South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

yea was thinking that paint them green

 

Ah hell no...I think you should try to get as many different colors on your truck as you can. Kinda like the old Partridge Family short bus!!

 

Hmm. This will be interesting. I'm a strong believer in "you get what you pay for" but if they work they work. I would definitely get those welds tested though. No name aftermarket suspension parts worry me...I must be getting old.

 

might just paint them black

 

well i did see a pair in person and beleave it or not they look beefy as hell

 

I think you should paint them with that REALLY BRIGHT orange marker paint!

 

They do look beefy and I like the fact that they have zerks on the bushing.

 

Mine come in today. I did extensive research on them. T4R guys are jumping with them. 4130 chromoly and uniballs with Teflon sleeves and zerks for greasing on the mounts. Only issue is the bushings are a tad big so they have to be shaved and the hardware is grade 5 and it's got the wrong grease but that's an easy fix. I'm painting mine inferno and I'm gonna try to get @Acerwin when I'm ready to make me some black TRD Pro stickers for them

 

Jim Hudson in Irmo has always done good work to my family's Toyotas. And by that I pretty much mean one warranty replacement for a 4Runner and the 90,000 mile check for my Tacoma. If you're in Greenville, I haven't heard anything bad about Toyota of Easley... Maybe someone else can weigh in on that though

 

Will you be swapping the hardware for Grade 8 then or something else?

I've heard good things about Toyota of Easley as well...need to go by there and have them check it for the propeller shaft clunk TSB. That should really let me know how they do.

 

Yup it's too easy not to swap to grade 8

 

Yep, grade 5 would definitely scare me. I'm nerdy enough to go to Fastenal and get a couple of ASTM A490's, similar to a grade 8 but bigger head and longer shank (gets the threads out of the shear area).

 

Pheonix?

 

no seen them on a fj

 

Ftfy

 

They're here! First impression: fucking beefy and well made. Good welds. AND!!!! The hardware is grade 8

 

And it came with dust caps! I'm extremely impressed.

 

My only complaint is their packing peanuts smell good to dogs. My dumbass dog just ate a couple