Recent content by maxdef

This looks great! The Colorado backdrop always helps too ;) Is there any chance you could measure the hub to fender distances on front and rear? I've never had OEM measurements so I'm using what I can to guide my impending coil purchase. It looks like you have a little rake, which I want to...

I found the front drains end behind the side foot well covers (covers the wiring on the drivers side), and they drain out from the body and not the frame. The rears go down behind the storage cubby/subwoofer spot and opposite side near the gas cap area, with those terminating further down into a...

I've had what sounds similar to yours- a whine around 55-65 that is matched to pressing the gas. I hear it often of course, and I've been suspicious it's somewhat related to the exhaust, perhaps at the y-pipe to catback junction. I ordered a new donut gasket but the old one appears pretty fused...

You got your car inspected by the famed CarCareNut?? I'm jealous! I'd love to have him give mine a once over to laugh at the insanity but also give more insight than any of my past shop experiences that treat "toe and go" as a guiding principle for everything. Any idea what caused the wheel...

Agreed. I came across this a few months back researching various internals and this is easily a top 3 video. Just the right amount of snark too!

I removed the diff drop spacers, which was quite a task since one of them was stuck on a swollen bolt shaft. I eventually removed the whole arm and then just smacked the bolt out which took about 5 minutes after having fought the spacer for over an hour. Why do I do the things I do... For some...

I'll have to try out a pry test of my 5yr old LCA bushings. I had changed outer tie rods and 1 inner last year but they were fine to begin with (though I do have a creak when turning at low speed for the moment I swapped that ITR lol). The entire rack is only ~5yrs old with ~30k on-road miles so...

While having to retorque the nut on the long bolt is a pain, maybe you can inspect the outside face of the aft bushings. I was able to see tearing which is what started me down the path. (Yes, this is the front bushing, but it was a clear pic) Ultimately, these arms are solid but from the day...

Happy to help! Yea either kind will work. Out of curiosity, how did you wear yours out and also determine they needed swapping?

Sounds like you're better situated than I was! I was trying to be gentle on the painted finish before realizing I will never do this again. I used the OEM toyota bushings (48632-60040), as the Dobinson's option was out of stock. I had done a bunch of measurement checks with the arms installed...

I recently did this job. You'll likely find that Dobinsons sells the replacement bushings that may or may not be out of stock, but the OEM Toyota option exists as well. I haven't put up my experience on this site yet, but I'm happy to answer any questions. It is not a fun job- not having a...

I finally tracked my steering wander to worn UCA bushings, with one inner portion separated enough I could push it out by hand! I have new bushings but it's been difficult trying to separate the bushing flange from the UCA enough to use a bearing splitter/press. Crikeymike do you have any tips...

Electrical is not my area of expertise so I just want to say "thanks!" for the completeness of your post and solution. You've powered through some good stuff over the past year or so and it's breathed life into what seems like a dying forum.

Front bumper bracket - 5214635050. I think it just helps with support and shape. 52146-35050 Genuine Toyota Part

Ralph, I'm not sure why you started another thread about this.. It was explained in your other thread that the "verifying you are human.." check is from Cloudflare, which is a very widely used service for cutting down on bad traffic to websites. This has been the norm on this site ever since...