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

Don't the LR UCA's have a warranty?

 

It has a limited lifetime warranty but it has to be installed by a professional shop. I had mine installed by a local guy here who does work at a shop but it was done under the table (TW member discount)

 

That sucks man. I wonder why they all went bad

 

I scratched mine yesterday with my creeper..
Its down to metal.... so time for touch up paint and buff..

 

They said that the LCA joints were probably bad which stressed out the UCA joints and caused them to go bad. I found out that you can get replacement ball joints for both the upper and lower control arms so I'm working on finding some. I messaged a member on here who has a local fab shop to see what he thinks. Those UCA's are barely over a year old which pisses me off. We'll see what happens, all I know is that I'm not paying the $1500 I was quoted to fix them.

 

I'll dabble....



Will be replacing the rear seats with two more in the near future, as well.

 

Over the past 2 days I've removed the Tacoma badges on the side, removed the Toyota badge on the tailgate and plasti-dipped the Tacoma badge so it matches the TRD on the tailgate, Plasti-dipped the grille emblem and replaced the dome and map lights with white LED's.
It's not much but it's a start.

 

Got my SMITTYBILT NERF steps today and s=installed it. WOW I love the way it looks on my truck..

 

Those are sweet! Where did you get them?

 

Changed spark plugs and cleaned throttle body.

 

ha I saw that coming!

 

You can get new lower control arms with new ball joints and new bushings for around $80 each off eBay, shipping included. They are made by Febest and seem to be good quality. I have not installed mine yet, but a buddy of mine has and they've been fine for the past 8 months or so even with quite a bit of wheeling. We both drive FJ Cruisers, but I believe the front suspension is the same for a Tacoma.... Just an FYI, the stock lower ball joint is insanely hard to remove from the lower control arm.

Here's some links:

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=321363529423&alt=web

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=321363080329&alt=web

 

Thanks for the info! I have found replacement ball joints for my Light Racing UCA's for $58.75 each and a local guy here who can replace them. Gonna have him replace the lower ones as well as soon as I get all the info. I'll look into these though. I do have an extended warranty on my truck though through my bank so I'm gonna call next week and see what they say cause it might be covered and I'll only have to pay for the UCA ball joints since they're aftermarket.

 

Check toytec. you can buy a replacement ball joint for your LC UCA for $59 each. on sale, usually $69. You might check headstrong offroad too. They have some great prices.

 

wheelersoffroad has them for $58.75 each

 

Pure Sex! Looks damn good!

 

Plus shipping which is who knows lol, they need to update their website to give shipping quotes

 

Why? They can quote shipping over the phone if you want a quote.

 

Installed the Gates locking fuel cap. Not check engine light either.

 

x2 call Dan