I bought a 90 4runner SR5 4Wd 5SPD with 120,XXX miles about a year and a half ago for my daughter to learn how to drive manual, and have a sort of "cool" car in high school. She picked it up pretty quick, and then the accident happened. She rear ended a much larger SUV pretty good about 9 months ago. This left me with a decision, scrap it, or fix it, well, I'm on here, so you can guess my decision. I had the core support replaced, and bought a bunch of aftermarket parts to fix it. They fit about as good as a size 9 shoe on a size 12 foot. Last week I came across a 92 2WD auto on CL that had a blown tranny for $300. Body (specifically the front end) was in near perfect shape besides paint. I am in the process of changing over the fenders, hood, grille, lights etc...

This seems to be working out okay so far. I asked on 4runners.com, but did not get any information on this next question. What should I absolutely keep from the 92 before I sell off parts, or scrap it? I appreciate any and all information, and I'll add before/after pics once I actually get the work done.

KV

 

welcome to the forum. obvious answers are engine and drivetrain. if the interior is in good shape its worth keeping. those trucks are getting harder to find in good shape by the day. might be worth your time to post it up on the classifieds section here and see if anyone needs anything, make some of your money back.

 

Thank you for the post, I didn't want to throw stuff up in the classifieds being a new member here. Maybe after I have a few posts under my belt I'll throw it up there. For now I'll keep it intact besides the front clip. Only other thing I needed was front driver seat but it has the same exact wear my current seat has, and a different pattern in the fabric. Again, thank you!

 

Wrt the front driver seat, they all wear on the outboard seat bolster where the driver slides over it. You can get some more miles out of things by swapping seat bottom cushions with the passenger side. The seat bottom cushions are identical left to right, and that puts the worn section inboard on the passenger side, where you can't see it as well and you don't slide over it. You get a fresh bolster on the driver's side.

You can do the same thing with the seat back cushions, except that the driver's side may have a lumbar support, which I haven't delved in how to deal with yet.

 

Another thank you, and interesting, I didn't think about taking the seats apart for frankenstein operations. I'll have to look at them when I get home, but the pattern is so dramatically different that it may not match at all. Same general color, but the newer one has some cross hatching dark pattern that the older one does not have.

 

Well, I was just talking about swapping the original seats right to left to move the bad spot to someplace less objectionable. However, your mix and match idea is interesting if one can find a matching set in a junkyard. It's always the driver side seat that is worn out.

 

Thanks again @RJR !