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A Rack Upgrade for Everyone : The Baja Rack FJ Cruiser basket

Written by Taft Babbitt

Everyone loves a great roof rack! To be classified as a great rack, it needs both form and function. Unfortunately, the stock FJ Cruiser rack has form, but falls short in functionality. The stock rack adds to the cosmetic appeal of the FJ but the design of it lacks full functionality, specifically in the front half of the rack.

Lucky for us, BajaRack out of Vista California, has created a great looking and fully functional solution that won’t break the bank. BajaRack offers a modified version of The Mule rack specifically for the FJ Cruiser OEM rack. The rack is light, easy to install, and looks great. The BajaRack fits inside the front arms of the stock FJC rack and mounts with brackets along each side. At first, I wondered how the lines of The Mule and the stock rack would align, but once the rack was in place the lines looked great and gave my FJC a tougher, more complete and capable appearance. The airdam on the front of the BajaRack really seems like the finishing touch that the stock rack lines were missing.

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Our Storage Solutions

Written by Shane Williams

As our family grows, properly organizing the limited amount of space inside the FJ has become even more important. When it was just Angie, our two dogs and I; simply dropping the seats down and stacking everything in the truck worked fine. With our first baby on the way, we decided to do a couple of quick mods to help us stay organized.

The first is one we’ve been thinking about for quite a while. We love the storage console between the front two seats, but the open top just increases the chance of that area getting stuffed with junk. The Roll Top Cover from Industrial Forming is a very functional, great looking, inexpensive way to organize that area. We chose the non-locking Panamint aluminum model, in black to match the TRD. Installation took literally two minutes, and the new cover works perfectly. We can now keep the bare essentials in the storage console, and all the junk can find a home elsewhere. The Roll Top Cover will also function well when the little one starts jumping around the FJ (when parked, of course), since it’s designed to hold up to 160lbs.