Recent content by Dawyd

Are frame repairs like this expensive? I have a 97 limited needing about 1 foot of frame repaired behind the rear axel on the driver's side. Frame is completely rotted through where snow/salt must have accumulated against the spare tire. The rest of the frame is good with surface rust. Is...

Pay is not high enough to warrant such a depth of knowledge, especially for products that evolve almost yearly. The people who are able to educate themselves on the products usually find better paying employment before reaching a fuller understanding. Most of who I meet at dealerships are young...

Hope mine live as long as some described here. Being in Canada, the frames will probably crumble away before I wear out an engine :P 98 SR5 - 119k miles 97 Limt - 109k miles

Watching two 4runners on Alaska Off Road Warriors.

This thread needs some pics new to me 98 3rd gen SR5 the day I drove it home. It had a lot of needed work, such as this leaking Diff. I ground off the rust down to bare metal, then cleaned the surface before applying (smearing JB weld). I let that dry and ground it smooth, as it was very...

Either should be fine as long as it is reapplied annually before the next salt season. I've had annual B&R rust check applied at the local business on my 95 truck since brand new and have not had any rust until the last 2 years when I neglected to have the undercoating done before the snow...