Ran into a few snags that held me up. Fed Ex lost my emergency last minute parts packages twice. Toyota sold me two left tie rods and I didn't notice until I was putting them on at 6 pm on a Saturday. There was a nut on the passenger side lower steering rack that was supposed to be welded to the frame, but wasn't. So when I tried to loosen the nut on the other side to slide out the cam bolts, it just spun. There was no way to secure it because it was tucked up inside the subframe. The nut I could access had green loctite on it and was a bear to get off even after I could secure the backside. I ended up having to cut a small hole to get a box end on it so I could get the other loctited nut off.

It felt like someone had issues here and did a "won't have to deal with this for a long time" kinda fix on it.

It took longer than expected but I finally got it done. Fixed the minor body damage from the ball joint accident as well.

As soon as my friend that welds is free we are going to install the ARB and Warn 10k winch. Weld the broken weld nut, and reweld the small hole I cut to get the wrench in.

Overall it was quite an extensive project but I learned a lot about third gens. Thankfully my awesome girlfriend was able to lend a hand and drive me around while I had this thing torn apart.

It definitely sits a bit higher now! But the ride is so smooth and nice. A thousand times better than it was before. My old suspension/steering was definitely tired. Got her aligned no issue. And now have put over 1,000 miles on the new suspension. Definitely recommend the OME and Bilstein 5100 combo. Do all your sway bar links and bushings too while you're at it. Mine were all toast.

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