The Official TW FJ owners Thread

Raise your right arm if FJ's are awesome

 

howdy FJ owners. So, we are about to be a two Yota household soon. The gf is gonna get an FJ. Lookin at a 2012, hopefully a trail teams. Automatic. I have a couple questions.. how similar are the FJ and Taco as far as working on them.. oil changes, tranny, etc. Am I gonna have to re learn everything? Lol and; does anybody have an gripes about the FJ? Thanks guys. Hopefully soon she will be a new TW member and we will be posting more here in the FJ section.

 

They are the essentially the same

 

with the 2010 and up you will have a little bit of trouble changing the oil compared to the taco
link for oil change\/\/
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/how-technical-articles/126127-2011-oil-change.html

only complaint is my god damn sub squeaks every time i hit a bump

 

they changed a couple thinks in the 2010+ like the motors and some of the suspension componets but they front coils and uca should still be the same

 

The 2010+ plus has dual vvti, when I built my buddies Dsm said it needed different coilovers but I couldn't see a difference

 

go work on your truck but yes they said there is something differnt with the front but jonny running his shit off his old truck?

 

Cool thanks guys. I know they have the dual vvti.. rated at 260. A tad more than my Taco. But glad to know they are close,.minus the oil apparently. That sub sounds sooo much better than my factory jbl sub (that I replaced) lol

 

Hey you know I've always lurked in this thread!!!

 

2010+ has a change in the sway bar, C/O's with remote reservoirs have different relocation brackets. other than that, the suspension is the same.

 

yeah i was really pleased when i first turned up my system and that lil eight hit that well, im not gonna replace and audio for a while in it for sure!

 

this/\ but dont have to worry if you dont use the sway bar

 

MAN....Fuka sway bar
Just tighten the damper on the coilovers

 

So... How do I get my 05 Tacoma to sound like my wife's FJ? "non trd exhaust"

 

What year is the FJ? Would the dual vvti make a difference... If thats what it is.

Nice avatar btw.

 

Thanks... It's an 07. I am just curious bc I wanna reroute my exhaust and thought about getting a new muffler while I'm at it but I don't like to sound of most. BUT, if it sounded like hers with the low almost growl I would do it. I don't know what vvti is.


edit... vvti = variable valving timing injection?

 

Oh ok, its not the new motor then. The newer fj's have the new DUAL vvti motor compared to our trucks' vvti. I'm sure the routing of the exhaust and maybe headers are different, giving it that lower tone. I'm sure these FJ guys will chime in. I'm sill learning about them myself. lol

 

the difference is really in how short our exhaust is and the bend in the piping that causes the noise to be different. look where it comes off the back of the muffler it bends 90 to make it over the axle.

 

Yeah, I just figured it had larger diameter pipes and different muffler. I haven't crawled under there to look yet though.

 

Ahh, ok. I figured it wad something like that due to the shorter wheel base and suspension configuration. I can't wait till the gf gets hers. Lol. Next two to three weeks hopefully. Best of both worlds.