Price check on isle four!!!

[redkat]

The 5th gen front bumper is tricky. Lots of changes in direction, and spots that come to point. Be sure the tech doing the install is very experienced, that is probably the most important factor.

 

[Hellamatic]

sorry but pretty paint on the hood isn't going to have much affect on resale value of a 10+ year old vehicle unless it has potential to be a collectors item. Again it is a 4runner not a Lambo or 65 mustang.

That's exactly why I skipped a spray in boxliner on my most recent work truck - I've never had anyone say, "hey, the inside of your bed is pristine! Lemme give you another $1000 for your truck!"

I have worried about resale value exactly zero times in my life.

 

[jwkilgore]

That's exactly why I skipped a spray in boxliner on my most recent work truck - I've never had anyone say, "hey, the inside of your bed is pristine! Lemme give you another $1000 for your truck!"

I have worried about resale value exactly zero times in my life.

Me too. I tend to buy new at the end of a model year (I've never paid more than dealer invoice), keep vehicles until they've outlived their usefulness, and then I just get rid of them. I sold my 12-yr-old Chevy S-10 to a friend for $1000 because it was too small. That thing survived 4 years of delivering pizza in college, so I'm not sure what condition the engine and manual tranny were in. I sold my banged-up 11-yr-old Silverado for $4000 only because I needed more interior cargo room after a divorce. It did have a spray-in bedliner, but that didn't help the huge dent from hitting a column in a parking garage.

That said, my new wife is borderline OCD, is very concerned with vehicle appearances, and she currently drives the 4R. If we lived in the country, $700 for paint chip protection would be much cheaper than therapy bills.

Unless things change, I plan on keeping my 4Runner until it falls apart in a few decades. My wife will get the next new vehicle, probably a blinged-out full-size pickup. And yes, it will most likely get a spray-in bedliner.

 

[mc813]

Consider your driving conditions.
I routinely drive past a quarry and garbage dump. That road is always littered with sand, dust, rocks, and other debris. The dump and garbage trucks all throw it up into the cars behind them. It's worth the $900 I paid to have the whole front end covered, and I would have paid more if that's what it took.

Does it add to resale, not really. But it goes to overall appearance and condition of the vehicle. Of course there's the peace of mind knowing that rock you just heard thrown up didn't really hurt anything. That alone is enough value for me.

This. There's a lot more rocks in TX than when I lived in FL, but there clear bra was good for keeping love bugs from permanently damaging paint.

 

[SilverRiver]

My touch up paint was nine bucks. OEM Toyota too.

Try not spend all your money at one time.

My paint looks good but up close it is way too beat up to worry about.

 

[1engineer]

Try not spend all your money at one time.

My paint looks good but up close it is way too beat up to worry about.

I follow the 10/10 method of vehicle beauty. It states "After washing, 10 feet away or at 10 mph the vehicle must look presentable." Touch up paint meets those requirements and satisfies my artsy side at the same time.

 

[WTERUNNER]

Spending a large sum of money to keep the paint pristine for the next owner. That's very nice of you.

I'm keeping the paint pristine for me. :cheers: This truck will be with me for a long time. :thanks: