Recent content by Trixx

Interestingly, nowhere on Toytecs instructions: https://www.toyteclifts.com/images/stories/pdf_files/10upfj4r.pdf Or anywhere on their site (granted I only spent 5 minutes looking in obvious locations) do I see ANYTHING related to necessary maintenance to keep the suspension from looking like...

I will add, due to the friction and wear in the threaded portion, it is understandable why that would rust. You have to be able to screw/unscrew and it will wear on the steel, and also capture a lot of road crap and such. The hardware and reservoirs are what my concern are. I asked if the...

There’s no reason why the rest of the underside of my truck looks fantastic and even the bilsteins, yet the Toytec look like shit. Why would the nuts on top of the shock towers need “maintenance”? Same with the reservoirs, which could easily be made of the same fantastic material my bilsteins...

Meh- somewhere in the middle lol. I was well aware, as others have mentioned here, that Toytec might be concerned about having to replace suspension for every single person with some rust. Rightfully so. That’s why I made it clear if they reimbursed me I would keep the entire issue to myself. I...

Meh - that’s why I mentioned to them if they would make it right I’d consider it a one-off issue and keep it to myself, not to be mentioned again. No interest in that, though. I wasn’t looking for like free shocks or a total refund. Just maybe a discount on replacements or a partial refund...

If anyone thinks my underside looks like it was in “excessive” conditions, please let me know...

Yeah - 130 miles is a long ways lol. When I had my F250 I lived in Corpus Christi TX and spent a winter in PA. I lived and worked 10-15 miles from the coast. Zero issues like this. So - with all this talk about maintaining, I decided to crawl under the 4Runner for an inspection, you know...

I did too - the whole premise of this thread is them doing nothing, and standing by that. Then come in here and “contact us and we’ll help you get it resolved.” ... RIGHT

My Bilsteins on my Ford F250 were as well and they were way older and treated way worse.

You are correct - they do. That being said, there’s still reasons a lot of major industrial and oil & gas companies do not allow Chinese steels. They have found their MTR’s and materials to not always be accurate. As I mentioned, I work Quality on these projects for these companies, I deal with...

No one has any clue whatsoever what those shocks you have sent have been through. I know EXACTLY what mine have been through and I posted it on here. I said when I was in snow I washed it a lot, and you blamed it on the car wash chemicals. Well, then I mentioned by “wash” I rinse with water, not...

Most projects I work purchase mass amounts of steel from all over the world. There’s usually a list of countries on the ban list for buying materials - China is usually on there.

I gave them every chance to make it right. I told them if they would do something to make it right (I was either looking for a partial refund or discounted replacement) I would consider it a one off issue and keep it to myself and appreciate them making it right. They refused, despite my...

I already ordered some things mentioned in this thread. I’ll be giving them a good brushing/lube and eventually rattle canning the reservoirs and replacing the nuts on top.

It just seems like they could find better materials to hold up to corrosion a bit better. I have a degree in welding technology, numerous inspection certs, and work as Quality Manager on billion dollar industrial construction projects, so I have a pretty good grasp on metals, corrosion, etc. I...