Where's them Rusted Frames

You can get new shocks (they actually aren't a strut, although most call them that) your springs would be fine with that few miles on them. Mine have 235k km and are fine. They aren't sagging or broken, not much can go wrong with a coil spring. Don't pay dealer that much for a simple spring compression and removal of 2 shocks.

 

Just got off the phone with the Dealership, my truck is done. I'll pick it up in the morning.
Other than the muffler and the shocks, that I requested them to do, no other uncovered parts needed. that's about all I know at this time

 

Lots of good posts these few days.
It's good to see the ball rolling with these replacements.
I was told about a week more, last week.
I have 1 tech doing my swap and I pity him. My undercarriage was completely rotted and assume the bolts are gonna be in worse shape.

 

Was just wondering how much did you pay for your shocks?

 

I'll let you know tomorrow after I pick it up

 

Thanks, hopefully I'll get my Taco tomorrow or Saturday.

 

My dealership called me around 5 today to tell me my truck was done, no uncovered parts. which i find hilarious as i know for a fact that there were some replaced and broken bolts, and my swaybar weld nuts were cut out and replaced with SAE hardware. but i guess ill see when i get it back.

 

I am wicked happy! Just picked up my truck from the dealership. Looks good, rides good, drives true down the highway. Seems to sit a bit higher and rides stiffer.
Long list of covered parts, nuts, bolts, brackets, hangers, new spare tire carrier. Bunch of nuts and bolts that had to be shipped over from Japan.
My costs were for replacing the rear shocks for 162.00, NO labor. Replace the muffler and tail pipe for $830, $705 for parts and $125.00 for labor. $54.23 for tax. Both requested by me.
Driving through the lot I counted 20 new frames awaiting replacement. I was told the two technicians are getting the job done in one day, as Toyota is paying the dealer 40 Hours for the job, the dealer has to be making a small fortune.

 

Picked mine up this morning, not super pleased, but oh well. They left the power steering resivior open, so the fluid spilled everywhere when I left. Had to get that topped up. Noticed something dangling when I parked at work, the tag lights and 7 pin harness didn't get plugged back in. There's also a new shake in the steering wheel that wasnt present before, although I'm not sure if that's mechanical or not yet. Other than that all seems well, they replaced the swayabr hardware and the busted stud for the recovery bar without charge, so I'll call it even unless I find more things later.

 

You should be concern about the shake. Take it back as soon as possible

 

Yeah, not much I can do about it until Monday because of my work schedule. I'll be going through the truck tonight and checking all of the hardware and components

 

That doesn't sound too good. I hope they get you fixed up.

 

Steering wheel shake seemed to just be a tire inflation or wear thing, it's fine now. However, they also forgot to plug the goddamn foglights back in.

 

I'm worried what else the techs overlooked during reassembly...Maybe Toyota can offer a extended warranty to cover future problems you may encounter due to the swap.

 

The dealership already has a 24 month unlimited mileage warranty on all the work they did, so I'm not terribly concerned with that. I will be calling them today or Monday and letting them know they goofed.

 

I picked my 2009 Tacoma up yesterday. They did an excellent job!

 

My old frame

 

Here's my report from the Toyota Owners website;

9/29/17

REPLACED REAR SHOCKS, NO LABOR CHARGE DUE TO OVERLAP
REPLACED REAR SHOCKS, NO LABOR CHARGE DUE TO OVERLAP ~|~REPLACE REAR SHOCKS ~|~ ~|~129307 REPLACED REAR SHOCKS

Parts
Name Part # QTY
ABSORBER ASSY, SHOCK 48530A9340 2
CUSTOMER PAY

2
9/29/17

REPLACED LEAKING MUFFLER
REPLACED LEAKING MUFFLER ~|~REPLACE LEAKING MUFFLER ~|~

Parts
Name Part # QTY
PIPE ASSY, EXHAUST T 174300P010 1
GASKET, EXHAUST PIPE

$30 174510A010 Toyota Genuine Exhaust Pipe Gasket

174510A010 1
SPRING, COMPRESSION 9008050392 2
BOLT 9008010291 2
CUSTOMER PAY

3
9/29/17

2005-2008 REPLACEMENT AND INSTALL BODY PLUGS-4WD
2005-2008 REPLACEMENT AND INSTALL BODY PLUGS-4WD ~|~FRAME FAILED WAITING ON PARTS ~|~TECHNICIAN VERIFIED RUST PERFORATION. REPLACED FRAME AS DESCRIBED PROGRAM ~|~129307 REPLACED FRAME

Parts
Name Part # QTY
COMMON REPLACEMENT K 0400171104 1
JPN SOURCE PARTS KIT 0400171304 1
JPN SOURCE PARTS KIT 0400171504 1
USA SOURCE PARTS KIT 0400171604 1
USA SOURCE PARTS KIT 0400171804 1
BRAKE TUBE KIT 1 0400172104 1
BRAKE TUBE KIT 4 0400172404 1
FRAME SUB-ASSY 0400176604 1
TUBE, RR BRAKE, NO.3 4732304160 1
TUBE, RR BRAKE, NO.4 4732404120 1
TUBE, RR BRAKE, NO.5 4732504170 1
TUBE, RR BRAKE, NO.6 4732604140 1
ARM SUB-ASSY, SUSPEN 4806804040 1
ARM SUB-ASSY, SUSPEN 4806904040 1
COMMON REPLACEMENT K 0400654104 1
PLUG, HOLE KIT 0400718135 1
RING, DRIVE SHAFT SN 4342504040 2
BUMPER, RR SPRING 4834104100 2
CARRIER ASSY, SPARE 5190035410 1
WIRE, SKID CONTROL S 8951604040 1
WIRE, SKID CONTROL S 8951604090 1
BOLT, W/WASHER 90119A0151 2
BOLT, W/WASHER 90119A0193 2
NUT 9017908241 4
CLAMP 90469A0004 3
WARRANTY PAY

4
9/29/17

2005-2008 MY VEHICLE RENTAL 1-30DAYS
2005-2008 MY VEHICLE RENTAL 1-30DAYS ~|~LOANER DURING SPECIAL ORDER AND REPAIRS ~|~RENTAL 1-30 DAYS 44DAYS TOTAL

Parts
Name Part # QTY
WARRANTY PAY

 

I made an appointment to bring my truck back to the dealer for later on this week. Over the weekend I discovered the fog lights are unplugged, going to let them fix this, after replacing the brake lines and fluid the brakes are soft, again I'll let them take care of this. I also chastised them about giving the truck back to me being filthy rotten dirty, greasy hand prints on the hood, rusty, greasy dirty hand prints on the bed. Told him I know you must have someone working there who's job it is to wash cars, after a job like this you should have it done. He said "Ya, we've had a few complaints about that"