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Recent upgrade to a 2014 TDR - brake & rust question

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Bdat, Dec 18, 2023.

  1. Dec 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM
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    Bdat

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    Any guidance on how to search for ones they will fit and are decent? I gave it a go, and am not sure this will fit or is any good ha

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/upper-and-shocks-and-skid.775996/
     
  2. Dec 19, 2023 at 9:11 PM
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    I am from the midwest, so rarely see undercarriages without some rust. We just deal with it. Those lower control arms look fine. They are solid steel. A little surface rust will not compromise their integrity. Just cut out the seized cam bolts, remove arm and replace bushings and ball joints and cam bolts. $200 in parts for both sides if you can do the work yourself. Coil springs are likely fine, so just new struts for around $150/pair. Seeing surface rust on the control arms does not necessarily mean everything is siezed up, if that was the mechanics approach. Seized cam bolts does NOT warrant a.$6000 front end swap. You just replace those bolts along with the bushings they are seized inside of. Just did this the’11 i just bought. Cam bolt sets were $40 and bushings $20.

    need to be careful with dealers. Every minor issue results in a multi thousand dollar bill. Usually intended to make their job easier and parts bill higher. Imagine our host had a software bug on this system. He would likely hire an IT guy for several days or weeks to find and fix it. Dealers answer would be to purchase an updated copy of the software and just reinstall. Requires a much lower skill set and greatly increases revenue. Good for dealer, not so good for our host. Try to find competent and honest independent mechanics that will fix what is wrong and not be motivated to drive profitability of a parts department.
     
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