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Old 11-16-2010, 09:14 PM
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totalled or still worth fixing?!?!?!?

well about 4 months ago i bought this beautiful 86 4runner with no rust and nothing wrong with it except it needed a driver...

today it broke my heart when some jerk ran me off the road and i cant decide weather to consider it totaled or fix it any advice?

P.S. its pretty bad
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any pics so we can tell how bad
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Your post is a little vague.

Is it



Or is it

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pics would be good and don't feel too bad my 90 went up in flames last month and i had it for 11 years. Cried like a baby for a couple days then moved on.
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here is a link to the photos of it :(((

http://www.myspace.com/my/photos/album/2048083
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no worky if not user of the myspace
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it shows me my pics on myspace.


but looking at your avitar your fender lookes pretty screwed up
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try this one

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IHQZTLFTF3XU.../photos/264581
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is the frame sound?
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surprisingly yes... and the passenger side (which i dont understand) took the most impact and is perfect not a spot on it...
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bang the inner fender back and put a new fender on

it looks pretty savable
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think its going to need a new front end tho... ill post more pics 2mar but the radiator is pushed in and the power stearing pump is THREW it... not to mention fender well is all messed up on inside
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ya i couldent see much with the pics but the fender well can probably be fixed with a nice hammer
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Red face

As long as the frame does not need to be pulled.

Like any thing It can be fixed but time and costs are the deciding factor.

If you had no skills and had to pay to have it done it would not be worth it.

I say used parts radiator support**, inner fender and fender.

Going with a new all metal radiator

** I had repaired one some what like this I decided to just straighten the radiator support. After it was all done I kicked my self for not putting one in for what it is worth.

Good luck!!

Just curious did you get a piece of the other vehicle. Or just as my insurance agent says drive off the road and have a crash by yourself

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no i didnt get a piece of the other car and i dont have any experiece really but i do have a donor truck and i wasnt thinking about using the old radiator it has a 2 foot hole in it
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I would look for a solid front clip from another rig.
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if you have another car....I would fix this one....it is going to take some time but you will be able to fix it.
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As long as your not looking for a show car restore I vote fix it too. You could have that driveable in a day or two...
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yea i got to looking today waiting to get outta school im going to put a new front end on it from a late 80s model toyota truck its all the same i suppose and its doing me no good laying around the house but ill post up pics later
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fix it.


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