Glad to hear it! They are very capable SUVs. Thank you for watching and commenting!

I miss mine. I love my 100 series but I’ll have another fj one day.

They feel like a little tank to us! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!

Sounds like a solid plan! Thanks for watching.

Ya buddy!

Thanks for the advice!

Enrique Sonora We love AZ and hope to get down to the southern part sometime! Thanks for watching.

Thank you!

jclayburn19 Thanks for watching!

Nice! You must have some serious range.

We agree!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the feedback.

Thank you!

Thank you!

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John Bull is the trail. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Absolutely a chance that you have seen it on the 10, I used to live in SoCal and have drive to AZ a few times. Black Diamond was fun, have run all those that you have mentioned. Thank you again!

Thanks!

Thanks for the input. Sounds like you have a sweet build!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

lol.... thank you!

Marie Vardaman second that :)

But you had one of these!!!! hahahah, ill allow it this time.

Thanks! Depends on the size of the rider lol

Sweet! lol

Thanks for watching! It is interesting hoe manufacturers allow such different options in different countries. Yes we have the 4.0L.

Glad you enjoyed it! He is one of the owners of Rogue Overland, so all his stuff is found on the Rogue Overland Social media. YT/IG/FB is all @RogueOverland. The website is www.RogueOverland.com

@@RogueOverland understood. Awesome, thanks!!

Thanks for watching. This is from the owner: Initially I re-geared to get some MPGs back. This shouldn’t be your motivation. But I was also towing a Class 10 off-road car and I wanted lower to help combat the tires. Had I known I was going 35’s I might have gone lower but overall happy with the choice. Still no concern about running wheel spacers after 140k miles. I have done one set of wheel bearings as a preventative measure. But the wheel bearings I took off are on a different truck and still trouble free. The only issue I ran into running 35’s on a narrow rim like that was commercial chain tire stores not wanting to install them. The narrow rim helps with holding the tire on at low pressures. If really liked the stock wheels and wanted to keep the look over going aftermarket to a wheel that I thought was a compromise. But other than the hassle of getting them mounted I have no regrets.

Not too bad, but we kinda like the music of MT's rolling down the road. Thanks for watching!

David Legaspi when I hit the bumper at the waterfall climb it scraped it cold but those integral main mounts are beefy. The one I got was his most recent design and it was worth waiting for. Not sure if he made any more changes. I purchased back in 2015 timeframe and it’s held up great.

Shaun Beardo that’s great to hear. I recently spoke with Jason Demello about the integrity and strength of the aluminum bumper, and he assured me that it will be more then capable for my style of off roading. I ended up getting the Demello Baja Tacoma aluminum bumper. Jason did explain to me the construction design of there bumpers that makes them unique from the the other competitors. Let’s face it, Demello Bumpers are awesome looking I’m not going to lie...haha. Unfortunately I probably won’t have the bumper ready and installed by late October, I have a Mojave Desert trip October 19th-21st which I would have loved to showcase.

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Hey there, sorry to delay getting back to you, I initially missed the comment. Thank you for watching, I'll do my best to answer you. At the time there was really only a few fronts available, I have been a big fan of FOX and their digressive valving which boils down to they are firm till the valves open up then they soften up. Versus progressive where it just rides like caddy all the time and you never really feel the bottom out, which give a marshmallow feeling. in the end she is very top heavy and the firm then stable ride paid off. Initially the rear was running a custom shock length in order to account for the extended travel that Metal Tech had developed. I was using the Radflow and then damaged a shock due to how I installed it (top nut got tightened down too much and with all the flex fatigued the stem), replacing it with Icon since they had a similar available shock. None of the valving is anywhere near stock, but its been fun to fine tune them and relatively easy and cheap in comparison for the DIY. Wheel spacers are blue anodized spidertrax 1.25" wide, 6 on 5.5", color doesn't matter but they were the only ones at the time. I like factory rims and as an engineer am perfectly fine with spacers, the math works out such that they are no different on modern vehicles than a different offset wheel, which has it disadvantages as well. In the end it has more advantages then downfalls and there are other great places to discuss it for those that disagree. As far as tires goes, I have been extremely happy with my switch to muds and the Dyna Pro MTs. I was skeptical at first but after getting them on I will stay with muds and like these for the foreseeable future. in the end if FOX had an easy part number for the stem top mount for the shock at the time, that is where I would of at the time end up going and maybe in the future will. I have been looking at ADS since they (locally to NV) make a bypass shock that might just fit in there, but for now that combination has worked really well for me.

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@@shaunbeardo3027 Love your loadout. I searched the website and blog and didn't see a breakdown. Do you have a list of specifics of what you are running? Specifically looking at your front and rear shock. You just mention they are fox coil overs. I just got an FJ as a hunting/play truck and am pricing improvements .

