Recent content by Rambo3500

I actually don’t mind the name Ngl……rolls off the tongue!

Don’t worry I’m not dumping my 4Runner for a Versa! But I have an urge to see how much of a stonkin under invoice deal I can wig up on the “last econobox standing”. Mind you, this would be sort of an impulse/vanity/treat myself buy because I want a manual transmission vehicle to go along with...

If you plan to do any off-roading in your truck and aren’t just going for looks, they are freaking JUNK!!!!!! Chinesium garbage (literally made in ********** CHINA) that I’ve had to replace twice now in the span of less than 30k miles. Bushings developed play on the first set, and now the...

Glad I have my 2018 and plan on keeping it forever. I hate the fact that every car nowadays is a rolling smartphone. My phone can already do all the Apple CarPlay crap when I’m safely stopped and I don’t need to be read text messages or be constantly connected when I’m driving. At least the...

Haha. Seems that way! They were quite knowledgeable over the phone and I definitely prefer made in Australia over China so I’m optimistic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ordered the Nolathanes and my shop is going to install/align. Here’s to hoping these are truly set and forget (aside from greasing zerks) UCA’s that will hold up on all my wanders!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I’ll need a shop to install them and I don’t know of any that install parts they don’t sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nah this is just companies getting away with crap because they can. There’s more than enough of a market for folks who need UCA’s for their lifts and who don’t want/can’t pull them apart for maintenance aside from pumping grease into a zerk. I don’t buy that for a second. Hopefully more folks...

Deciding between Dirt King, TC and Icons. I still don’t give these companies a pass for selling cheaply made crap though. With all the modern engineering tech in 2022 there should be no reason they can’t engineer a maintenance free UCA with ball joints and bushings that last at least 50k miles...

Great videos! Aftermarket UCA’s were needed in my case due to 3” of lift, but my goal is also as little maintenance as possible (don’t have my own garage or space to rip them apart for greasing and what not) so I may just have to budget for bushings and ball joints being more frequent wear items...

Are Total Chaos any better? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Man there must be a lot of non-off roaders who would’ve been better with a puck lift out there! Shame that more people don’t use their runners for what they were designed for. Maybe then the market would shift away from producing Chineseum grade rubbish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update: it was the ball joint. Shop said they used to be flawless up until around ‘14 when they changed the design and now apparently they’ve been getting more complaints from people running SPC’s. Getting a credit towards Icons and will grease them religiously. Hopefully this solves my UCA...

Glad to see I’m not the only one. This topic should be elevated in the 4runner community so folks who off-road in their runners know to stay far away from SPC junk!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk