'99 Limited, Millennium Silver, E-Locker Front: '99 Tall Springs, Tundra Bilstein 5100's @ 5th perch, 3/8 in. Down the rabbit hole I went. The shop that told me estimated 350 in parts for each side plus 85 dollars an hour for labor for 7 hours. The bushings wear out... I would buy new OEM bushings, take out the arms myself, and probably take them to a shop to have them install, labor charge should be less than an hour that way. 3rd gen 4runner lower control arts plastiques. What problems are you having?
25in wheel spacers, front sway bar links, ES sway bushings Other stuff: 1/2" body lift, B&M tranny cooler, extended rear diff breather, deckplate, blue-wire mod, ARB Tacoma BullBar, Smittybuilt XRC8 winch, 285/75/16's. Control arms don't go bad unless they are damaged from an impact (very difficult even for an impact to damage them) or maybe very rusted. 3rd gen 4runner lower control arms and bushings. Despite shops being good or not, they hustle to get their money. Top plate spacer, Light Racing/SPC UCA's, 1. It's a scare tactic. Put your new bushings in the freezer for a few days before install.
Do I need to change the entire LCA or just the bushings? I've heard the bushings are somewhat difficult to press out and in, but I haven't done it myself. So you likely need new bushings, not new arms. And I have on the subject. Tires are balanced with new brakes and rotors. As the others talked about above, unless your LCA is damaged or bent, should just need to do the bushings. Yes you will need an alignment. Are we talking front or rear lower control arms here?? Any suggestions on certain brands that may be more durable than others? 3rd gen 4runner lower control arm replacement. The shop i go to told me the hole arm needs to be replaced, they must be bent or something. Don't have my links handy, but they should be pretty easy to find by searching for lower control arm or something like that.
Here's the two videos. 25in wheel spacers, sway end links from 2nd gen rear Rear: Toytec Superflex, 05'+ Tacoma Bilstein 5100's, extended bump stops, extended brake line, e-brake strain relief bracket, 1. People go in for an oil change, and end up spending $300 on some new random parts the techs claimed were bad. I have been wondering the same thing. Unless it's corroded or rusted out you most likely just need need bushings. Do I need to buy bushings seperate? There should only be 4 things to remove IIRC: 1) lower shock bolt, 2) front cam bolt, 3) rear cam bolt, and 4) lower ball joint. Like stated above it's pretty hard to damage a front lca. I have a slight steering wheel vibration/shimmy around 70mph.