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Upper Control arms and older shocks for 1st gen Tacoma

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Capedog, Oct 18, 2022.

  1. Oct 18, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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    Capedog

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    I’m thinking about purchasing these control arms and the guy that’s selling them says there spc but to me they look like total chaos, can someone help me? And would anyone know what approximate year these coilovers are from?upload_2022-10-18_13-20-45.jpgupload_2022-10-18_13-19-55.jpg
     
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    treyus30

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    They look more like Camburg to me and it all looks pretty rough. Hope you're not spending much more than a couple hundred bucks
     
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    I wouldn't spend a penny on the coilovers, they're a low tier coilover that aren't worth the price to rebuild... and they definitely need a rebuild.
     
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  4. Oct 18, 2022 at 2:26 PM
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    those definitely aren't SPCs. SPC uses a ball joint style arm, those are uniball. Probably Total Chaos are Camburg like mentioned above. Or they might be cheap knockoffs. If you buy them then be prepared to replace the Uniballs
     
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    Can see the engraved marking on top near the coil bucket.
     
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    yeah those are Toytec Boss coilovers with the reservoirs, but it's an older style of them. Probably 5+ years old at least? I don't remember if Toytec are rebuildable or not. If not then I would definitely not consider that older used set that looks like it's been through the ringer.
     
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  7. Oct 18, 2022 at 3:13 PM
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    That link is to the newer Aluma series which are rebuildable and manufactured by Elka.

    Not sure if the older model are rebuildable but agree they look in rough shape
     
  8. Oct 18, 2022 at 3:15 PM
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    I would stay away
     
  9. Oct 18, 2022 at 5:24 PM
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    Ok thank you guys, definitely made the decision a lot easier
     
  10. Oct 18, 2022 at 10:12 PM
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    Too many trucks and mods to list.. check builds
    i dont think they're even rebuild able
     

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