Project· Vehicle Systems· Aug 31, 2026
FJ Cruiser
Follow our journey of building our 2010 FJ Cruiser from stock to fully capable.
Field Log · Est. Colorado
BUILD IT.
BREAK IT. DOCUMENT IT.
An open journal of fabrication, overland systems, software, and everything learned in the space between engineering and dirt.
N 39.7392° · W 104.9903°· ELEV 12,183 FT· 2010 FJ CRUISER· CHASSIS 04 · REV B· ROOFTOP TENT · MOD 12· SAN JUAN RANGE· MOAB · CO · UTN 39.7392° · W 104.9903°· ELEV 12,183 FT· 2010 FJ CRUISER· CHASSIS 04 · REV B· ROOFTOP TENT · MOD 12· SAN JUAN RANGE· MOAB · CO · UT
Journey by the numbers
Miles, nights, and revisions.
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01 · Disciplines
Where software meets steel.
Some builds are welded. Some are written. Most are both.
Fabrication
Sleeping platforms, drawer systems, mounts, brackets, and the mistakes that got us here.
Electronics
12V power, dual battery, lighting, sensors — designed with a software engineer's habits.
Mapping & Data
Trail logs, GPS traces, offline stacks, and small tools that make trips easier.
Overland Systems
Recovery, cooking, water, storage — refined trip by trip on the FJ Cruiser platform.
02 · Current builds
From the workbench.
What we've been working on lately — the cornerstone builds, plus the newest projects, trips, and trails as they're published.
Latest published
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