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

Guessing you went with Moogs?

 

I honestly don't even know.
Told my dad my thoughts and left it up to him

 

If you took it to a shop, guessing yes.

 

The upper has a zerk fitting so I assume moog.

I don't know about the lower. And they only did one side so that's greatZ

 

I don't see a zerk.

 

not an OEM one. Its not black. Looks like a 555 probably.

 

BUT


More importantly...


DO THE OTHER SIDE ASAP!

please...








trust me.. i know.

 

Cause that's the lower.

I don't think they replaced the little hook lookin the goes from the LCA, I don't know for sure what's been replaced. I guess if it fails and I die you guys will probably end up seeing it.

 

They said they checked the other one and it was fine... I don't know.

 

You don't have to replace that part. Its fine.



But please replace the other LBJ..

 

I had the same mount on the same spot. Make sure to let it bond for a day before using it. I used the phone mount to soon and the sticky bond didn't last long. Good choice though!

 

You can send your seatbelt into be rebuilt. The name of the company is called: musings.com

I've used them quite a few times. Send the belt in on a Monday, you will have them back by Friday.

 

I really need to do this. Probably at less than 50% light transmission at this point...

 

I used the same one. Well WizGear brand. I used 3M off the back. Holding strong after 1yr 3 months.

 

Was it pretty much plug and play from the original hardware?

 

Been busy with cam tab gussets, coil bucket gussets, swapping super bumps for daystar, new OEM rack, fresh Whitline bushings, probably some other stuff, and now got some Kings to mount in the back.

IMG_0959 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

IMAG0250 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

 

So 555 is not OEM I understand... but according to two local Toyota dealers and low range off-road 555 is making those parts for the OEM replacement?

 

I can't remember how 555's business model works..but they i think do make the OEM parts. However, they still aren't the same. @Dirty Pool once explained this..maybe i can dig up the post.

 

So the dealer I use...keeping in mind I have a friend in the parts dept tells me 3 weeks or more to get OEM. He tells me they have had BO ball joints off and on since the new year, so they have been giving the option of 555 cause they are the old OEM part manufacturer. Since the parts were started to be manufactured in the US, and the uptick in new vehicles being made they couldn't keep up on the older parts? Did the ball joints change in the 1st gen to 4th gen? I know my lady's 2nd and bosses 3rd is definitely different at least visually

 

3 weeks???

You can get them from Camelback in a week or so..haha if that.

1st gen vs 2nd gen and 3rd gen LBJ design is drastically different. idk what you mean by 4th gen..

I had 555 ones on Frankenstein for about 5 months. They have a 555 stamped on them. Compared to the OEM ones i replaced them with..it was night and day difference on how the joint moved. Not even in the same league much less same ball park.