3rd gen love, 5th gen junk?

[Crinale]

Because of its resemblance to the rx300 it looks kinda funny lifted :P [img width=800 height=532]http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/4x4-vehicles/219942d1257158366-took-fortuner-offroading-through-outback-fortuner-mod.jpg[/img]

[YotaFun]

Because of its resemblance to the rx300 it looks kinda funny lifted :P [img width=800 height=532]http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/4x4-vehicles/219942d1257158366-took-fortuner-offroading-through-outback-fortuner-mod.jpg[/img]

That looks sexy!
Manual hubs too, Sweet!!!

[Seanz0rz]

i want one so bad now...

[Crinale]

i want one so bad now...

I wouldn't mind them importing here.. It is a good looking vehicle.

[CJM]

Ive found any car these days isnt quite built as well, but toyota imho isnt as good as it once was at all.

235k and very few problems that I didnt create (lol) and my T100 still chugs along. If I wanted to buy an suv a 2nd or 3rd gen 4Runner is what I would want.

[KZN185W]

true.. the current model playdo 150 series is having body cracks. I just hope the 5th gen 4Runners (N285 series) won't have the same issues:
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...r-guards/page2

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Ive found any car these days isnt quite built as well, but toyota imho isnt as good as it once was at all.

235k and very few problems that I didnt create (lol) and my T100 still chugs along. If I wanted to buy an suv a 2nd or 3rd gen 4Runner is what I would want.
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[Robinhood4x4]

One thing I've noticed about the 5th gen is that it seems like they have better ground clearance than my 4th gen. My 4th gen is really low.

[paddlenbike]

It is a problem on both the 120 (4th gen) and 150 (Prado/4Runner) chassis.
http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj-cruiser/2...der-crack.html

[4x4mike]

I believe it is a problem on the FJ's as well. They showed up first and IIRC Toyota turned their head. There isn't much FJ traffic on Pirate but more than a year ago it was talked about at length.

Think about the pismo trips and the fender problems the FJ's have. This year was that maroon one and a couple of years ago it was that blue All Pro one. Jumping doesn't help but they don't hold up. My inner fenders make a lot of noise and I'm sure it's from jumping, I'm just lucky and haven't found any cracks.

[4x4mike]

I guess it starts as a bulge.

I thought this was funny. It's from 2008.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...er-bulges.html

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forum...body-rips.html

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...ng-advice.html

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyot...nt-buy-fj.html