Looking to buy this...should I run?
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I'd at least trot away...but it always depends on price as well as your mechanical skills.
It looks like a ton of rust, if it were sold in Bend.
Can you get a Toyota service writer to run the vin for you?? If so, you can verify where it was originally purchased.
Steve
It looks like a ton of rust, if it were sold in Bend.
Can you get a Toyota service writer to run the vin for you?? If so, you can verify where it was originally purchased.
Steve
Details on the truck? I'd say that amount of rust would be reasonable for a 1998 with 200k+ miles, thats lived in the rust belt..
Depending on year, mileage, maintenance, cost what you plan to use it for... maybe.
Me personally: I'd wait to find a cleaner one, regardless of the above... they are out there. Nothing good gets away.
Depending on year, mileage, maintenance, cost what you plan to use it for... maybe.
Me personally: I'd wait to find a cleaner one, regardless of the above... they are out there. Nothing good gets away.
I would consider it if it was low millage and was around 10-13k. For an 05 that's a bunch of rust but for the right price you can always scrape it all down and under coat it...
OP, that looks pretty bad - I would pass. Matter of fact, I just did pass on an '03 that looked similar.
So for those of you who picked up an LC in a dry southern state and brought it home to salted roads, how long before your LC looks like this? Is there a product that can be used to keep the rust at bay?
So for those of you who picked up an LC in a dry southern state and brought it home to salted roads, how long before your LC looks like this? Is there a product that can be used to keep the rust at bay?
When I lived in KC, every spring I would spray the bottom with rustoliuem . Never had a rust problem. Quick and easy.
I am using fluid film on my trucks.
Buy it and bulk and spray on twice a year. I bought the gun for it.
I think it does a good job, but haven't been doing it all that long.
I find it interesting that my 05 has much more rust than my 97 with the same location.
John
Buy it and bulk and spray on twice a year. I bought the gun for it.
I think it does a good job, but haven't been doing it all that long.
I find it interesting that my 05 has much more rust than my 97 with the same location.
John
I also owned a rusty cruiser. It was the worst. IF you never do your own maintenance, it might not be a big deal. But it sucks.
Run. You can find ones with no rust in the southwest and southeast. Even if you buy the rust bucket for a low price, every time you work on it you will kick yourself. It will a problem forever and won't get better.
When you try to sell it, no one will want the thing because of the rust.
When you try to sell it, no one will want the thing because of the rust.
I live in the Southeast but this summer I flew to Richmond VA to buy an '01 LX470. When I first checked it out I saw the some rust but my emotions of wanting it took over and I purchased it.
The rust was not quite as bad as your pictures but it definitely had rust. I have since done some body work to repair some rust holes on the back gate, and extensive rust repair under the vehicle to remove or at least stop the spreading.
I ground off what rust I could then used rustoleum products and fluid film. Long story short - when you buy a vehicle that is 10 years old or more you are going to have some issues - but if I had to do it over again I would not let rust be one of those issues!
The rust was not quite as bad as your pictures but it definitely had rust. I have since done some body work to repair some rust holes on the back gate, and extensive rust repair under the vehicle to remove or at least stop the spreading.
I ground off what rust I could then used rustoleum products and fluid film. Long story short - when you buy a vehicle that is 10 years old or more you are going to have some issues - but if I had to do it over again I would not let rust be one of those issues!
I would run. Rust sucks.
Funny thing too is that you can go look at a brand new Ford or Chevy truck sitting in a dealer lot and after the 1st rain it doesn't look much different than that except no bubbling paint.