The Official TW FJ owners Thread

Is ok hes been reported about ten times from people I talked to

 

Okay my FJ peeps, I need to know who has an FJ and small children?

I totalled my wife's Camry yesterday, and I know it is not practical at all for a family car, but help me justify it.

Does anyone have small children in car seats? (I have a 2yo in a forward facing seat and a 6 month in rear facing)
Can you fit 2 car seats? Or should I not even bother?

I have a DC that fits us just fine, but if we got the FJ my Taco would become the main family ride and the FJ would need to be able to carry us all.

We will probably go with another Camry or older Sequoia for the 3rd row, but I a dreaming right now and hope someone can help me turn it into reality. Pictures of your set up would be nice. I know it is not meant to be a family wagon, but a boy can dream can't he?

 

^^^ I've read about a guy that got rid of his FJ because he destroyed his elbow trying to get kids in and out of a car seat in the back. I could understand how it would happen. That opening is narrow even with the suicide doors open and the seat is set pretty far back from the opening.

If your kids are old enough to climb into the seat themselves, you might be okay. But it would likely be a bitch with younger ones.

5th Generation 4Runners can do pretty much everything an FJ can. And you can ride more comfortably with kids in the back seat. That's my future plan.

 

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We didnt get an FJ for this reason. the child carrier would not fit through the rear door easily. Now that our kid is 15 months old im sure it would be fine since he is forward facing but I would say go check them out at the dealership and see if it would be practical. Let your wife try and get that infant carrier into the base, if she cant do it then I would advise against the fj for a little while.

The 4 runners are sweet vehicles though. We really wanted one but could not afford one at the time. You can get 4th gen ones for pretty good prices now.

 

I did
But we had a intercooler sprayer resi from a subaru STI in the garage and it fit in the empty spot in front of the air box. Just spliced the wires and ran the hoses and it worked like a charm. Had to add the second motor for the rear sprayer too. Havent made a bracket, but since it sits snug in the engine bay, just wrapped a few zip ties around it lol
Holding up just fine

 

I figured as much, thanks for all the input. I know it is very impractical, just love em! I guess I'll keep dreaming.

 

find a random used fj on a lot and ask the salesman if you can try to fit the car seats back there

 

The Toyota/Lexus dealer by me is asking $32k for the same truck with 50k miles

 

ridiculous. I would let my 10 w/14k miles go as is for less than that

 

Wheeled with an fj the other day. He said that it's possible to add a trac, can anyone confirm this?

 

ah, where are the 09 and olders located?

trade the kids in? you should get good on the trade cause there low mileage

what can they say if you told them if they fit i might buy an fj.

add a-trac? to what?

 

It is as easy as buying the atrac switch and plugging it in. (fj's w/locker come pre wired for atrac. Possibly models w/out...but i can not confirm those models)

 

09's and older resi's are smaller and dont hang as low...kinda like your ween

 

hey! makes you squeal......

maybe ill retro one of those in...

 

haha

definately a possibility. I just had this resi laying there waiting to be thrown away...and decided to "skimp"

 

It's been there a long time. It sat at Lexus for at least 6 months and ended up at Toyota across the street for a while now. Not sure what they are thinking with that price. Sticker price in 08 was $32k ish