FJ Hurricane

All photos here:
http://warephotos.com/vehicles/2007fjcruiser/fjmods_april2007/

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Removed front suspension and attempted to assemble new springs, but due to the heavy springs I had ordered, our compressors weren’t working on them. Ended up breaking four spring compressors trying them. Had to get them professionally assembled on Monday for us to install.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Removed rear suspension and installed the new OME (Old Man Emu) suspension. No problems with the rear install.

Amy was nice enough to lend me her Nissan “Jacked” Titan to drive to work on Monday since my truck was still apart.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Had a shop assemble the shocks and springs for the front suspension and successfully installed them in on Monday night.

Here’s a comparison in front bumper height between my FJ and Amy’s.

Lifted vs Stock

Before Photo

After Photo

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Measured front and rear after one week and the front has a 4 inch lift and rear has a 3 ¼ inch lift.

FJoel sent over some preview photos of my new emblems being made. They look great!

ChicksDigEmToo had a raffle to paint someone’s engine cover for free and the Hurricane was lucky enough to have the “Karma” bestowed upon it. I dropped off the engine cover today to her. Breaking away from the Hurricane theme for the cover though and going with a fire dept related scene. Stay tuned for her masterpiece!

Other works by ChicksDigEmToo:
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g313/chicksdigemtoo/

I finally installed the Bandi Mount tonight along with the Firestik 4′ Scanner Antenna. Still have to run the cable permanently.
http://warephotos.com/vehicles/2007fjcruiser/fjmods_april2007/

Bandi Mount as it was back when I received it on December 28, 2006.

Took the FJ up to NYC on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday. Driving in NYC traffic is definitely more dangerous than taking the truck off road. Air horn mod is a must!
http://warephotos.com/vehicles/2007fjcruiser/fjmods_april2007/