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Originally Posted by Venka93 View Post
That’s an interesting suggestion. I always heard only the good things about these poly body mounts. I’ll be putting the body on frame on Monday. I’ll have to stop by the Toyota dealer to see if they have the oem mounts in stock. Is it just the rougher ride with poly mounts? Also where did you apply the grease?

And yeah, honestly the whole frame swap would save a ton of time if the new frame has all those little parts like brake/fuel lines, good suspension, etc. Mine came off of a 2wd so I had to deal with a couple extra headaches.


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I think the end game is important. is this a daily or trail rig?

if my 97 was a pure trail rig I would not care at all.

when I did my frame swap on the 97 I went all poly on the entire truck(almost). rack, body, rear all have poly. front uca, lca are brand new OEM .

I coated the entire bushing outside and inside with special bushing lube. the stuff that comes with the other bushing kits. provided by energy suspension. I got a stack of them one time from somebody so I had extra. I don't think the body mounts came with any lube, can't remember specifically.

it's kind of hard to explain but I will try to make a comparison that makes sense? With the steering rack poly it feels nice and tight. OEM rack bushing always felt kind of mushy to me.

the body mounts seem to give more suspension feedback IMO. this is ok but when it gets cold I get way more feedback that I bargained for. it's like you can feel each and every bump/crack. Any suspension gets stiffer in very cold weather.

the OEM body mounts are a lot more money but in this case because I live in a cold place I think it's worth the mushy feeling.

I know I'm kind of nick picking but maybe body mounts should be mushy?

I also know the formulation of the poly is vital to the application. maybe? the poly body mounts should be softer? totally possible the people who originally did the energy kit lived in a nice warm place?

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