Is this a shady buy? Advice please

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heres the link for the tacoma im getting. hes probably been on this thread before http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/cto/3027996436.html

 

subbed want to see this

 

its funny to me, he says he has a v8, but doesn't add ANY engine bay pics.....IDK man if i did something like that there would be a lot of pictures on that Craigslist add. if i was you i would do the payment via paypal. that way you dont get robbed

 

OP why don't you ask him to send you pics of the engine via text and then you can post them here. We can help you better that way if we see what we are dealing with.

 

heres a pic off another forum and another

 

i already had pics of the engine, heres the one he sent me. it looks legit to me!!1 its safe to say im excited to test this baby

 

did he say why he wanted to get rid of the truck?

 

Same here, sumofabitch

 

The truck in the pic looks gold to me, in the ad its black

 

x2,

and what type of v8?
and transmission?

 

He said it was professionally done. Can he send you a pic of the receipt? With the lic and vin if possible.

 

I love how the front drivers side marker light is missing. It also doesn't spec if it's a 4x2 or 4x4.

 

4.7 i-force but the other pic show a 4.3 lexus v8 wonder why seller is getting rid of it

 

good luck getting a modified truck from AZ to pass smog here in CA for registration...

would be interesting to see how seamless the process would be...

 

He said its cuz he wants to buy a 5th gen 4runner. And I asked for a receipt on the engine h said he is looking for it and that there are only 20000 miles on the engine. that's why I think it's shady. He did give me the vin for the truck and it is a 4wd. And I believe it's an automatic tranny and that it'll pass Cali smog certs

 

people where complaining about no pics so i had to indulge....even though there are NOT THE OP'S PICTURES

 

It looks like it could have been gold originally and then the guy painted it flat black.... without doing the engine bay (and I'm assuming the door jambs, etc are still gold too)

 

yuck^^ idk man, if someone half asses the paint, then IMO i WOULD NOT trust that engine.

just shows work ethic