What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

It's good stuff, just clean the boot best you can to get a good base seal. Maybe use some rubbing alcohol to get any oils off. It's easy to apply. Use it as a backup on my airbag connections.

 

What bushings are these?

 

they look like the ones from energy suspension

 

even though the ones in this picture are red, here is a link to the full bushing kit for your truck.

$103 ENERGY SUSPN Energy Suspension 8.4109G Body Mount Set-Reg, Access & Dbl Cab

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G1X9ZA6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Winter interior detail . Lubed Uni-balls ,sprayed some more Krown into the tail gate . Cleaned up rocker panels ,wiped steel bumper down with Krown along with the Dakar leafs .

 

What's the purpose to upgrade these? lol

 

The factory body mount bushing are crap and wear out and get "squishy" over time. Increased offroading will wear them out quicker. These are a firmer replacement for them and make the body not move as much at the point of the frame attachment. There are six points of contact between the frame and the truck body. 3 on the driver side and 3 on the passenger side. the front 2 of them are for the radiator mount up front, the middle 2 are right behind the wheels, and the rear 2 are at the back of the cab.

 

Yes, they're ES 8.4109 kit. They come in black or red. I dont think I really remember choosing a color, but I got red and it is what it is lol.

The colors!

Yea, some of the oem bushings are in bad shape. @dpele check the thread on radiator support bushings on here and you'll see some really torn up bushings with as little as 60k miles. I have 156k on mine and thought it was a worthy replacement. The front 2 bushings take about an hour to swap out.

 

Does this make the truck ride extra rough on the street?

 

It will be a little stiffer yes, but the body mount bushings are just a small part of the ride quality. Your suspension is about 90 % of the ride quality.

 

Everyone is going to have their own level of sensitivity. But in general, if you're changing out to a firmer durometer, it'll transfer more vibrations. Swap just the radiator support bushings and it won't be as noticeable compared to changing all 6 bushings.
You can still buy oem if you want to change out your bushings but not go to Energy Suspension. I don't think you'll hear anyone stating they regret the ES swap though.

 

Lol.....be careful......now that you have "red" on the truck, you are more likely to get pulled over....lol

 

Thank you!

 

In for the details here myself, I found a link on Rough country's website, but it looks like they are for 3rd gen only. Did you just get these and it turned out they fit 2nd gen as well? Do you have the fold flat passenger seat?

https://www.roughcountry.com/toyota-tacoma-neoprene-seat-cover-set-91031c.html

 

No ,I replaced all my bushings with Energy Suspension bushings when Toyota swapped out my frame . No labor charge

 

Decided to dip my Toyota emblem. Like it a lot better blackout! Not a big fan of the chrome.

 

Does taking it for a nice cruise count?

will be for sale here soon as well!

 

While I was replacing ball joints today I noticed a crack on one of my spindles. It was an easy fix and I’m glad I noticed it.

 

Replaced LCA and acquired a new dent.

 

Gonna fix the dent yourself?