Recent content by mssVT98

It's time to sell our 2006 V6 4x4 Sport Edition, 192k mi and counting since it's still a commuter for my wife. Stock other than a Kenwood Bluetooth head unit. We've owned it since December 2013, I believe we're the 2nd owner. I have all records going back to that time and will be happy to look...

Update - I got a quote from a shop in northern-ish Virginia that does a lot of 4x4 builds, including a bunch of similar rust remediation work on Jeeps, Toyotas, etc. They are one of the shops listed on the STC site as an approved installer. So with all that and having visited the shop I feel...

Thanks guys, appreciate the advice. There are several shops on the STC site that aren't too far from me. One shows some pretty nice welding work (to my amateur eye) installing this stuff on a Tacoma frame. I'll start there and report back what I find out. Again, much appreciated.

Yikes, I can't say I expected the words "parts car" to come out of this conversation. I guess without at least having someone local look at it it's hard to know what's worthwhile, but my biggest concern at this point is at what point is the car actually unsafe? I'm trying to figure out how we...

Ok so I did a little further looking this morning, and there were two areas that look like actual concerns. First, as mentioned, was behind the rear bumper. The are two holes on the driver's side corner, and the passenger corner looks a little rough too. There is a good amount of surface rust at...

Thanks to both of you, appreciate the clarity there. I hadn't thought about the coating flaking off, but yeah, that does seem likely. I'll get a better idea this weekend of what the trouble areas look like and plan from there. I don't know that we're looking to keep this thing through 300k or...

Hi all, Sorry to resurrect an old thread but this seemed like as good a place as any rather than waiting to start a new one. New member here, I have an 06 4R Sport V6 that's coming up on 180k miles. I've only recently started doing more of my own maintenance on it, and as such am getting...