Yea no you're exactly right, it's a used car dealership trying to maximize profits. If it was a toyota dealership they probably would've just fixed it with oem parts and I'd be a happy new owner but I guess that's too much to ask from this other dealer. If I can get them to knock $1000 off I'll probably buy it and immediately drop it off at the shop that found the issue for me.

At this point I don't even want them to "fix" the issue themselves cause I'm sure it'll be with bottom-tier parts.

Yeah I'd start with showing the $1,100 quote and trying to get all that off. If you're able to see if the axles are OEM, then get a Toyota Dealer Quote because it'd be more expensive and work the angle of replacing what is already on there to try and get that amount off. For IDing Toyota OEM axles, I have a bunch of pictures posted in response to this thread on both pages: CV Joints boots cracked, replace now or wait?

Where in VA? If you're in the Richmond-ish Area, theres an RVA Toyota Trucks facebook page that you could join and someone in there might even be willing to help you replace for less than a shop rate. A few guys there work at shops during the day and might want to pick up something on the side. If you want to go to your shop too, thats no sweat.

Also if you're buying a 4runner, check for rust. I'm sure you've already looked into this, but areas to look are:

• front skid mount under radiator
• fuel tank straps
• frame by cats
• ac drain in passenger wheel well
• fame by rear exhaust
• any frame welds seem to rust first

Yea I may just have to walk away from this one cause the dealer doesn't really wanna work with me on taking much off the price. Unfortunately I'm not in the Richmond area, I'm near JMU if you're familiar with that.

The rust has definitely been the first thing I've looked for when looking at 4runners, I was really hoping on getting the one we've been talking about cause it has the cleanest frame I've seen by far. It's been really hard to find one in this area without significant rust.

CV Removal Tool - GZila Designs

I used this to pop a CV out. Only took 2 blows with a 4lb sledge and the CV popped right out.

I went with the heavy duty napa axles, with lifetime warranty. Last year I replaced both axles, 1 with a napa, 1 with a CVJ. CVJ tore a boot within 10k miles and 1.5 years. I replaced the CVJ with a Napa axle with lifetime warranty and plan on rebooting the CVJ at some point.