Body Mounts (1 Viewer)

[watsonbug]

Doing a frame swap and I've looked everywhere for the body mount bushings required. I can't find a kit or anything except OEM. Looking for some poly bushings. Anyone have a link to anywhere? I have found them for a RHD. would that be a problem? 18 Piece Rubber Body Mounting Kit - Land Cruiser 100 Series - https://www.roughtrax4x4.com/18-piece-rubber-body-mounting-kit-land-cruiser-100-series.html

 

[nukegoat]

Don't get poly

 

[watsonbug]

ok why not? the one i linked is rubber. will that work?

 

[awesomeissquid]

I would assume the recommendation to not get poly is because it is typically stiffer than rubber, i.e. more vibration or bumps will be transmitted from the frame to the body with them over rubber.

 

[watsonbug]

I would assume the recommendation to not get poly is because it is typically stiffer than rubber, i.e. more vibration or bumps will be transmitted from the frame to the body with them over rubber.

Well I can't even find them anyway. But would those RHD versions work? The different in price on those and straight from Toyota is like $800.

 

[D21FJ60]

@watsonbug did you ever get this figured out?

 

[watsonbug]

@watsonbug did you ever get this figured out?

Should get the truck back in the next week. Ordered aftermarket from a place in the UK. I’ll let you know how they work out. The part numbers match up from the RHD version.

 

[Moridinbg]

Poly is a HORRIBLE choice for a land cruiser body mounts. The body flexes quite a lot on the frame which helps a lot with killing vibrations and bumps from the suspension and road.
I fabbed my own diy rock sliders and initially had too little space between the mounts of the sliders and the bottom of the body and it was knocking horribly on them. Had to increase the space between them to at least an inch - inch and a half for it to stop. That's how much the body moves.
The only place where poly makes sense on the land cruiser is the steering rack (not that we have a factory bushing options without replacing the entire rack) and the front diff.

The linked roughtrax bushing kit is Febest. I have replaced a lot of rubber on my 100, including ALL bushings (>60) and febest is consistently subpar compared to OEM. I try to use them only as a very last resort. They are cheap though. I paid $440 for the complete OEM set last year.

Here is the complete list

Bushings - 2 of each
52208-60040
52207-60080
52206-60020
52205-60020
52202-60030
52201-60050
52203-60060
52209-60071
52216-60030

$442 via amayama

Bolts - 2 of each (90% you will snap at least a couple of the original ones even on a rust free car)
52217-60020
52217-60030
90440-17040 (sleeve)
52217-60010
52217-60050
52217-60040
90440-17034 (sleeve)
90440-17026 (sleeve)

$137 via amayama

Prices certainly have gone up since I got them.
Part numbers are the same between diesel, petrol, LHD, RHD and all model years.

 

[Rolocado]

Has anyone else swapped body mounts and noticed a better ride in the cabin? I have to imagine it would feel better after?

 

[Rolocado]

Has anyone else swapped body mounts and noticed a better ride in the cabin? I have to imagine it would feel better after?

Anyone?

 

[suprarx7nut]

Poly bushings have this weird desire. They're a relatively bad material for bushings. You know why they're common on racecars? Because you can make them at home cheap. In an odd twist of fate it became perceived as this superior material meanwhile OEMs are making quarter million dollar supercars with rubber, haha.

Anyways, I digress.

I'm also curious if anyone swapped body mounts and found an improvement they could feel/hear. My LX is nice, but definitely feels like an older car.

 

[Coin]

I haven't done the body mounts yet, but have replaced every other rubber bushing under the truck. Based on the results I've seen so far in quietness and lack of vibration, I imagine it will help quite a bit. However, if your shock bushings, diff, engine, and tranny mounts are old I doubt you see much improvement.

 

[Viio]

Hey I did my full set of 21 year old body mounts a couple of months ago and I can report that I feel absolutely no difference. Photo attached of the old rubbers which were very very squashed.

 

[Coin]

I assume you have already tackled the shocks, control arms, diff, engine, and tranny mounts, correct?

 

[Viio]

I assume you have already tackled the shocks, control arms, diff, engine, and tranny mounts, correct?

Correct! The biggest difference actually came from replacing the ahc fluid and from reindexing the torsion bars to reduce pressure.

 

[Keowee]

Hey I did my full set of 21 year old body mounts a couple of months ago and I can report that I feel absolutely no difference. Photo attached of the old rubbers which were very very squashed.

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Did you see any measurable differences in body height?
Half an inch or less?

 

[Viio]

Did you see any measurable differences in body height?
Half an inch or less?

Unfortunately not possible to say, because I did a body lift at the same time so I was an inch higher! For what it's worth though, I gave the old vs new bushes a good squashing in a vice and by hand. I couldn't tell any difference, and most of them didn't have the height difference in my picture above. They just looked like the same size, but dirty and cracked.

 

[Zuberg]

Bumping this up to see if anyone else has done new body mounts and noticed a difference. Leaning towards doing them either way as the rubber is near 20 years old at this point.

Most/all posts I've seen on this report no change in ride comfort.

 

[Viio]

I'm 1 year on and I can still report it made not one bit of difference.

 

[Zuberg]

They sure look real purty though! Thanks for the info.