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Sick Suspension

November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Sick is how 4WD Toyota Owner described our rig and the Total Chaos 2″ long travel kit after they published our article on the install Metal Tech did for us a while back…  If you liked the on-line Total Chaos 2″ Long Travel Install video and story, you’ll love this article.
While we didn’t make the [...]

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Asking The Right Question – Off Road Lift Kit

May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · FJ Cruiser Mods and Articles

Seems like a reoccurring question I hear from new FJC guys is “What lift should I get”?  Not that I’m an expert on all the lifts available but I thought it was time to address this question in a bit more public forum.
The question is not necessarily wrong, but it is incomplete.  The question should [...]

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Too Much Wheel Travel, Is There Such A Thing?

January 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments · FJ Cruiser Mods and Articles

As the saying goes “you can never be too thin or too rich”.  We’d add, your rig can never have too much wheel travel.  To that end we finally took the plunge and threw out the stock independent front suspension (IFS) and replaced it with Total Chaos’ 2″ long travel kit…
FJ Cruiser Long Travel Buildup [...]

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Long-term Mod Report Sway-A-Way Suspension

October 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · FJ Cruiser Mods and Articles

Every one loves their mod the first week. The real test is how you feel after a year or more. Would you do it differently, would you spend the money, is it a still worth it?
Jumping into the way-back-machine, it was in 2007 that we asked Metal Tech to add a Sway-A-Way (SAW) [...]

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