NewRunnerPics...maybe
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I'm sure that's true, but with Craigslist & eBay, & just the plain ol' internet, I don't see why someone has to go to a dealer and overpay for a decent truck. I bought my Runner from a used car lot, but offered a lil over half the asking price and guess what? I got it! 45% off!
But if you lived around my area these trucks go for 7,000-10,000 in pretty good shape.. Rusted out trucks go for 4-5grand
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on a side note and highjack, hey Dublin, how'd you manage 33"s on stock suspension? how bad does it rub at full lock? lol
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I manage just fine. The tire store said no way, so I told them to put them on anyway and gimme that sawzall. Trimmed the valance and drove home with rubbing at 7/8's lock, got home and flattened out the bead weld. Now no rubbing at full lock except when turning on a steep incline. Needs a lift, got a free one?
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I live in Van... just got myself a 4runner. Its a '90, with SAS, lockers, gears etc etc... and I picked it up for $9500 from a private sale. I think around 4500 is the asking price for mine stock (With around 200,000km on it). Yours has really good km's on it, so around $5000 seems fair. The rust on it doesnt look to be that much of an issue, if its just on the surface of course. Ive seen a lot worse on trucks up here.... just go around the frame and give it a good smack with a hammer.....
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If you feel that it is a good deal than go for it. With that much rust I would shy away from it like everyone else...Ask the dealer if you can poke around down there with a screw driver, hammer and maybe a wire wheel/brush. If he says no way, tell him $5K out the door or you walk...Sounds like the other folks from North of the border say it is normal condition....
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I'm not really understanding the replies of OMG RUST run away. Did anyone even look at the pics? Did anyone even notice the location. Does anyone realize how thick a frame is. I doubt anyone with those comments has spent any amount of time under a midwest / northwest rig or even there own. These frames aren't made of sheet metal and these aren't unibody frames. These are truck frames Fully Boxed. Get out of your seats and under the rig. Yes I understand rust in crucial/critical areas unattended can be catastrophic, but I'm not seeing it in the pics. No blistering, no flacking, no massive erroding. I'd take a frame looking like that posted over todays new car frames anyday. Take your 14 year old rig up in the snow and salt for a year and then give it to me, because it will start to Rust OMG.