how much rust is too much?

I am looking at a 98 tacoma 4cyl 4wd 112k miles synthetic oil. Pretty immaculate minus the seats and a lil rust. But how much is too much rust? Ivr been trying to get a good deal on one of these or a 4runner for weeks with no luck. ..so ill put some pictures up you guys give me your opinion please and thank you!!

 

that's not the worst i've seen (my old 2000 tacoma was much worse), but it's not great either. makes working on anything under the truck a huge pain.

i'd pass.

 

That's nothing, especially for a 98. iv'e seen 2nd gens on here with a heck of a lot worse rust issues

 

Less than my '09

 

Yup, my 09 has more rust than that...

 

This!

Any new car looks like that after a winter or two in Nova Scotia.

 

Not bad at all man. Power wash it, fluid film, rinse and repeat every 6 months. Your golden

 

Unless the inside is somehow completely rotten.... That looks GREAT

 

See if it's been registered for the frame rust warranty... it's transferrable between owners and if it eventually fails the truck will get bought back for way more than you'll pay for it.

 

Wait, it's a 98 so the warranty would be up sometime this year, probably already passed. Nevermind...

 

Thanks for all the info guys!

 

I'd buy that in a heartbeat, the small sections of frame rust are easily dealt with by wire brush and good paint. Everything else pictured is a non issue.

 

First off I don't agree that it's nothing, in one of the pictures it is already starting to bubble up the paint and looks like a crack has started.

I discussed this very problem on the tacomaforum.com go over there and look under 1st Gens at the rust posts. It seems that the best approach is cleaning off all the old rust (witch is in the pictures) coat with a special type paint and "oil" the frame with used or new motor oil. There is a guy there named "byrd" that seems to know what he is talking about.