FYI Strut Mounts
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 8:29 pmI just replaced my OEM struts with the TRD/Tokico combo.
I wanted to avoid the hassle of changing everything over to the new strut combo, so I bought everything new. Right down to the coil spring seats, mounts, isolators, bumpstops....everything!
My only major mistake was to not buy the Toyota OEM mounts.
Reason being, I bought some aftermarket ones and the front upper studs were not long enough to go all the way through the TRD strut bar.
Dam I was just trying to save a buck.
The OEM ones are about 3/4", the aftermarket ones measured about 5/8" and they only threaded through about half way.
So now I am going to have to get the OEM mounts, and yes, take it all apart again. (some thing I was trying to avoid in the first place)
Dam, R&D is expensive.
But in the near future I am going to have some slightly used front mounts for a gen4 for sale. FYI (As long as you don't have a strutbar.)
I wanted to avoid the hassle of changing everything over to the new strut combo, so I bought everything new. Right down to the coil spring seats, mounts, isolators, bumpstops....everything!
My only major mistake was to not buy the Toyota OEM mounts.
Reason being, I bought some aftermarket ones and the front upper studs were not long enough to go all the way through the TRD strut bar.
Dam I was just trying to save a buck.
The OEM ones are about 3/4", the aftermarket ones measured about 5/8" and they only threaded through about half way.
So now I am going to have to get the OEM mounts, and yes, take it all apart again. (some thing I was trying to avoid in the first place)
Dam, R&D is expensive.
But in the near future I am going to have some slightly used front mounts for a gen4 for sale. FYI (As long as you don't have a strutbar.)