Featured rig – This FJ Cruiser belongs to fellow adventurer Dennis Lloyd, Managing Editor of TCT (Toyota Cruisers and Trucks) magazine. He hails from Irvine and drives a highly modified 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser. Check out his rig build below.
Suspension:
• Icon Stage 1 suspension lift
• Icon tubular uniball upper control arms
• Icon aluminum billet rear upper and lower controls arms
• Icon rear panhard bar
• OME rear medium springs
• Dirty Parts front sway bar links
Armor:
• Trail Gear Rock Sliders
• Ricochet aluminum engine skid and bash plate
• Ricochet aluminum lower control arm skids
• Rokmen rear lower controller skids
• FJToyman rear shock skids
Recovery Gear:
• Superwinch Talon, 9500 lb with synthetic rope
• ARB recovery strap
• ARB tree protector strap
• Power Tank CO2
• ARB Tire deflator
• HiLift trail jack
• HiLift base sand plate
• HiLift wheel adapter
• HiLift slider adaptor
• Fiskar shovel and axe
• Smittybuilt shackles
Tires and wheels:
• Method Mesh 17” wheels
• Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac 285/70R17
Drivetrain and engine:
• Standard Toyota 4×4 drivetrain and gear ratio
• 260 HP 4.0 liter V-6, 5 Speed automatic w/OD
• Rear diff locker
• Traction Control
Overlanding gear:
• IBS DBS Dual Battery System with Die Hard Platinum (AUX) and Odyssey 34-1500T (Main) batteries
• Dometic/Waeco 50L Fridge
• Rear cargo drawer and fridge slide (homemade)
• Midland 75-822 40 Channel CB Radio
• Yaesu FTM-400DR dual band mobile ham radio
• BajaRack Low Profile roof rack
• Scepter 20L gas and water cans
• iPad 2 with DUAL GPS Module and MotionX HD app
• Trasharoo
Lighting:
• sPOD Switch Controller with bluetooth
• Baja Designs 40” Stealth light bar (roof rack)
• Baja Designs Squadron Pro XL wide cornering lights (front bumper)
• Baja Design SII rear roof lights (roof rack)
• Acro LED driving lights (front bumper)
• Acro LED reverse lights (rear bumper)