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

Nope, I called the dealership, they only sell the complete arm with the bushing pressed in for around 250 each

 

... didnt they have them on toyota parts deal

I went energy suspention for insert type poly bushings no ragerts or squeeks just had a shitty suspention setup that made it stiff

 

I didn't check I just called my local dealer and he said they don't make them so I don't know then

 

Decided to step out and try a new high carbon steel rotor design

 

Dude those black rotors look sweet! I've always been curious to how they perform! You're awesome man, seriously. Many times you have no issue being the Guinea pig of the group to try out many 'upgrades' and you always give us the real deal on it after you do some testing and stuff.

 

I typed a big long ass message.....but it was incorrectly addressing the ball joint in the control arm
Was about to hit send and wanted to reread your post and then I saw you're talking the bushings not the ball joints.... Dammit. I think only rubber/oem style bushing is the OEM arm unfortunately

 

i thought your truck stopped pretty quick!!, quicker than mine anyways,
...will be watching the results here, i still have original rotors on mine and only once needed new brake pads, also I need to remove the calipers this year and get them powder coated so maybe put these black rotors on depending your experience with them

 

... following up from the previous day now that i downloaded the pics
my older-than-dirt 1st gen up the mountain near Vail CO for the win!
have not been up here with this truck since June 1998

 

That's why you use wood! Never gets hot, never gets cold, always looks cool. (IMO)

 

should i push my LBJs to 200k miles? 136k now
they seem fine, and were checked fine by a muffler/brake/suspension shop i had inspect them but they did not remove the wheel or anything, they are currently coated in FF

 

Those are clean as shit, wow. Where'd u get em

 

Thx man. Turned them myself.
Whenever I find a cool chunk of wood, or just get bored with the old knobs, I turn something new.

 

fuck no.

Id do them like the timing belt every 90-120k if you aren't doing a lot of offroading.

 

there are a few on TW that have pushed them to 200k so i was just curious, stock suspension no serious offroading, just high speed highway driving mostly

 

Very impressive, hats off to the quality of your craftsmanship

 

I don't think it's worth the risk having dealt with it 4-5 times myself.

And thankfully none of my failures were on a highway.

 

ok, will be something i will need to attempt to change myself this year
I have had 2 shops quote me 2.5 hrs labor to change them (roughly $300 + parts markup at 200 for each LBJ = $700 which is insane), I have read it takes nowhere near that long!

 

takes like 30min per side on average I would say. camelback toyota was the cheapest i found for the LBJ.

 

If it was me and they had zero play in them I'd keep running them. I'd want visual confirmation of this, not just someone's word though. Miles don't mean to much, mine don't last 10k. If you drive on decent roads without potholes I don't see why they couldn't make it all the way to 200k.

 

potholes galore in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa
so decent roads is a big fat negative
i was told by a Toyota mechanic that there will be warning signs with funky steering issues but what do i know!?