Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

Exactly, hopefully never by myself

 

yuuup

 

No track, so no running.

 

Alright, so I think I need a new outer Tie rod on the drivers side. Kicking the tire shows very slight wobble vs the passenger side which has a nice used known good TRE from Tate on it. The boot also looks questionable. I'm getting vibes from the front left on the highway and don't wanna go 'kachow' at 70mph. Tell me why I shouldn't get heims? PRG's set isn't much more than a couple vatozone or even Toyota OEM replacement ends. Only thing I can think of is they aren't sealed so they'd require a little more maintenance after wheeling/winter.
https://www.prgproducts.com/product-page/toyota-tacoma-fj-4runner-heimtie-rod-end

Discuss.

 

dont think its a bad idea at that price tbh since ones at autozone is like 70? for one cant remember when i did both on my grey truck.

 

Do it

 

50-60 range.

 

@Sociopenguin any words of wisdom from the abyss?

 

ya the price comparison aint bad tbh just more maintenance and upkeep

 

Hmm... Can't seem to checkout or get ahold of PRG via phone. Internet says their customer service is terrible to boot. How do companies like this stay in business?

 

Welp, LT thread says not to go Heim unless you run a double shear setup, so scratch that. Maybe I'll do the double shear one day, but I need TREs now, so I pulled them up at Adam's Toyota and they are on sale, $106 for the pair and done.

 

Good price. Didn't know about the double shear thing

 

Road salt?

I dunno, sounds cool.

Do it.

 

Heims and winter probably arent gonna mix well.
There are covers that are available ive seen but heims and uniballs are something i generally will tell people to avoid on a DD around here. But hey, fuck it, if its worth doing it worth going OBAF.

 

I've heard if you oil them before you start your truck, they're fine.

 

ran uni ball uppers on my grey truck for years with zero issues. just had to keep them clean and oil them which was a pain but overall they were great.

 

Great points, but also adding to what I was trying to put down.....if very regular maintenance isn't your thing.....

 

valid point if you want the set it and forget it then uniballs or even any higher end shock wont be something you want on a daily since maintenance or rebuilds. buuuuut ill most likely do it again lmao

 

Today's headline story of the day........

https://www.foxnews.com/health/illi...urrito-event-northwestern-university-students

 

maaan not the dollar burritos!