been wanting to make drawers for my FJ and add a video to my channel! Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks Ron, the work Jono has done on that FJ is amazing. Ive done a few rear setups on mine as well. Have a different setup but similar 20L Jerry on rear drivers arch, and 100Amp Lithium on Passenger rear arch, Redarc on Cargo Barrier. Looove Jono’s rear luggage shelf, presumably off the spare tyre mount? Would love to see some more details on that if possible? I feel the same about the lack of space, but love the FJ (The first Landcruiser) and looking to keep improving. Jono, you should get somebody to manufacture your gullwings and rear luggage shelf and Jerry holder, as I would expect you would have plenty of interest, …. If that floats your boat. PS: I think FJ wheelbase is shorted and wider than the Prado, based on the specs I have looked up online in the past.

Nice set up... really great FJ...one thing though is I would have thought a long range fuel tank would have been one of the first mods seeing as he's doing so much touring??

Wow!! This build is next level! More going on than my actual apartment! Where did you get Gulwings come from?

*Lots of good mods!*

Thats a mad FJ, jonny is nice to have a chat with aswell 👌100% landcruiser ahahahah.....could he not just chuck in a later model fuel tank? So he has 160L ?

👍. Nice looking rig. Well done on the build. So why wouldn’t you say the brand of the bullbar / side steps?

absolute machine

Yeahhhhh buddy!

Awesome 👍

The...........FUN-JOY..........Cruiser.

'Comfortability'..... perhaps just 'comfort'??

Could make an absolute killing by making a kit for those gullwings, those things look grouse.

Another np300 (d23 Navara) plzzzz

Thanks Ron. Didn't know you had a new camera crew....

Super cool

Love my fj

Wow nice build! Are those gull wings available for purchase? I’ve been looking for a set but the ones I’ve seen are too boxy looking. Those are great!

You need to sell those roof consoles cause I’d buy one for my FJ tomorrow!

fj's are tough as and dont get enough attention

LR fuel tank is a game changer. Stock tank is 80L - factory dual tank adds another 80L without sacrificing any departure angle.

I'm in the process of fixing my neglected 08 FJ up. I'm to lazy to translate from metric to imperial lol.

Awesome car that looks a lot better from my couch then it did in that back seat the morning after a few 😂

Surely that is over GVM, especially when towing. How much does it weigh ?

Hay Ronny love the video you need to do a Dmax for a modified episode

dude! the gull-wing windows are awesome!! how do we go about getting a set of those?

Wheelbase of FJ is shorter than Prado.

I've built a buggy, using a GU patrol driveline here in Perth, keen to hear your take on it.

The early US FJ’s were based on the 120 Prado. The later models, available in Australia are based on the 150 Prado. The wheel base is 100mm shorter than a Prado

I have a FJ myself, and can confirm these modifications are cool! Especially those Gullwing doors 👌 However, I don’t consider FJ to be a thirsty car! I had an AWD Audi A5 that used the same amount of fuel! The added weight, change of tyre size, and other mods definitely had an effect on fuel consumption of this FJ; but again, I don’t see FJ engine as a thirsty one. I’ve got 11.9 L/100 Kms out of it myself. The other thing is that I wouldn’t retune and engine which was originally tuned by Toyota as they would know much better than my local mechanic (even if he is a very good one!). That might have caused the car to burn more fuel too. Also, I believe the original tank is around 70L. Auxiliary ones come at 110 and 120L, and that’ll put the total fuel capacity somewhere around 180-190 Ls. So, the 160L that was mentioned in the video might not be accurate. Btw, post 2013 FJs were fitted a large tank from factory. The other thing is that you can connect the rear camera to the head unit too, and then have it showing both on rear mirror and head unit. Moreover, yes, all FJs come with rear diff as standard.

Land Cruiser for sure.

15:27 😂😂😂😂😂😂 nice one

I must've missed something. I thought your cameraman had a Prado? The bloke who was with you and Torbs, getting all bogged badly on the Simpson Desert trip?

Next mod for his FJ should be an ls3 6 sp auto Gu Patrol with all the shit ! 😂 Regards Tony.

134kw tuned. Stock is 200kw.

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It's too heavy now?, remove 1 part for each new one added here...)

I want to put these gullwing windows in my FJ! Where did you get them?

Where did you get that rack over the spare wheel?

Does this one have a GVM upgrade? The rooftop plus the awning and other stuff must be over the roof loading limit.

I'm wondering how does it go against a 4runner as an overlander? Comfort, off-road capabilities etc...

did anyone else notice the flare just eating the side indicator

They’re an awesome car. The old Ironman rubbish bar strikes again though…

the fj has a shorter wheel base than the prado! by 4 inches!