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

@Sandman614 and I builded a spare tire lift under my bed rack. Love it!!!!

 

I upgraded my speakers over a year and a half ago but kept the stock stereo. Today I installed a new SONY head unit and WOW. It's better than night and day. It's like the surface of the sun compared to the Mariana Trench.

 

So, I read over the instructions and it's saying the holes are enlarged to .055 (with provided bit)

 

Nice! Apple CarPlay? How do you like that? Been waiting for the prices to go down before pulling the trigger on one. Worth it?

 

I cant find the bushings on the website. Got a part number anybody?

TIA gents

 

https://whitelineperformance.com/products/w53377a-bushing-kit

Prepare yourself it's a minor PITA to do because of the disassembly and siezed cams most often

 

You just need poly bushings?

http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/toyo...r-and-lower-control-arm-bushings-8-3115g.html

 

What Zane said ^^^

These are the ones that I got from Amazon. Be ready with a sawzall and some fresh metal blades in case your cams are seized to the bushings.

Whiteline W53377A Control Arm Bushing

Whiteline W53377A Control Arm Bushing, Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N9GQMT0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jXVxCbBMRM5SN

 

These work too but they're kinda a pain in the ass because they require you to burn the vulkanized OEM bushing out of it's sleeve and clean the sleeve to reuse it.

 

So the Whiteline ones replace the whole thing, sleeve and bushings as a unit? And they are poly?

 

Yeah, Whiteline makes quality poly bushings and mounts. They're a press in replacement for our control arm bushings.

 

Yep.

And pressing out the old bushings is super easy if you use the stock bottle jack:

 

My LCA's were replaced 2 years ago with rockauto LCA's. The bushings suck ass. A fellow TW member SAS'd his rig and gave me his OEM LCA's. Gonna replace the bushings with whiteline bushing and swap out my Rockauto ones. My cam bolts shouldn't be seized.


but yea, they were a pain in the dick to replace when I did them.

 

Thanks Guys!! Much appreciated

 

If I had a stock bottle jack. Truck didn't have one when I got it. Really need to buy one of those sometime.

 

both the whiteline bushing links say they don't fit my 04??

 

4 people and a whole day? No problem!

They're listed for 3rd gen 4runners, work fine on Tacomas though.

 

Thank you sir!

ORDERED!

 

My icons need this.

 

replaced my lca bushings with energy suspension. pain in the Arse pressing, burning, scraping to re use the original metal sleeve and hard ware but much better ride now!