Pricing a pristine 3rd gen
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How bad do you want it? Check out the results on The best vintage and classic cars for sale online | Bring a Trailer to get an idea of how much these things can sell for. Some dealer in Vegas just sold a 1999 or 2000 in VG condition with 190ish thousand miles for $9600, and it wasn't a limited.
thennen
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I think he's selling, not buying.
jminz
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Sorry, I'm buying. Rereading my post it's def not clear.
jminz
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$8,000
calimobber
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sounds about right.in 2011 I paid 10k for my clean 2002 with 145k miles 4x4 no locker.
can offer 7k and see what he does :noidea:
can offer 7k and see what he does :noidea:
jminz
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The truck is 4hrs from me. I've seen numerous pictures of the frame.
mesooohoppy
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alright, i think i can help! although i am on the west coast where we have an assload of clean-er cars (when speaking rust), so it will be close, but it wont be the same as KY.
in July of this year i bought a 1 owner 99 limited with a locker at 230k miles. it was at a used car dealer who bought it from the first owner (i still consider it one owner). i paid 6k out the door after taxes ( i beat them down a little and paid less than KBB, or whatever number they showed me). i think they wanted to get rid of it because they had no history info on such a high mileage car and the tires were absolutely toast (we were amazed they even sold me tires like that). i called a local toyota dealer and gave them the vin and they were able to confirm maintenance performed at the dealer starting 3 years after it was bought. there was also the appropriate timing belt sticker at 180k. applying the 90k timing belt interval service im assuming it was done at 90k and 180k. it was a gamble but i think it paid off.
i had to keep in mind while the bones of the car are good, things like bushings are junk. that is fine as i plan to replace all of them at one point in time (ive already done the entire front end). you can get lucky and find the right seller who prices things good and wants their old 4runner to go to a good home, but dont hold your breath. i would try to beat them down on price a little and see what you can do. i will always spend a little more money to get a cleaner car as its less headaches down the road.
in July of this year i bought a 1 owner 99 limited with a locker at 230k miles. it was at a used car dealer who bought it from the first owner (i still consider it one owner). i paid 6k out the door after taxes ( i beat them down a little and paid less than KBB, or whatever number they showed me). i think they wanted to get rid of it because they had no history info on such a high mileage car and the tires were absolutely toast (we were amazed they even sold me tires like that). i called a local toyota dealer and gave them the vin and they were able to confirm maintenance performed at the dealer starting 3 years after it was bought. there was also the appropriate timing belt sticker at 180k. applying the 90k timing belt interval service im assuming it was done at 90k and 180k. it was a gamble but i think it paid off.
i had to keep in mind while the bones of the car are good, things like bushings are junk. that is fine as i plan to replace all of them at one point in time (ive already done the entire front end). you can get lucky and find the right seller who prices things good and wants their old 4runner to go to a good home, but dont hold your breath. i would try to beat them down on price a little and see what you can do. i will always spend a little more money to get a cleaner car as its less headaches down the road.
mesooohoppy
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thats beacuse a 2wd runner isnt as desirable; although its perfect for your area (san diego).
just cause you go through the headache of swapping it, doesnt mean that you will be getting top dollar for it when you try to sell. at the bare minimum you would have to do a great job documenting your swap and show it to any potential buyer. id rather just buy a factory 4wd one over a swapped one. it also seems like unless you could do it incredibly fast and had a good donor car, its not a good way to make money. if the buyer knows what they are doing, they will always try to pull the 'well i can buy a factory one for XX amount more/same' argument.
it does seem as if 3rd gens are slowly rising in price. look at the 80s/90s land cruisers, those arent going down in value anytime soon. i dont think the 4runners will either.
thats beacuse a 2wd runner isnt as desirable; although its perfect for your area (san diego).
just cause you go through the headache of swapping it, doesnt mean that you will be getting top dollar for it when you try to sell. at the bare minimum you would have to do a great job documenting your swap and show it to any potential buyer. id rather just buy a factory 4wd one over a swapped one. it also seems like unless you could do it incredibly fast and had a good donor car, its not a good way to make money. if the buyer knows what they are doing, they will always try to pull the 'well i can buy a factory one for XX amount more/same' argument.
it does seem as if 3rd gens are slowly rising in price. look at the 80s/90s land cruisers, those arent going down in value anytime soon. i dont think the 4runners will either.
I'm not talking about buying the car to fix and sell. Nor do I say buy the 2wd just to keep it 2wd.
You can probably source a 2wd 4runner and swap it for half the cost of a 4wd one. You'd need the space, tools and knowledge to do so but you'd save a lot of money by doing it. I looked at a few 4wd ones down here and most of the people selling them are trying to scam people. Odometer roll backs, misleading information and so forth.
97Cruiser40th
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Thought you were gonna bring up the one I just saw on East coast until I saw miles. Price more on this one, same color but approx 1/2 the miles. Cant tell if locker though
jross20
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What region are you in? In Georgia I purchased my 2000 SR5, 4x4 with the locker, and with 123k miles for $8k roughly. Everything was say, 90% prestine. Paint is 95% good, very few dings but no loss of clear coat. Extremely minor frame rust, if you could even call it rust. So little in fact that I painted it over in 5 minutes.
The interior was spotless, no mess, no stains, no rips, etc. Most folks comment that she almost seems brand new. Engine fired up without issues and shifted fine, (though shifting greatly improved after flushing her with new fluid.).
No loud or strange noises during driving, no scary sounds when turning it accelerating or stopping. No obvious issues looking under the hood. No frame damage, (no wrecks according to kbb)
4x4 locked in without issues, though a little slow. Unfortunately I mistakenly did not test, but it does work. Albiet a little slow to lock, but whatever.
They claimed that she needed new valve cover seals, and a new steering rack. But neither are leaking as far as I can tell after 6 months of daily use.
So depending on your region, I would expect to pay something close to 8k, more or less.
