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i just did my research on switching out the rear main seal...looks like its not too immediate of an issue as long as i keep an eye on my oil levels and get it taken care of in the next few weeks...is this a good assumption?

that makes sense...damn thats gonna cost me quite a bit to fix huh? :(

wow i was shocked to see this in here because i just came in to post the same thing i dont normally do any crazy offroading, just a bit here and there when im going to a fishing hole or something. but today i went out with the intent of just doing some offroading...when i got back i saw oil...

yes yes so ive heard haha...im doing what i can though now that ive seen people dealing with much worse than what i have

just posted new pictures: Toyota 4Runner Forum - yamar's Album: My Rust luckily the rust didnt go too far into the body...so they cut it out and welded new sheet metal and just left it black since it was such a small amount...new bumpers, new mudflaps, rust cut out of the wheel wells and new...

this is exactly what i did with my 94 a few months ago...worked like a charm

got a call this afternoon sayin she's ready...and actually below what they initially said! (they said 600-800 and its actually only 550)..and thats for them putting on my new bumpers, cutting out and fabricating the rust areas in both rear wheel wells and the big rust hole behind the bumper, and...

exactly what any logical person would say haha...well shes already in the body shop now...ill have to see how things progress, but it seems like the damage is pretty minimal at this point so ill try and stick with it...im not worried too much about the engine at this point...only 113,xxx miles...

i like these: http://blog.comicwonder.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rims.jpg

yeah i know...ive already put quite a bit of money into it...but it was my first car ive had ever since high school so im kind of emotionally attached to it (as silly as that sounds)

decided to bite the bullet and take it to the custom jeep shop up the road...2 of the body shops i went to didnt want to get involved, maaco gave me a pretty decent quote but i didnt feel 100% confident that they would take care of it correctly so my plan for now is to do it in sections...this...

Toyota 4Runner Forum - yamar's Album: My Rust - Picture just hit my rotted out mudflaps with some fiberglass resin...overkill? haha

nice! congrats...happy it was a cheap fix...ill keep this in mind if i fail this year haha

great! thanks for all the feedback so far! ive been getting the impression that your ordinary body shop doesnt want to get involved with things much past popping on a new fender I just took off both of the runningboards this afternoon (which are muchhh more rusted than anything else and were...

alrighty here are some pictures of what im dealing with... (i just put them in an album so i didnt have to resize) Toyota 4Runner Forum - yamar's Album: My Rust