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Old 05-20-2008, 03:58 PM
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Default Re: Rusty Tacoma Frames, and Toyota's Solution

Well... tomorrow is the big day for me.

One of my final remaining leaf springs finally gave and snapped last night and rendered my suspension completely useless and my '99 Tacoma virtually undrivable.

Instead of making an appointment to get them replaced (cost of $1000-$1500), I made an appointment to get the rust check done on my frame tomorrow afternoon. I don't think it's rusty enough to pass... but you never know, I don't have full access to the frame when I crawl underneath the truck... maybe it will actually be worse once the techs get under there.

So please cross your fingers for me... financially, I really need my Taco to fail the rust test. C'mon ! Fail !

If it passes... I have some big decisions to make... fix it, and hope it continues to rust and eventually fails so I get the good offer from Toyota, or forego the value and just dump the whole thing and move in another direction, put the $1000-$1500 towards a new vehicle. Problem there is my Taco is pretty much worthless then.

Last edited by AJM; 05-20-2008 at 04:03 PM.
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