came accross weird sticker
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came accross weird sticker
last night i noticed an alteration sticker on my truck in the door jam. it's an 87 4runner, and the sticker is from 87? when i get back home, i will try and take a pic and post. has anyone here heard of anything or seen, like this?
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When there is a recall, the technician doing the recall puts a sticker on the car so others know the recall has been completed. It should have written on it, the SSC number, the date, and the dealer code.
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Doesnt look like a toyota sticker.
I remember something about how they would import the 4runners with a block off plate over where the back seat is for tax reasons. Then once it was over here they would remove the plate and install the back seat. It was cheaper to import a 2 seater than a 5 seater.
Maybe this is a sticker they had to put on each one showing that it was modified?
I remember something about how they would import the 4runners with a block off plate over where the back seat is for tax reasons. Then once it was over here they would remove the plate and install the back seat. It was cheaper to import a 2 seater than a 5 seater.
Maybe this is a sticker they had to put on each one showing that it was modified?
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Yeah so once it made it to the states from Japan they would modify it by putting in the back seat which would have been around June. I was reading online and it says that the 4runner when imported was classified as a truck for tax reasons then when it got here they would remove the panel and install the back seat.
Heres a post I found with a pic of the panel
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=673517
Heres a post I found with a pic of the panel
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=673517
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A lot of A/C units weren't installed until imports reached the U.S. either.
It could also have been retrofitted with a tow package or oversized tires and a mild suspension lift by a dealer to help the vehicle sell (think of the black truck in Back to the Future). Some dealers had Yotas "dressed up" to attract buyers and increase sales.
It could also have been retrofitted with a tow package or oversized tires and a mild suspension lift by a dealer to help the vehicle sell (think of the black truck in Back to the Future). Some dealers had Yotas "dressed up" to attract buyers and increase sales.
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someone on here has a similar sticker too. It was some sort of interior custom work or something like that. Not sure if anyone on here has a truck with the factory rear seat delete. Which is what is being talked about. If that were the case more of these stickers would be more common but they really aren't. The reason I say that is the rear seat delete is very uncommon.
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A lot of A/C units weren't installed until imports reached the U.S. either.
It could also have been retrofitted with a tow package or oversized tires and a mild suspension lift by a dealer to help the vehicle sell (think of the black truck in Back to the Future). Some dealers had Yotas "dressed up" to attract buyers and increase sales.
It could also have been retrofitted with a tow package or oversized tires and a mild suspension lift by a dealer to help the vehicle sell (think of the black truck in Back to the Future). Some dealers had Yotas "dressed up" to attract buyers and increase sales.
Just doesnt seem like a Toyota thing.
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Is there anything done to your truck?
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Doesnt look like a toyota sticker.
I remember something about how they would import the 4runners with a block off plate over where the back seat is for tax reasons. Then once it was over here they would remove the plate and install the back seat. It was cheaper to import a 2 seater than a 5 seater.
Maybe this is a sticker they had to put on each one showing that it was modified?
I remember something about how they would import the 4runners with a block off plate over where the back seat is for tax reasons. Then once it was over here they would remove the plate and install the back seat. It was cheaper to import a 2 seater than a 5 seater.
Maybe this is a sticker they had to put on each one showing that it was modified?
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My 88 long bed PU is one of those too. According to the model code anyways, VZN66L-MDEA3. The last letter of the code, A, verifies it was shipped to the U.S.A.. The last number of the code, 3, verifies it was an "Incomplete Vehicle".
So where is the sticker you found on the bed located exactly on yours? I kinda doubt mine's still there, since it's been repainted once. But I wouldn't be shocked to find it under some of the newer paint neither.
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I'm glad you mentioned that. Because I was going to ask what was up with that. That being why some trucks were like that, shipped here with no bed(a.k.a. deckless or Cab & Chassis, or Building Condition Category "IV: Incomplete Vehicle" in Toyota terminology).
My 88 long bed PU is one of those too. According to the model code anyways, VZN66L-MDEA3. The last letter of the code, A, verifies it was shipped to the U.S.A.. The last number of the code, 3, verifies it was an "Incomplete Vehicle".
So where is the sticker you found on the bed located exactly on yours? I kinda doubt mine's still there, since it's been repainted once. But I wouldn't be shocked to find it under some of the newer paint neither.
My 88 long bed PU is one of those too. According to the model code anyways, VZN66L-MDEA3. The last letter of the code, A, verifies it was shipped to the U.S.A.. The last number of the code, 3, verifies it was an "Incomplete Vehicle".
So where is the sticker you found on the bed located exactly on yours? I kinda doubt mine's still there, since it's been repainted once. But I wouldn't be shocked to find it under some of the newer paint neither.
Here is where the sticker is found on first gens
Sorry for the topic hijack, I just meant to add that my door panel is not have a sticker saying it was modified, you would never know without the sticker on the bed.