i lost my 1995 4Runner due to a fire yesterday that is still unknown to why it even happened. I feel sick about it though, I will never get enough money from the insurance to rebuild a 4Runner like it. I have had it for just short of 5 years now, it just feels like someone died.

- CarDomain (before and after pictures)

- More photos of the actual fire damage

If anyone could give me any rough ideas of value to the lift, rims, tires, etc. to tell the insurance company, that would be wonderful. I basically have to figure out how much it would actually cost me to reproduce my 4runner again so they can take that into consideration instead of just giving me KBB on a stock 4Runner.

 

oh my god, thats terrible man.

is that a PSP??

 

yup, sure is. Along with my iPod that is fused to the dash. My wallet was in there, my digital camera i recovered out of the center console, somehow it made it through. Almost everything that i owned was in there because we packed up everything for our annual camping trip. Cell phones, clothes, everything...

 

That sucks man. I'm sorry for your loss. Just be glad that you all are alright. You may not think so, but a vehicle can be rebuilt. Also be glad that it wasn't parked in your garage, where damage could have been much worse.

Where you driving at the time, or was it just sitting somewhere?

 

Wow I'm really sorry to hear about your loss. That was one of the best looking 4Runners we have on this site. And Nees is right your lucky it wasn't parked in your garage or anything like that. A guy down the street lost his house and his cars cause his Heep caught on fire in the garage.

 

Damn, sorry about your loss, it looks like it was a hella nice 'Runner.
The thing that I am most curious about is what caused the fire?
I'm sure that insight to that would be helpful to all here.
As for pricing it out; spend a little time calling around to the tire, rims and lift companies to get your pricing there is the best course and again, you have my condolences for your loss.

 

yeah, i was actually on the freeway at the time going about 60-65. I look down at my temperature gauge and it just rockets over to the red-zone, past it even. I pull over to the shoulder and it just starts billowing smoke and right when i opened the hood, flames shot out and i had to drop the hood and yell to everyone to get out of the truck. By the time the firemen got there the flames were 5-8 feet high above my truck. It was so horrible, it hurt the most when they were taking their axes at it...as for the cause of the fire, it is still unknown. I will post when i hear more from the insurance investigators.

 

just take the reciepts with you and shwo them to the insurance

 

yeah, i can do that for the tires, but the lift kit, the rims, the stereo, everything was done before i bought it. I do have the reciepts for the K&N FIPK and the magnaflow exhaust, but i don't know what to do about the rest except to show them something comparible for them to get an idea of, like a fabtech 6" lift or something of the sort. I don't know what is going to happen for the stuff that i don't have reciepts for, they can obviously see that it is there though.

 

Man sorry to hear about that... but glad you and everyone are ok... and hope you get another Runner and fix it up!

Oh and just curious.. how old are ya?

Ian

 

I am not sure if any homer owners or renters insurance would cover oyur personal belongings.
Real sorry to hear about the bad luck. I will be happy to send you some Filthy Rich Clothing t-shirts. Let me know what size(s) you need

 

Do you own a clothing store or something? Have a website to it?

Ian

 

once my car got broekn into in dc, and they took my movado watch, portable cd layer, CDs, nd other random things. My home owners covered it up to $2k without asking for reciepts. Check with your agent

 

I think most do. Our van was broken into in Toronto at the skydome, and we filed a claim with our insurance company, and we got the money back. My sister's car was broken into a couple years ago, and they stole all the stereo stuff and her boyfriend's softball bag. They got the money for that too. Of course, you've got to pay the deductible first.

 

Damn -- very sad to hear about this. I travel frequently with my 4Runner packed with thousands of dollars worth of climbing/camping gear and a fire like happened to yours would be devastating. I can imagine how bleak the out look is right now, and I'm very sorry for your loss. That was a sweet looking rig -- I hope you get a fair settlement and can get a replacement that will help fill the void. If you're interested, I'm selling my 95 4Runner in the near future. PM me if you'd like details when the time comes to make another purchase.

Ed

 

Sorry to hear that. I'm glad everyone is okay.

 

Sorry for your loss.

A simple on board fire extinguisher could have saved it...a very important worthwhile mod for your next 4Runner.

 

That is just terrible, you can tell how hot the fire was from those pics. Melted tires & the bare metal interior!!! I think that the close eye you kept on your gauges probably helped get everyone out of the 4r ok, it would have been a lot worse if it had burst into flames while you were still driving it. Seems like the fire you describe would have to be from a leak or cut in a fuel line. As fast as that all happened I'm not sure an extinguisher would have saved it, but I'm going to put one in mine just in case.

 

With smoke billowing out like he said, when he opened the hood, he fed the fire...if he had shot it with an extinguisher from underneath he could have probably put it out or doused it enough to then open the hood and kill the rest of it. I'm not talking a baby extinguisher or a piece of crap one like you get at Lowe's, I'm talking a full-sized fire extinguisher, a metal cannister that has some wallop to it...not some 16 oz water shooter.

I've seen some pretty big fires put out by fire extinguishers...as a good size one doesn't take any prisoners...especially in isolated areas like an engine bay.

 

That sucks. I am glad everyone is ok. I hate to see a nice runner go down.