Numidian
03-14-2010, 03:24 PM
The more I think about my 4runner, the more pissed off I get about it. I've got somewhere in the vicinity of $10,000 wrapped up in it... If i parted it out, if I got top dollar for everything, I could MAYBE get $4,000. As it sits as a whole right now, I'm pretty sure I'd struggle to get $3000, considering the overall shape and the repairs it needs.
Now as for the truck, as it is right now it's not running. Andy and I stripped the harness down to what we hope is just the engine harness (Body and engine harness are all one in 4runners and pickups) when I was home at the end of summer. Andy then put a lot of time into the wiring harness, but it's still not running yet.
After the wiring harness gets put together, it needs a lot of tube work done up front because we removed the fenders/core support, basically all the sheetmetal, so everything that mounts to that stuff from the factory has to have brackets and tabs made up to mount it to either tubes or the firewall.
And even after that gets done, I've still just got a half assed buggy with horrible approach and departure angles running half bald 35's.
If I want to run bigger tires, well then I'm going to have to put new springs and a new crossmember up front(which it pretty much needs either way, but it's been holding up to the 35's so I've pretty much just let it be). Not to mention then I have to buy new tires. And that is pretty much neccesary if I want to keep wheeling with the core of the Creepers who are at most Big Dogs.
Not to mention that in another 2 months, I'm going to be starting my clinical rotations for school. So even if we get the truck back together, I'd be shocked if I was able to make it out 3 times in the next year.
I really don't feel like spending anymore money on the damn truck trying to fix it and get it running. Not to mention the money if I want to try and keep up with the Joneses...
I'm really thinking I should just part it out, maybe buy a gun with some of it and sit on the rest and when I graduate in another year, I can buy something already built, if I still have the itch to wheel.
I guess the reason for this post, is just to bounce it off the people who know me and know this sport and see if there is something I'm missing...
Now as for the truck, as it is right now it's not running. Andy and I stripped the harness down to what we hope is just the engine harness (Body and engine harness are all one in 4runners and pickups) when I was home at the end of summer. Andy then put a lot of time into the wiring harness, but it's still not running yet.
After the wiring harness gets put together, it needs a lot of tube work done up front because we removed the fenders/core support, basically all the sheetmetal, so everything that mounts to that stuff from the factory has to have brackets and tabs made up to mount it to either tubes or the firewall.
And even after that gets done, I've still just got a half assed buggy with horrible approach and departure angles running half bald 35's.
If I want to run bigger tires, well then I'm going to have to put new springs and a new crossmember up front(which it pretty much needs either way, but it's been holding up to the 35's so I've pretty much just let it be). Not to mention then I have to buy new tires. And that is pretty much neccesary if I want to keep wheeling with the core of the Creepers who are at most Big Dogs.
Not to mention that in another 2 months, I'm going to be starting my clinical rotations for school. So even if we get the truck back together, I'd be shocked if I was able to make it out 3 times in the next year.
I really don't feel like spending anymore money on the damn truck trying to fix it and get it running. Not to mention the money if I want to try and keep up with the Joneses...
I'm really thinking I should just part it out, maybe buy a gun with some of it and sit on the rest and when I graduate in another year, I can buy something already built, if I still have the itch to wheel.
I guess the reason for this post, is just to bounce it off the people who know me and know this sport and see if there is something I'm missing...