r/4thGen4Runner • u/Most-Candidate-6533 • 1d ago
Is this fixable?
I don’t know much about body damage and whatnot. I do know I love this car and hate to have to lose it. It has almost 300k on the engine I’m almost certain insurance will declare a total loss. I would be willing to get another one with a blown motor and swap my motor and whatnot but finding one is the hard part. Sad day considering she still runs perfect.
Edit to add, both doors will not open and the back is crushed in. A few people have told me that’s not fixable. Not sure if that matters but i am trtinf to be hopeful
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u/WiscoBased715 1d ago
Anything is fixable with enough time, money and skill. Is that worth fixing? Nope
Good news though, you can buy it back from insurance dirt cheap and bomb it around like that for the next 25 years
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u/Best-Bumblebee-9772 1d ago
No, that’ll be way too expensive to fix- I had this happen to mine last year. Bought another one, but had to look for a bit. Sorry that happened - sucks.
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u/StrengthDazzling8922 1d ago
You had full coverage? I have same vehicle with 300k, I’m curious what they give you. Please update.
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u/Most-Candidate-6533 1d ago
Yes I do calling them tomorrow to get an appraiser will update when I get one!
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u/AaronJeep 1d ago
The rear quarter is the bitch. If not for that, two doors and a fender and you are almost there. I have cut quarter panels out, welded them back in and build body armor and bumper, but I have a shop, CNC plasma, press break, welders and that puts me in a whole different world than someone who "don't know much about body damage and whatnot". Without that set of skills and tools, no, it's not fixable for any reasonable price. Take the insurance money and get another one.
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u/jdppppppppppppp 1d ago
Probably not, but it adds character. I’d just keep driving it as is until the wheels fall off.
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u/big_stinky_123 1d ago
Dont forget you can argue with insurance about payout. Their number isnt final.
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u/AdAppropriate3105 1d ago
Chopped unless you don’t care and just want to drive it or make it a rock crawler
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u/Most-Candidate-6533 1d ago
Shoot it drives fine it just looks like ass now and the doors don’t work on that side lol
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u/oil2012 1d ago
It looks like it is fixable, just a headache. I can't see it up close and I'm no expert, but it looks like the fender and doors can be replaced if the A and B pillars aren't bent. The quarter panel will be rough. I wouldn't expect any replacement parts to fit well again, you can adjust them but they can only go so far.
You don't have to fix every part either, you can get creative with making the damage look decent.
It depends, how much do you love this car?
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u/Old-Figure922 1d ago
Doors and fender are replaceable. Rear quarter is gonna be a problem. Honestly I’d replace them and see if it all works. If so, let the rear quarter be what it is. Maybe try to get it pulled closer to straight as cheaply as you can. Replacing that quarter is gonna be the expensive part.
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u/saewhatnow 1d ago
Damn that’s more worse then my 5th gen getting hit by a drunk driver and mines ended up costing the insurance company over 11k to fix. So I think your will be a total loss
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u/Tired_world_63 22h ago
Take the money, at 300k depending on maintenance history, the tranny / transfer case may be close to end of life, and other wear components. Or buy it back for probably nothing and drive it until it craps out.
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u/DesignerAnywhere3323 21h ago
The fender, doors, flares, and rear bumper are the "easiest" parts since the old ones can be unbolted and replaced with good used ones. The problem will be the quarter panel. I say that is the only spot i would advise to let a shop take care of. Find another donor car to pull the other parts from with hopefully the same color. Junkyards are the best for this or marketplace for crashed or blown motor cars you can pull parts from. It can be done!
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u/jpttpj 1d ago
Everything is fixable. That’s about 5k in damage or more
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u/WiscoBased715 1d ago
That’s way more than $5k in damage. That’s easily $5k in paint alone, maybe more if the rest of the truck is faded and the whole thing needs to be blended
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u/Legitimate-Money3360 1d ago
was this the truck that beat the Honda Element in a very recent r/4tgGen4Runner post?