SR5 1985 4Runner, solid axle, EFI, looks like its in good shape, 5-speed.

Guy said he'll part with it for $6500. Kinda steep?

 

yeah dude, probably is a little steep. Unless its like brand new and has extremely low miles. I could've jumped on a 85 here locally that had minimal rust with 172,000 miles and new tires and clutch for $1,850.

 

Nice. I guess the trick is to find someone who doesn't know what he's got.

 

Thats too steep in my mind. For that kind of $$ you can SAS a newer one and have a better wheeling setup anyways....

 

have you seen or driven it? how many miles? paint condition? has it ever been wrecked?

 

An '85 for $6500? Crap!!! That is way high, about no matter what. (unless they spent a load under the hood and on the suspension, gears, and lockers, in my opinion)

 

nope, looked pretty stock. I think the guy was just too proud of it since he had gotten it only 3 months prior...

 

Consider how much yours is worth, and remember his is 3 years older. And of course there is always getting all the info and going to KBB.com.

 

True. I just don't know exactly what the price increase should be for having the stock solid axle since its a rarity. Less than a SAS, obviously.

 

IMO if you want to build a solid axle rig buy an IFS rig cheap. Generally if you want to have a killer solid axle rig existing body damage wont be a big deal, so you can find a slightly absed IFS rig for less than a clean 85. Do a SAS and go from there. I think this is better than the 85 rig for several reasons.

Most of the long travel kits for solid axles have longer springs, fab work on either IFS or solid axle.

For both rigs you need 4 springs, hi-steer, shocks, hagers front and rear, gears....

For a IFS to SAS rig the only extra stuff you need you wouldnt need for a 85 is an axle, $300.

For a SAS rig you need a steering box, IFS brake calipers. proablly $200-$300..

As you can see there isnt much different in terms of what you have to buy for either a SAS or solid axle rig. That is assuming you want to build a great trail rig, if you just want a solid axle and some 33's, then yes go for an 85.

 

yeah I doubt I'll ever run more than 33's. But I do take the truck to some places where a SFA would help tremendously.

What's the general cost of performing a SAS, assuming I do most everything but the tricky and important welding part? (I'm sure this has been covered before, but because I'm too lazy to search, and we're already talking about it, here it is)

 

Its been too long since I looked at doing it. I know for the amount I wheel and the people I wheel with it was too much money. But it was still reasonable, I want to say 2K or less.

For what i do, what i have below \/ is more than enought. I would like to have a SAS but dont need one, and the $$ goes elsewhere...

 

just looked at allpro, 1400 for the complete kit, much cheaper than I remember. The only added cost I would have is the axle and one set of gears and a locker, but thats 1K since I run ARB..... Still too much

 

No, I don't know all that info, except that the paint condition was only fair. I was shocked by the $6500 quote so I didn't press him to let me try it out.