Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys,
I'm currently looking for a hilux to buy and i found this one the other day, what do you think about it?
1994 Toyota Hilux
2.8 Diesel
2 door Cab Chassis
186497 Kms
Air con, tow bar, power steering, bull bar, driving lights, side rails & steps, free wheeling hubs, all terrain tires, enforcer Shocks
$10,990

Might be able to get it down to $10000
Good buy or not???

looks alright mate. you might be able to work the dealer down to nine if you had my haggling skills

Oh really? Well come along mate and show me how its done then

rightio mate, its a date, 2 moro ok?

Yeah mate sounds good, but i'd like a real 4wders opion first

Bowdzz wrote:Yeah mate sounds good, but i'd like a real 4wders opion

Lowish Kms on it. but i still think you can get one cheaper

dude look in the tradingpost. i would be shocked if you couldnt find the same thing for cheaper and without those hideous cheese cutters.

whats doing with that rear bar???

it's like wings

it is a truck from out west for sure, it will have good service history but be sure to have a good look under it.


NICK

Is that a 2.8 Diesel or what?

yep its deisel 2.8. had a look with him yesterday and looks pretty good for a ten year old, no rust anywhere, what looked like bloody good custom side steps and bar work, cept the pricks at the car yard wouldnt let him take it for a test drive unless he would be willing to commit on the day

glen1n wrote:the pricks at the car yard wouldnt let him take it for a test drive unless he would be willing to commit on the day

Yeah bloody oath!!! i counld believe that!!

Oh yeah he also reckons it's worth 12K! and that i'd be luck to get it for 11K

So i guess everyone reckons its too heafty???? Yeah i thought so at first but its in terrific nick!!! Oh well keep looking then i spose
Thanks fellas

sounds ok to me i paid 7 grand for my 1984 modle dual cab with more ks on it

the tyres are pizza cutters, get the 38' start on there

Any of you guys know any haggling tricks that might help me?
Theres only 2 months rego left so i could use that angle to shade of a few $$$'s or it this just another reason to fark it all togther and move on???

Act like you don't really want to buy it! and if the seller ask you if you like it just say well i'm not really sure if i like it, at this price , just be negitive about the car till you hear the price you like or drop lines like well you know 6mths redgo would be nice, or i saw a newer model in the paper for $7000 or you know stuff like that. good luck

Thanks, sounds pretty good
btw those "pizza cutters" or "cheese cutters" will diffently be going if i get it, i was thinking about 33" or 35" MRT's or Simex's

Food for thought, may not be able to go this low but some room for haggling >>>>>

http://www.redbook.com.au/Vehiclesearch ... 94EJ&veh=y

Opps, sorry wrong one. Maybe not a bad price after all >>>>

http://www.redbook.com.au/Vehiclesearch ... y=TOYO94EU

it looks in pretty good nick to me mate.
does the previous owner look like a good bloke??coz you can sometimes pick how they drive the car just by lookin at them.


flynn

flynn wrote:it looks in pretty good nick to me mate.
does the previous owner look like a good bloke??coz you can sometimes pick how they drive the car just by lookin at them.


flynn

it's from a dealer

Btw how do hilux's go off road?
and on road aswell?

Always late in a 2.8 on road

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Shaken not stirred offroad

I saw a lux, 2.8 steel tray 33's in good nick for $8500 near wagga wagga on the weekend so 10 is probably a bit much

Does anyone have any other suggestions on a different type of car?

Well really you just have to ask your self what your really after, i.e : Some thing ezy to clean, (some times), lite, LOTS of after market stuff to buy, comes sprung over stoke (more Clearince than most 4x4), and they look KOOL , then you would probly want a HI-LUX , Patrols are fuel eaters, and have some clearince problems cos U bolts and purchers can get stuck, but apart from that my second choice would be a MQ or Mk, but if i had the money GQ NISSAN Patrol just cos there Kool to and sound awsome there 6cyl and the NISSAN Diesel Motors (i have herd)are one of the strongest diesel motors around, Don't really know about any other 4x4's but go the LUX there Mini MONSTER trucks

Mate has a GQ coil cab, no turbo but extractors, bigger exhaust, running 37's with a 6" kit under it, running open diffs (no lockers) and it goes everywhere, dearer to buy, but more comfy, roomier, looks tough, and as much as I hate to say it, nissan diffs are almost bulletproof, and thats from a lux owner, prob won't cost as much to keep on the road after you purchase it.

i know a guy with A GU coil all round, ITs a Turbo Diesel, not sure on lift but his Runing 35'. Has your mate got any engine mods or a new engine ? but yeah i would have to agree with every thing you said, a mate of mine has a MQ Patrol and that car went through so much befor anything big had to be done to it, the amount of times we got it boged is uncountable but we only realy got it boged cos we did dumb but fun stuff like driveing in to a mud pudle and basicly haveing the engine runing under water, when we finly got it out the only thing that needed fixing was the starter motor witch only tock a fuw hits from a hamer to work agin but i still love the my old HI-LUX

Dunno bout patrols bit pricey and huge fuel bills

Found this one, price is crap and its in vic
but if the kms were real it'd be a great buy
http://carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs ... istance=25