After encountering this yellow FJ, I finally started to get down to business. Me and my FJ road
After playing in the desert and having dinner, Party A’s father sent me back to Wuhaige Lanyuntian Hotel. I ran into this yellow FJ at the door, and instantly recalled everything I loved about it… If I had this car, would I be so embarrassed in the desert? Will you wait for rescue on the side of the road? . . . . Immediately recalled the scene at the beginning of this article…
It happened to be the National Day when I came back… In my impression, the National Day holiday is to hold an iPad at home and watch the E-family forum and the quotations of Tianjin Port… Learn the basics of FJ and even off-road from scratch. Slowly, the love for FJ got deeper and deeper, and I couldn’t extricate myself. So here I am very grateful to this forum and the masters in the forum, all my knowledge is learned from here.
First of all, I am sure whether I need this professional ORV, because I already have 3 cars and an SUV, but I am also sure that I need it, because I once dreamed of driving this car when I was young. Let’s go to the end of the world with a sword.
Second, what do I plan to do after I buy it? Since I pay for my feelings, let’s go according to my previous feelings. I plan to transform it into a bed car. I can drive it to any place I want to go, and I can sleep in the car when I am tired.
In my impression, I have been thinking about these issues throughout October. What color is better to buy, how to modify it after buying it, and what is a more reasonable solution? How did I hide it from my parents? Where is the car parked? A series of sweet troubles…
When I learned that after the global shutdown in March 2018, only the Middle East version was sold in Tianjin Port. What I hated the most was that when I wanted such a thing, he couldn’t buy it anymore, so I pooled some money and found it that used to be in Forever. Da’s younger brother, who is younger than me, started his own business and opened a store selling parallel imports in the Free Trade Zone. After a simple communication, directly pay the deposit and help me arrange the car booking.
Color: In fact, orange is my favorite, but unfortunately it will not be available in 2013, so the second choice is lemon yellow. The first time I saw it in the 4S store, and the reunion in Wuhai was lemon yellow, so I chose this one.
Configuration: consistent style, just top configuration. I originally wanted to buy a manual car, because I like to drive a manual car, but I saw the forum saying that the manual is not good, and in reality, I can’t buy it at all, so I gave up on this idea.
License plate: There is really no extra license plate, so I can only hang up a Shanghai C license plate and buy it later. Let’s talk about buying a company license plate or transferring a motorcycle to a car later. I went to the Sanguan office to get a license plate, and the people there told me what to do, but I forgot. It basically means that this car has not been licensed in 18 years, and this is the first one. Although I think there is a reason why it can’t be sold, but it’s a pity that such a beautiful car has fallen to this point! The FJ license plate number seen in Inner Mongolia has 088, and my license plate also has 088. Maybe this is God’s will.
Because the younger brother is very serious, I will go to Tianjin to inspect the car, check the condition of the car, pay the money, and drag it back… It will take about 2 weeks. In these 2 weeks, I am more concerned with how to convert it into a sleeping off-road vehicle. …
Then I went to a second-hand car market to look at the FJ, mainly to measure the size…to see if it can sleep.
I found out that this car is very rare and has a very high value retention rate. The car in 2011 has 150,000 kilometers and the price is 398,000… I am really drunk.
Go up and lie down for a while to see the space and size of the car.
The size and so on have been measured, and the modification plan has been figured out, and I have waited for my car…
On the first day I brought it here, I washed the car and waxed it.
As the end of November is approaching, various annual meetings start, all kinds of busy, and I have to work abroad for a month, so I don’t drive to FJ again. I lent it to a good friend to open it for about 2 months.
After the new year is over and the car is returned to me, the modification will officially start…
FJ in the rain, the first accessory I bought was a spare tire cover…
The wonderful modification case officially started…
Let’s make a list first, in fact, it is still increasing…
Chassis:
OME-BP51 shock absorber;
HARD RACE chassis reinforcement including anti-roll bar thrust rod linkage;
Black Rhino 17-inch wheels;
ARB floor guard;
chassis armor;
fender reinforcements;
Still considering whether to change to BREMBO brake kit and FRD air intake…
Exterior:
AT’s titanium alloy front and rear bumpers;
angel eyes;
spare wheel cover;
Original rainshield.
Interior:
Sound insulation of the whole car;
Yaesu FTM 400XDR RAM handheld stand diamond suction cup and antenna;
Blackrunner Convoy;
NFA2000W inverter;
Original metal pawn;
yellow sports steering wheel;
Bed car part:
electric blanket;
Indel refrigerator;
And some mattresses or something…
Let’s talk about the chassis part first. Although I have worked in a tuning shop for a while, I have never been in touch with tuning since then. As an original factory controller, I have never modified anything.
Throughout October, I should have read all of this section. It seems that everyone chooses KING shock absorbers. I also wanted to use this, but I think OME’s shock absorber seems to be better than KING? I just looked at the photos and said that the OME shock absorber is more suitable for driving on the road, and the problem of oil leakage has been solved. After discussing with the original modification shop colleagues, I still use the OME shock absorber.
In fact, I have driven this FJ plain car for about 2 weeks. What I am most dissatisfied with is the shock absorber of the original factory. It may be that the performance car has been driven too much. In one sentence, it is what the hell… It is too soft, the brakes need to nod, and cornering Not confident either. So the first thing is to change the shock absorber. I also saw a post from a great god saying, where to go to the off-road original shock absorber for high-intensity driving and oil leakage…
As for the lower arm, the anti-roll bar and some reinforcements, I haven’t studied it, and there are better ones than Taiwan’s HARD RACE, but I think the technical content of the anti-roll bar is not high, just be strong, but it’s good for construction The quality requirements are higher, so I am not too entangled in whether to use top brands.
In the pictures above, there is nothing to say about the tires and wheels. The workmanship of this wheel is exquisite, and the quality should be average. It is not a wheel that prevents tires from falling out.
Let me tell you how I feel after the modification:
The appearance is much more powerful and majestic, and I am really satisfied! However, in the case of full oil, the height of the four wheels is inconsistent, and may need to be adjusted. The ground clearance of the right rear is 101, the left rear is 100, the right front is 103, and the left front is 98.
How about the driving experience? First, let’s talk about the shock absorber. I think OME’s original factory setting is still too soft for me, so I increased the COMP by 3 bars, and it feels a little better.
Tracking performance, etc. After changing the tires, the feeling is similar to the original car, or a little worse, because the plain car has not been driven for a long time, so the feeling is not very clear.
