What to look for in a used SR5
03-23-2010, 10:10 PM
Post: #6
 
If the car has been standing outside like that for more then 3 years I would certainly check the following:
- rust under windshield
- rust in sidepockets of the trunk (they are a water trap in the 2 door coupe!)
- rust in doorsills (also a rust trap!)
- rust under carpets in footwell (if any water leaks into the car it will stay there)
- rust on the bottomside of the car. You don't want to have to restore anything like this:
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/mine/t/4562
The car looks great from the top and was parked outside in a garden for only four years, but on the bottom it was so rotten that it could not be saved after all! Banging head

Not all SR5 were manual, as you can find here:
http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/q_U_1985_TO..._AE86.html

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What to look for in a used SR5 - jlm_photo - 03-21-2010, 04:48 PM
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[] - jlm_photo - 03-23-2010, 03:06 AM
[] - Uzelac - 03-23-2010, 02:01 PM
[] - vlgi - 03-23-2010, 03:51 PM
[] - banpei - 03-23-2010 10:10 PM

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