My brother had a deer mishap with his truck so he's looking for a new vehicle. We both took the day off yesterday to go car shopping.
We found a very nice 2007 Tacoma TRD with 200k priced on the low side of the KBB suggested price. The body and frame are in awesome shape. Their records showed that it came from the south and it looks to have been rust proofed. It looks like the '07 had the rusty frame recall, but the frame just has surface rust. One thing I found interesting was that the engine had a lot of rusty components. Hose clamps, small brackets etc. The rear springs and brackets were also new.
Too long; don't read: The power steering rack hard line is very rusted. At first I thought the part was replaceable, but it looks like the hard line comes with a new rack. Unless I am missing something, it looks like the whole assembly will need to be replaced. Can anyone confirm this? This as well as the no AC looks like a thing to talk them down on if he decides to go this route.
Thanks everyone. Have a good weekend!
We found a very nice 2007 Tacoma TRD with 200k priced on the low side of the KBB suggested price. The body and frame are in awesome shape. Their records showed that it came from the south and it looks to have been rust proofed. It looks like the '07 had the rusty frame recall, but the frame just has surface rust. One thing I found interesting was that the engine had a lot of rusty components. Hose clamps, small brackets etc. The rear springs and brackets were also new.
Too long; don't read: The power steering rack hard line is very rusted. At first I thought the part was replaceable, but it looks like the hard line comes with a new rack. Unless I am missing something, it looks like the whole assembly will need to be replaced. Can anyone confirm this? This as well as the no AC looks like a thing to talk them down on if he decides to go this route.
Thanks everyone. Have a good weekend!
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