tenguns
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I'm stuck. I'm selling my 96 4Runner 4x. It was the top of the line for the year - and I put a nice leather interior in it, some airbags and extended shocks out back and a Downey Offroad 3" coilover lift up front to counter the ARB and Warn winch up there.
Its been sitting remotely (3000 miles away) where it has only been used for towing my boat 5 miles back and forth for a week a year for 7 years. The rest of the time it has sat. The last time I went back - it ran fine (it has a freshly rebuilt motor...) but I noticed the front shocks were broken. The tires are shot too.
So - I'm going to drive my 2009 Limited 4R back there, fix it up a bit and sell it... which will help pay for gas on the return towing my boat (which also only gets used for a week or two a year).
The question is, what's can I do, mindful that I'm selling it, to change out the shocks. My plan was to put two new tires up front and sell it. If I was going to keep it, I'd have moved to a new coilover or gone to the Bilstein 6929 HO shock. That's a $250 proposition and I haven't bought tires for it yet. Is there anything else I can use that might be cheaper and more available to stitch up the front end before selling?
I was going to use the tundra coils and a pair of the bilsteins BS-F4-BE5-6929-H0 with new tops but that's getting expensive on a truck I'm forced to sell. What would you do? Is there a cheaper fix? Is that the only Bilstein shock that will work? Are there other adjustable ride shocks that might be cheaper?
I'm distressed at selling it in the first place but I'm forced to. If I can get it tracking okay, alignment wise - fixing the broken shocks and with two new front tires, I think it will sell pretty quick.
What's the cheapest way to "repair the now rusted out shocks. I'm not sure what will fit inside those old Downeys' and dont' have a way to get a picture of what I'm dealing with until I get there. It would be better if I brought the solution with me so I can fix it when I get there so I'm looking for quick answers if you can help.
Thanks,
tenguns.
Its been sitting remotely (3000 miles away) where it has only been used for towing my boat 5 miles back and forth for a week a year for 7 years. The rest of the time it has sat. The last time I went back - it ran fine (it has a freshly rebuilt motor...) but I noticed the front shocks were broken. The tires are shot too.
So - I'm going to drive my 2009 Limited 4R back there, fix it up a bit and sell it... which will help pay for gas on the return towing my boat (which also only gets used for a week or two a year).
The question is, what's can I do, mindful that I'm selling it, to change out the shocks. My plan was to put two new tires up front and sell it. If I was going to keep it, I'd have moved to a new coilover or gone to the Bilstein 6929 HO shock. That's a $250 proposition and I haven't bought tires for it yet. Is there anything else I can use that might be cheaper and more available to stitch up the front end before selling?
I was going to use the tundra coils and a pair of the bilsteins BS-F4-BE5-6929-H0 with new tops but that's getting expensive on a truck I'm forced to sell. What would you do? Is there a cheaper fix? Is that the only Bilstein shock that will work? Are there other adjustable ride shocks that might be cheaper?
I'm distressed at selling it in the first place but I'm forced to. If I can get it tracking okay, alignment wise - fixing the broken shocks and with two new front tires, I think it will sell pretty quick.
What's the cheapest way to "repair the now rusted out shocks. I'm not sure what will fit inside those old Downeys' and dont' have a way to get a picture of what I'm dealing with until I get there. It would be better if I brought the solution with me so I can fix it when I get there so I'm looking for quick answers if you can help.
Thanks,
tenguns.