Mario Speer it’s made by DFG Off-road and it works great. They made them custom fit to the Indel B TB51 that is in there. No room to spare in the rear and it fits.

Glad you enjoyed it Mario!

Make sure 4WD and electric locker. ATRAC is nice but We rarely used it. 2010+ with a locker is pretty money. They had a lot of options and packages in the start. But after 2010 it became less important as are cosmetics.

We don’t have experience with the diesel but the FJ and 3rd gen 4runner are both great options. Have you watched our 3rd gen 4runner walk around video?

We made an upside down “T” bracket that mounted to the roof of the FJ and then had a thread to attached the Yakima rack to. Hope that helps!

Nice! Thanks for watching.

Glad you like it! Thanks for the advice.

Thank you! 4.56 gearing from East Coast Gear Supply.

With a manual, 4.56 is like running 4.88 on an automatic?

Fell in love back when they came out with them. Grew up a little, finished college and got a bog boy job and went to test drive them finally and fell in love. I was pretty obsessed with the 4Runner, but unfortunately the 4th and beyond Runners were not available in manual.

Shaun Beardo thank you !! I love the motor and tranny but when I first looked at them a few years back the blind spots weren’t my favorite. You have a great rig! Looking forward to catching up with the group in a few Months as I am finally getting around to giving my Henderson jl the works.

@@dpmmount Appreciate the support here! Honestly the blind spots suck, and its like driving a tank with little periscopes but it hasn't really ever been that big of a hinderance. sure I would like to see everything around me, who wouldn't, but I feel like I have gotten better at the feedback the car is giving rather then seeing it. weird I know but wouldn't change it, unless more options of manual transmission.

Not, it's not bad.

It’s a universal RAM mount that’s through bolted to the dash and then a iPhone specific clamp on it. Love the stuff they make just have to get creative. It’s been rock solid since day one.

Universal RAM mount modified as described by Beardo. Hope that helps!

Thanks!

315/70R17, wanted to stay with the stock rims since I dig the look so much.

315/70R17. Thanks for watching!

The bearing got swapped the URD full hydro bearing solution. Thanks for watching!

@@RogueOverland how's it holding up? U think its worth it?

@@Kana0211 It was doing well for the longest time, since its full custom it took a lot of work and I think they have since taken the option off the page. I swapped to the Clutch Masters hydro setup. I have been very happy. There have been some bad reviews but I think that's due to setup as well. These are not as plug and play as you would hope. if I did it over again I would suggest the sleeve and factory style TOB before full hydraulic.

1.25" spidertrax on all four corners. Thanks for watching!

@@RogueOverland thanks for the response! 🙏🏽

Good so far!

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Dan Quinn they are Hancock Dyna Pro MT’s and they work phenomenal.

Thanks for watching Dan!

Tires are 315/70R17, gears are 4.56's but it is also a Manual Transmission.

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Daymon Pancheri have never been able to register in time.

Shaun Beardo well maybe one of these years we’ll meet up there! Cheers FJ Brother 🍻

It's on our list for sure!

😂. Thanks for watching.

Icon Overland 2-3" with a 1.5 inch Daystar spacer. Thanks for watching!

In regard to being one with your rig. We were wheeling a few vary hard trails that day and he took his experience/skill to the next level.......became more in tune with his FJ and it's limits. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Thanks for the tip!

Thank you! that is the eventual plan, I would like to eventually do a follow up video as some stuff gets changed up, gussets are on the list, better yet boxed spindles!

Little bit of update, I have finally gone long travel and in fact have added gussets! Thank you for the recommendation, they already have proved their worth.

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Wow that thing is a beast! Thanks for sharing.

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Lol...... it’s great for mall crawling. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the feedback. We will keep this in mind on the next shoot.

Thanks for watching and for the feedback.

It doesn’t but this thing can overland if he wants to. He just goes over his rig with a few clips of him hitting some nice trails. This thing is a beast but I agree I think an fj is perfect for climbing and just hitting trails in general because of the short wheel base but I think the ultimate overlanding vehicle is a 4runner or landcruiser. Got plenty of room and cargo space and can take you anywhere you need to go.

Definitely more room in a 4Runner or Landcruiser.

Not even sure what that means. Thanks for watching though!

By the way i didnt fogot to leave a like

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Thanks for watching. We are always looking to improve, so what advice do you have to make it more interesting?

You guys are good looking but the truck is waaay better

Gurjot Sethi it’s a compliment moron if anything you’re sick 😂✌🏽

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment!

I have a word for you to look up: "colloquialism." Check it out some time!

@@christianrosete6511 your implication of the word 'sick' is not a compliment towards me

@@SkilletsUSMCYeah I got it. Thanks.