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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…
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Knuckle Buckle Buster (say that fast 3 times)

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · How To Info

Turns out there is a weak spot in the FJ Cruiser’s front knuckles that can give out under the right circumstances.  Now those circumstances include speed, suspension extension and brute force, all in the right combination…
Since we look for places that set up situations where all those circumstances come together, we thought we would see [...]

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