Toyota

FJ-OLLIE

First of all... Where did "BugEater" come from? Well, I'm a Cornhusker (Huskers now) at heart. Back in the early 1900's the Nebraska football team's name was actually the BugEaters. So there you have it. The "BugEater" is set-up for emergency response and recovery on a daily basis. It converts to expedition mode in a few hours time. It likes to play rough occasionally too. I bought it 3 months after they released the FJ-Cruiser. I bought it fully loaded minus the roof rack. I perform all my own work on my rig except for front end alignments.

Just a baby with 200 miles on it...


Here's as she sets today...



Here's a shot of me in front of it. A few of us were featured on Land Cruiser magazine. I got this shot on the day of the photo shoot.




SUSPENSION & DRIVE TRAIN:

ProComp Xtreme Mud Terrains (305/70/17's) on PrComp Wheels

Icon Racing Front Coilovers

OME Heavy Coils in the Rear with Sway-A-Way Racerunner Shocks

Factory Rear Electric locker

Active Traction Control (A-TRAC) - Factory

A-TRAC Hack (Allows use of A-TRAC and Rear Diff Lock at the same time on older FJC's)

VSC Disable Mod

Rear Locker Anytime Mod


ARMOR:

ARB Front Winch Bumper w/Warn CE XD-9000 Winch

Warn Rear Bumper

OEM Rock Rails

All-Pro Skid Plates (Front, Transmission, Transfer Case, and Rear Diff)

Self fabricated rear control arm forward mount armor.

Self fabricated rear control arm armor. (Encase factory control arms in 304 SS tubing.)


Communications:

Kenwood TM-D710 Dual Transceiver Radio w/APRS (GMRS/FRS Capable)

Yaesu FT-857D Multi-Band (2M to 80M) HF Tranceiver w/ATAS-120 Screwdriver Antenna (GMRS/FRS and 11M Capable)

Uniden CB w/Firefly antenna on a Bandi mount

SPOT Messenger


NAVIGATION:

Garmin GPSMap 478 Chartplotter

Garmin GPSMap 60Cx

APRS linked with GPSMap 478 Chartplotter

HP Pavillion Laptop (on RAM Mount) linked with GPSMap 478 Chartplotter for running Delorme 6.0, TOPO 4.0, and Google Earth (when available).


ILLUMINATION

(4 ea) PIAA 510's facing forward on roof rack.

(2 ea) PIAA HID RS800 9-Inch Shock Lamps on Front Bumper

Hella Fog Light on each side of roof rack for side illumination.

(2 ea) Rear facing Hella fog lights for rear illumination.

(6 ea) Peanut lights on undercarriage for rock lights.

Red LED inside dome light conversion for night vision protection.

Hi/Lo HID headlight conversion.


MISCELLANEOUS:

Twin VIAIR 480 Compressor System w/2 Gallon Air Tank

Dirty Parts Dual Battery System

Odyssey PC-1700 MJT Primary Battery

Dual Optima Yellow-Top Batteries for additional juice.

50 Quart ARB Frig-Freeze

10 lb Self Made CO2 System

ARB X-Jack

Molly Rear Cargo Barrier w/Gun Rack

7 Trumpet Train Horn and Alarm System

Blue Sea Lighting Control System controlling all exterior lighting.

ARB Safari Snorkel

Scan-GuageII Engine Monitoring Computer

Oil-less MAF Engine Air Intake Filter

Internal On-Dash Video Camera Mount for awesome action footage.

Self-Fabricated Gear Storage Box (POW-MIA)