[mir]

Hi,

My name is Mark, I have an FJ. Just wanted to check out what's happening in SoCal.

Seriously, cool site. Is this incase FJCruiserForums gets taken out by a preemptive nuclear strike and we need a back up from which to build the insurgency?

Mark

 

[DominicG]

Glad you made it over Mark!

 

[mattmainster]

Thanks for signing up Mark, now where are the pics of the SoCal stickers on that beast of yours?

 

[MudLovingFJ]

glad you are on here, Mark. your rig is an inspiration to all

 

[MrsMudLovingFJ]

Welcome Mark!! You are such a great guy, and it is really an honor to have you on here!

And by the way, how did you know about the nuclear strike??

...I mean...carry on....

 

[Fjamming]

Hi Mark.

 

[oscarr]

Have you started fixing ur rig?winch ect???

 

[mir]

Stickers, rig fixing, etc. is now all awaiting MAF rebuilding the rig. CV replacement, both boots, winch, making the passenger side door open, etc. While there at it, they're going to rebuild my back end. Not as rude as it sounds, btw

 

[thugasaur]

Stickers, rig fixing, etc. is now all awaiting MAF rebuilding the rig. CV replacement, both boots, winch, making the passenger side door open, etc. While there at it, they're going to rebuild my back end. Not as rude as it sounds, btw

i dunno it sounded kinda rude when i read it!

 

[MudLovingFJ]

Stickers, rig fixing, etc. is now all awaiting MAF rebuilding the rig. CV replacement, both boots, winch, making the passenger side door open, etc. While there at it, they're going to rebuild my back end. Not as rude as it sounds, btw

what happend to the back end?

 

[Fjamming]

what happend to the back end?

Forced entry.

 

[mir]

Forced entry.

Oh, dude. That crossed the line

Just kidding

My back end: Nothing really happened to it aside from the disintegration of the AllPro rear upper arms (the weak-a$$ johnny joints). That got MAF off on a development kick, and they'll be coming out with some non-lame twisting lower and upper rear arms soon. These are going to go on. Then, Steve and I have been talking about an upgraded suspension for a while. We've been curious about the remote reservoir OME shocks, and these suckers have the same extra travel as the OME 71's. (the usual struts for the rear are the 140's, but ToyTec has for a while been using the longer struts for extra flex). We're going to twin the remote reservoir OME's with extra-heavy duty rear coils to get about 1/2" extra lift as well as to eliminate the possibility of the coils poping off at max droop with the extra flex from the new shocks. That all adds up to new rear end. (new coils, new shocks, new lower and upper arms, and for the first time the rear Light Racing jounces are going on).

 

[MudLovingFJ]

man, your rig is just going to be more bada$$ than ever

 

[mir]

It's actually gonna look like one of those 1970's drag racers. The back end will be all jacked up, while up front it'll still saggy and waiting for an update I'm gonna have like double the RTI in the back vs the front, too

It will be interesting to see how the remote reservoir OME's work. I saw Tcao's write up on the King rear remotes. This is OME, not King, so obviously won't be as good, but it's an interesting alternative that I'd not seen tried before.

 

[MudLovingFJ]

i am very interested in the OME remote res too. do you know about how much they cost?

 

[mir]

i am very interested in the OME remote res too. do you know about how much they cost?

They're a bit under $200 per. So quite a bit more than the regular nitro struts (I think they go like $70 per).

 

[MudLovingFJ]

well, if they perform very well and are reliable/quality then it would be worth it, and they would cost less than a full set of foxs, kings, or etc

 

[mir]

This is the brief write-up on the remotes on the ARBUSA website.

well, if they perform very well and are reliable/quality then it would be worth it, and they would cost less than a full set of foxs, kings, or etc

 

[DominicG]

ooooh remote res OME's... sounds good to me!

 

[MudLovingFJ]

the write up looks good to me, 75% more fluid and seperate chambers for gas and fluid. it seems like it is a good deal for ~$200 a peice