Looking at a 2014 SR5 that has spent most of its life in Idaho. I used to own a 3rd gen and 4th gen and those were both pretty clean...wondering if you guys would steer clear of this one based on the attached pictures.
What do you guys think of this undercarriage? Too much rust to buy?
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97BlackAckCL
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That's all surface rust, not like it has giant holes eaten in it
DigitalRJH
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I agree too about the surface rust. Looks like some dirt too. A power wash and a wire brush then some spray paint would take care of it. If you take a screwdriver and poke around as long as it doesn’t go through or big chunks come off it’s fine.
NB17Limited
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Are you positive it was mostly driven in Idaho? My other car (not the 4Runner) has only ever been registered in Washington State but it's spent 5 of it's 7 years on the East Coast. According to Carfax, it is a Washington only car.
Secondly, we bought our 4Runner recently with a little less surface rust than that and I spent a Saturday morning underneath it wire wheeling the rust off then applied naval jelly and let it sit during lunch. After lunch, went back under with some paint that says it stops rust and painted over the whole frame. You could do that on this particular vehicle.
Secondly, we bought our 4Runner recently with a little less surface rust than that and I spent a Saturday morning underneath it wire wheeling the rust off then applied naval jelly and let it sit during lunch. After lunch, went back under with some paint that says it stops rust and painted over the whole frame. You could do that on this particular vehicle.
Decipher
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Exactly. You should see my 10 year old Illinois truck.
These morons are literally trying to kill cars in the Midwest with all the salt.
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ThinblueMN
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My 2015 with 90k miles on, which spent its life in MN looks like that. Like everyone says clean it well, wire brush it and apply either the POR15 or spray paint it.
