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Chris from SPC emailed me this afternoon and followed up with a phone call. Very nice guy!! He is going to send me the replacement kit, which includes 4 bushings, 4 sleeves, 4 washers, and 2 nuts. I appreciate their great customer service and willingness to make it right. It's what we would...

I bought and installed them late spring / early summer last year. So they are of the latest design and did not come with inside washers. Everything was installed correctly. Sleeves were inside the bushings. Grease was applied. Nuts were torqued to spec. Yes, the bushing is a goner. It's...

Hi Superman, thanks for the tips and observations! I went and got the washer and nut from a local dealer yesterday. When i got there, the long bolt almost backed all the way out from one side and was barely holding one of the bushings! Had to borrow a wrench and use my breaker bar to knock it...

Sorry guys, I haven't been on here for a long time. Yes, I still have the running boards.

I'm glad I found this thread! I've been having loud clunking/popping noise at the front end for a while. It started a few months ago, but it was not so pronounced. I thought it was the tie rods and lower ball joints, which I replaced when I had to replace the CV axles a few months ago. CV's...

And changed out diff & TC fluid and greased all the zerks - why not if the truck was already on jack stands :)

Thanks guys. Pressed the old ones out and new ones in with O'Reilly/Autozone rental press and a correct sized spacer from Harbor Freight. Good to go :)

Moogs are $21.79 each on Rockauto. You can rent the ball joint press kit from either Autozone or O'Reilly. None of the 3 spacers that come with the kit will work, however. When pressing the old ball joint out, you will need a spacer that's between the 2 larger ones in the rental kit. One...

Replaced mine with Cardone Select a couple of weeks ago. Will see how they hold up ....

Thanks for the quick reply. That makes sense! No wonder all stealers say the ball joints only come with the LCA as a unit! Wonder why Toyota changed the design - it seems the older ones are a lot easier to service. I guess the next question would be is there a thread on here on changing out...

Hi guys, I know there are a number of threads on the installation of lower ball joints. I am really liking spongerx's tutorial http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/103217-lower-ball-joint-removal-installation.html As you can see in his first picture, which is of the new part - it came...

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Thanks guy! Those are Level 8 Tracker's 17x8.5 w/ 4.5 backspacing and -6 offset

Did you paint it too? haha, J/k! Looks awesome! I like what you've done and love the pickup! Congrats!

These came off of a 2006 Sports Edition and are in great condition. No hardware included. $150 plus shipping. Local pick up Phoenix metro area, AZ.