This is why you need to let professionals install stuff.
Don't look for meaning in the mundane.
Your 4Runner will be fine. Tighten it all down - and go enjoy it.
I appreciate your advice. I will definitely keep in mind.
I also respectfully disagree about professionals. This stuff is exactly why I have a hard time trusting professionals.. they keep letting me down. A high level of work ethic shouldn't be taken for granted, at least based upon my experiences. I see too many guys on here, whom have had their suspension installed "professionally", with misaligned coils, incorrect spring seats chosen, etc. I had the "professionals" at Wheeler's Off-Road assemble my shocks. They did it wrong. So I had to re-do it and fix their work. Many professionals couldn't care less about their work, sadly, and they take advantage of their customer's ignorance to deliver sub-par work so that they can do it quickly and maximize the return ($$) on their time. Some of us live a cut above that crap.
I do my own work because I do a better job than most professionals. And I'm not trying to toot my own horn. I wish that wasn't the case. I'm not a wizard, and my work isn't the best possible. So frankly, if anything, it's just plain sad that I do a better job than they do. Doing my own work also provides me a way to learn intimately about my machine, which I appreciate. Unfortunately, it also provides me with the opportunity to find these discrepancies, which yes, perhaps I sometimes over-scrutinize.
Not everyone who has "no problems". When I installed my Eibach struts last year, it was all I could do to fit them into the LCA shock mount. There was no play with or without the bolt inserted, and with the top mounts loose.
This is very interesting. Thank you for sharing your experience / data point!
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To be clear, I'm not here to act like this is the end of the world, or bash Eibach. Even Eibach is allowed to make mistakes, or determine what bushings they feel are good enough. But we don't all have to agree with them. I hope they do chime in with their thoughts. In all fairness, they've been very helpful as far as customer service goes, which means a lot to me. At the end of the day, they can claim that using the old bushing is "ok" despite Toyota's change, and that's fine - it is really their choice. Some of us like to know these details. Oh, and also I want to be clear that Eibach doesn't hide this. The old bushing part number is listed right there on the shock's "installation instructions." If nothing else, I'm just highlighting that already "known" detail to those that (understandably) overlook it.
To those that "have my back": I appreciate it. I start to feel bad about always being the "bad guy." It's nice to know that I'm not alone.
