Put Wagner OEX Ceramics on 40k miles ago and show very little wear.
Should easily make 100k.
Great stopping power with no noise and no dust and no fade (mountains)
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Put Wagner OEX Ceramics on 40k miles ago and show very little wear.
Should easily make 100k.
Great stopping power with no noise and no dust and no fade (mountains)
DougR
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Thanks for this! I entered Denso in the search box and about 16 various Denso parts appeared.
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out the equivalent p/n. Number might be on the old part somewhere or you can look up on the Denso website. Then you have to figure out which bank o2 sensor, which amp of starter, etc.
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MyanRagahis
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Awesome, thanks for that bit of info. I'll have to look and do some research.
Looking at the warranty PDF on NAPA's cv axles, which might be a brand called "Automotive CV Axle" one section says "warranty void if boot is damaged in anyway." I guess that'd be up to NAPA's decision. Always did see great warranty stories on the Facebook groups so time will tell.
I wouldn't think so. I think my limiting factor is either the shocks or the JBA upper control arm. At full droop, the center of hub to top of fender measure 26"
on both sides and the OEM passenger CV axle doesn't bind at all.
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CutthroatSlam
Senior Member
My experience with aftermarket CV axles is that they use neoprene boots that do not hold up to heat. I have seen boots split in as little as 2 years.
If going with aftermarket CV axles, Rockford is the only manufacturer of thermoplastic, heat resistant boots:
Rockford Constant Velocity - C.V. Dura Boot Kit
Rockford's boots are decently priced and from my experience, well worth it. I would reboot any replacement CV axle with Rockford Duraboots and call it good.
If going with aftermarket CV axles, Rockford is the only manufacturer of thermoplastic, heat resistant boots:
Rockford Constant Velocity - C.V. Dura Boot Kit
Rockford's boots are decently priced and from my experience, well worth it. I would reboot any replacement CV axle with Rockford Duraboots and call it good.
octanejunkie
Elite Member
Their website only lists 4runners up to 1995
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CutthroatSlam
Senior Member
I assumed and did not check. I’ve used them on our 1999 and 1994 Chevrolet Suburban K2500 4WD w/ 6.5 diesel.
Too Stroked
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One caution I would offer up to everybody here is to look beyond sexy marketing, packaging and paint jobs on aftermarket parts. Let's face it, Toyota parts packaging is boring and inexpensive - because it doesn't generally affect the quality of the parts contained therein. The OP asked about parts that perform as well or better than OEM, so before anybody can answer that question for a particular part, they need to have gotten more miles and better performance out of the aftermarket part under identical conditions.
The reason I bring this up is that many times you will see somebody say something like this: "My OEM (insert name of part) lasted 150,000 miles before failing. I bought (insert name of aftermarket part) for less than half the cost of OEM and have had them in for 500 miles. So far, they're awesome." Yea, I'd buy those parts in a heartbeat to use on the next mission to Mars based on that kind of testing.
Just be careful.
The reason I bring this up is that many times you will see somebody say something like this: "My OEM (insert name of part) lasted 150,000 miles before failing. I bought (insert name of aftermarket part) for less than half the cost of OEM and have had them in for 500 miles. So far, they're awesome." Yea, I'd buy those parts in a heartbeat to use on the next mission to Mars based on that kind of testing.
Just be careful.
Seems they have their own line now, not sure who actually makes them. I was last year I got Maxdrive ones.
Premium CV Axles - NAPA New Premium CV Axles
Ha yeah I've read those 10 warranty return stories, guess NAPA finally got sick of it. With those bucket sales they used to have have the whole axle was basically disposable, an OE boot kit cost about the same.
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octanejunkie
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I believe they are TrakMotive, at least the extended ones I bought from them were. Same OEM PN that O'Reilly's carries, FWIW.
When I got them last time one was Cardone like I'm used to an one was Trakmotive which I took back to a different store for a Cardone. They had same napa part number but different part numbers on the original stickers. The Trakmotive wasnt exactly the same dimension as OE and less droop, didn't like it. The Trakmotive extended ones look good from what I see on 3rd gen forum. RockAuto is constantly out of stock of them though.
Edit: I remember now, I couldn't find another cardone at Napa, they said that was the last of the Maxdrives. Had to get the other one from Summit Racing. If you have the old number they are probable available somewhere.
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octanejunkie
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I bought TrakMotive extended from Oreilly time will tell
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CutthroatSlam
Senior Member
I can say unequivocally that the Raybestos Ceramic pads and their 300 series slotted rotors last better than OEM Toyota parts. We have 290K miles on the vehicle.
I can say the Rockford duraboots last longer than any other aftermarket CV axle boot. The aftermarket CV axles have been fine with the exception of the boots, thus my recommendation. I would just avoid any neoprene boot as they do not hold up.
