What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

This thread delivers!

 

Fun fact: that was supposed to be my calendar submission.

 

Anyone still alive in here...

 

uhh...drove it to work. and then home.

also got notification from URD that several boxes are on their way to my house...

 

its for the recycle bin, get rid of it, thats what i did.

 

What did I do today, drove it to and from work. Passed a 3rd gen in second gear to piss him off. jammed to some good tunes. anyone have names for their rig? i know i do.... lets hear them...

 

So I have an idea and figure I should thow a feeler out there and see what people think.
I bought a set of used OEM lower control arms so I could swap the bushing out with energy suspension bushings, then swap out the control arms on the truck so there was less down time. This was all fine and dandy untill I got frustrated and mangled one of the inner sleeves.... I'm sure I'm not the only one that's done this and then not been able to find replacement sleeves.
So on to the idea part...
I work in a machine shop so I was just going to make 1 new one to replace my mangled one and be done with it, but I thought "what if I make a bunch of them and sell them so other people don't have to deal with the headache?".
Also, I came up with a new design for them that will make installation a lot easier.
So anyone have some feedback?

 

lets see your idea, pricing, manufacture time, shipping

 

This idea happened like 18 hours ago, so I haven't had time to figure all that up yet.

I'm really just trying to figure out if this idea is even worth pursuing. I'm also worried there may be some pattent infringement.

 

And you're not shipping yet?!

 

Maybe a long shot...

Does anyone know the weight of an OEM rear bumper plus hitch?

 

The bare bumper (no mounting brackets or hitch) is about 36 pounds.

 

Nope not yet lol. I made 1 last night to see if it would work and it did (kinda). Just need to tweak the design a bit and get the design out of my head and onto paper before I can get a real quote on how much they'll cost to make and how much i could sell them for. I'm guessing 3-4 days before I have a concrete price on manufacturing, shipping, and lead time.

 

Cheaper and easier to just buy Whiteline poly bushings.

Those energy suspension setups that reuse the sleeves are junk.

 

Well that's a start. Thanks.

 

Junk because of the bushing itself or junk because of reusing the old sleeve(s)?

 

Whelp, that's it I guess.... pack it in...

My hitch is about 45lbs.

 

Sweet. Thanks again.

 

Junk because reusing the sleeves makes it significantly harder than it needs to be.

Whitelines are a direct fit, and cost like $70. No-brainer compared to the energy suspension set.

 

Damn it is dead in here.