TRD Pro shock rebuild logistics

For people running rebuildable shocks,

I've been thinking about the logistics of sending my shocks out for a rebuild, and it seems kind of daunting. Downtime being the biggest issue since this truck is my daily driver. The Ford Raptor community seems to have shops that do swaps where you pay for the rebuild and they send you rebuilt shocks and you send them your "cores" for the next guy. I don't see anything like this for Tacomas.

Do people just let their trucks sit while waiting?

Finally, I live and work in the Mass/NH/Maine corridor. Even with fluid film (well, NHOU but same idea), what are the chances my shocks will even be serviceable by the time 50K miles comes along?

Thoughts from anyone who has gone through this (particularly in the salt belt) would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

You could buy a set of take offs from any 2nd or 3rd gen, bolt in for temporary. We've run spacers on factory coils while individual coil overs are warrantied, etc..

 

I have kings and I kept my stock shocks. I’ll just use those I need to. The bigger question in my mind is knowing when the shocks need a rebuild. Unless I notice an obvious leak or a lack of performance, I plan to just keep using them. It’s not clear if a rebuild is preventive maintenance that would lead to longer shock life. It might however help maintain optimal performance.

For example, if the shock loses nitrogen pressure it might degrade in performance, but it might not actually damage the shock to be used with low nitrogen pressure.

I’m not 100% sure about any of this.

 

This would be awesome if there were a similar shock-swap rebuild available. I too kept my old OR shocks for this very reason, at some point in the future, but life is so busy I don't have time to spend hours taking them off, putting old ones on, getting the rebuilt ones, replacing those, etc., It's not terribly hard but is time consuming and I'd be willing to pay a bit if I could just pay for the rebuild and send mine in..

I replaced my OR with the Pro Fox shocks about 40,000 ago, and they are still performing pretty well, but I can tell slight degradation and figure that at least by 60k I'll be ready for a rebuild.

 

To be fair, if you had non-rebuildable shocks, you would need to preform the work to replace them at some time as well. But yes it’s still more work to have to do the job twice with rebuildable shocks. It’s always less work to throw and and replace rather than repair.

 

The Raptor Fox dampers are of higher grade/quality than the Tacoma Pro Fox and the Raptor owners have a lot more money to spend.

Yeah, the truck sits or slap in a used set of stockers.

Your dampers will still be easy to service without a doubt! Will they be trailer queen brand new? Nah. Chrome doesn't get ya home.

 

I rebuild the trd pro shocks and have a spare set I could send you to avoid downtime. I’d have to see some pictures of yours first to make sure it’s a mostly even swap so neither of us downgrades. Pm me if you want more info

 

Thanks that is great to hear. I'm a little ways out from my first rebuild but I'll definitely look you up when the time comes to see if you've got a set at that point.

 

I don't know about the TRD Pro shocks, though they're just Fox so I imagine it's similar, but for my Kings I just buy the rebuild kit and then take it to a local shop who usually do it in a day for me. It's pretty easy work.

 

I've gone through a similar mental logistical game even prior to taking delivery of my truck. Found some shops that are familiar with rebuilding Fox dampeners but the down time seemed like a hassle. Also considered installing a set of cheap take offs while the Foxes were getting rebuilt but going through the removal and installation process twice would be a different type of hassle.

I think when the time comes I'll likely go aftermarket of similar quality/performance and hang on to the OEM Fox as a spare set for when the 2nd set needs rebuilding. I'm only 11k miles in and have a ways to go so I'm currently more interested in the 5k vs 10k mile OCI. I kid!

 

What size is the bushing for the eyelet of the front OEM Fox TRD pro shock? If anyone can please assist for I need to place them they are shot on mine right now.