Holy wow.

"deprecated account" (savethei4s)
06/17/2016 at 13:27 • Filed to: None

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

‘93 4Runner 3VZ/5 speed combo, 4wd, and only 12k miles for $30k. This thing is the definition of clean. Also, I need new “4WD” mudflaps for my 4Runner, but those suckers are impossible to find, even on eBay. If only mine was as clean as this....

DISCUSSION (29)

Slant6 > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 13:32

I can’t decide if I’d rather have this with a manual or a new one for the same price with an automatic.

Sneaky Pete > Slant6
06/17/2016 at 13:34

I’d take the new one.

Old cars with very little mileage make me nervous.

Plus, the new car has so many more amenities than a 1993. though if you really want a tape deck...

Slant6 > Sneaky Pete
06/17/2016 at 13:35

And this one is too clean to use like a 4 runner should. I’d feel better messing up a new one on a trail than ruining this old one.

Party-vi > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 13:36

Ah the gutless wonder.

deprecated account > Party-vi
06/17/2016 at 13:37

I don’t know why they wouldn’t sell it stock with a 1UZ. We fatass Americans would eat that up.

HammerheadFistpunch > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 13:39

12,000 miles and the rear springs STILL look saggy. We had a 91 and it was beefed up with air springs in the back to get rid of the rake.

HammerheadFistpunch > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 13:39

They did well one with the 2uz...we didn’t.

Dru > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 13:44

I did that with a 94 but bought overkill springs which caused a horrendous grinding noise when decelerating at highway speed. Remedied it by carrying a couple hundred pounds of sand in the back. True story.

Dru > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 13:46

At first I was like "wow, the cleanest 2nd gen I've ever seen...with crazy low miles!" then I was all like "30 grand? someone is smoking Rob Fordian levels of crack."

deprecated account > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 13:46

But 1UZ and 2nd gen 4Runners were intorduced about the same time. They could’ve just tuned it a bit to optimize low-end torque and plopped it in there. I imagine that would’ve made a pretty decent towing/hauling rig.

deprecated account > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 13:46

:( the sag is real

deprecated account > Dru
06/17/2016 at 13:48

Yeah, it’s a total CP, but thing is, you could’ve reset the odometer to zero and no one would know the difference (suspension sag aside) because it’s that clean.

HammerheadFistpunch > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 14:00

the optimized for low end UZ is the 2UZ, but you are right, it didn’t come about until 1998. The other thing was that these small rigs were all underpowered at the time, it was just the norm. No one dreamed of even 200 hp in something in this class at the time.

deprecated account > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 14:02

DAMMIT 90S PEOPLE WHY CAN’T YOU DREAM!!!

And yes the 2UZ is optimized for low end, but it’s a pretty different engine from the 1UZ even though they’re in the same family.

HammerheadFistpunch > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 14:04

yes, its different. I just mean that in the UZ family, the 2UZ is the “truck” motor (also boat).

deprecated account > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 14:08

fun fact: there is a supercharged 1uz aircraft engine!

HammerheadFistpunch > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 14:10

yeah, I remember reading about that. It got its certs as an experimental, but I guess it never really...puts on sunglasses...took off.

deprecated account > HammerheadFistpunch
06/17/2016 at 14:21

Kinja'd!!!

E92M3 > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 14:22

Wow, I would like to hear it’s story. Not a typical vehicle people would buy and park. Even if they got $30k that was a horrible financial decision.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 14:56

CP. I’d buy a diesel Surf for that. Or swap mine and fully restore it. I had absolutely mint 4WD mudflaps I would have sent you, but my dog destroyed them when I took them off.

deprecated account > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/17/2016 at 15:07

womp womp womp. I love those mudflaps. They just look so good. Mine aren’t torn up, they just don’t have the paint on them anymore.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 15:14

Mine did. Though, if you are careful enough, you could paint them back on.

deprecated account > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/17/2016 at 15:15

if it were you, what kind of paint would you use?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 15:18

Tire paint: https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-HT…

Make a stencil, then color it in.

deprecated account > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/17/2016 at 15:20

The letters are raised though so couldn’t I just use painter’s tape?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 15:21

That would also work.

deprecated account > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/17/2016 at 15:26

Okay, I might try that next weekend as we are moving into our new house this weekend.

The Stig's former college room mate > deprecated account
06/17/2016 at 16:05

That isn’t much less than I just paid for my 2016 4runner. I always liked the 2nd generation. I had a customer come in with one that he had just bought. He was the type of person that never spent more than $1000 on a car, didn’t know anything about cars, and didn’t care. He’d buy the first one he found in his price range, drive it into the ground, then buy another. He came in with this 4Runner for the first time. Pretty rough, rust holes everywhere. Get in to check the mileage and am shocked to see it’s a 5 speed. Open the hood and it’s got the TRD supercharger! He knew nothing about the car and ended up just letting it fall apart like all his others.

deprecated account > The Stig's former college room mate
06/17/2016 at 16:23

That’s sad, but hey if they weren’t in good shape when he bought them, more power to him.