Box Rocket 1995 FZJ80 Build

Do a search for Wildyoats rear bumper on MUD. You'll probably find something. It was like 10 years ago that I built it.

 

Sub'd

 

rig looks amazing. can't wait to see how that prinsu roof rack ends up looking.

 

So beautiful Adam, this will be my "dad" rig once I have kids. In fact it makes me want kids now so I can get one hahah

 

Sick rig and the best color IMO.

 

Haha. Don't be in a hurry. They are great family wheelers though.

Thanks. I dig the color too.

 

Few small updates. I was having some steering wobble but had a good alignment so I got looking at the brakes and the new wheel spacers. I took the wheel spacers off last night and so far the wobble seems to have gone away. I'll re-install them later and see what I can figure out. The brakes had been pulling to left slightly and from what I was able to do on my own everything looked good but I had the local dealer inspect them today to check for warped rotors and/or a seized caliper. Everything checked out perfectly. The pulling is a result of one of the stainless braided brakelines I swapped over with the lift. It has a very small leak and isn't pressurizing completely so it's pulling a little to the opposite side. I have a new brakeline to swap in so no biggie.
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I've needed to get my fridge, CO2 and Aux power sorted out a bit. I got my fridge slide mounted in the rear cargo area last night along with my CO2 tank. I added some bracing behind the plastic panel and the bracket is bolted to that so it's nice and solid. Also fed a simply 12V plug to that panel just behind the middle row so I can plug the fridge in. Nothing fancy but it will work.

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Awesome build.......what mount are you using for the scan gauge. I noticed it's a go pro but is it plug and play.

 

It's just a standard GoPro mount. I epoxied the UG bracket to the GP mount.

 

Big props to Ratio AV for some help with interior goodies last night. New Pioneer touchscreen DVD/HD Radio deck in the dash with Bluetooth. As well as a dropdown DVD (10.3" display) with wireless headphones in the back for the kids. The overhead unit is 1080p with SD Card, USB, RCA and HDMI ports. Long trips will be nice moving forward. Pretty pumped about it all and looking forward to trying it out.

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Bluetooth mic on the A-pillar

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Looking good Adam!!

I really need to invest in some sort of DVD player for my son

 

Looking good as always Adam. More info on the drop down, looking for one like that for my kids.

 

just curious would prinsu designs do a rack system for a 1st gen double cab?

 

I think they'll have something soon. He took all the measurements for a 1st Gen DC off of my truck so I know it's in the plans.

 

Awesome!! Thanks brother

 

Just curious why you didn't go with a flush mounted outlet in the back?

 

I needed something quick before a trip and there were no flush mount outlets in stock.

 

I finally got a shakedown run with the new 80 over the weekend. A couple weeks before I bought the cruiser my brother-in-law also bought one. He bought a really nicely built LX470 from my next door neighbor. So both of us needed to get some dirt miles on the new trucks and see how they were working. We loaded up our families and headed to Moab. It was a great time to be in Moab. Weather was pretty nice until today when it got cold and started snowing a little. There was almost nobody on the trails. We saw a few side-by-sides but that was it. It was great to have the trails to ourselves. We got a mild warm up trail on Hells Revenge on Friday. It was a fun day and I got to try Hells Gate and Tip-Over-Challenge. We skipped Escalator this time. My 14yr old Bjornn even got some seat time. I like to give him as much time driving on the trails as I can just to get him more comfortable behind the wheel before he starts driving for real in a year or so.
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On Saturday we ran Kane Creek. It's been years since I've been on Kane Creek and it's become more difficult in a couple places on the canyon floor and the climb out of the canyon is a fun challenge with big ledges. We had a great time except for a couple moments of carelessness that resulted in a scratched rear flare. Otherwise a fun, uneventful trip. Here's some pics.
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Hells Revenge

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Kane Creek

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little swimming

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Lookin sweet brother