Should I or should I not buy?

Found an '08 SR5 same color as mine for sale, asking $16,998. I have someone wanting to buy my '07 for $10K. The '08 has every upgrade I wanted to do to mine minus the factory installed leather interior (done by the owner after he had it for a while). 4" Rough Country suspension lift, Body Armor front and rear bumpers, XRC 10K# winch, 20" Fuel Cleaver wheels, full length step rails, Thule Xsportster rack w/ LED light bar, LED color changing halo fogs, halo headlights, console vault and Bluetooth DVD head unit. It's a clean truck inside and out and the carfax shows that all the scheduled maintenance was performed on time and TSB's and recalls were taken care of in a timely manner. I'm torn because it would cost me almost $9K worth of work to do all this to mine but this one already has it done and I could get it for less than $7K. What the FK is a guy to do? Please help!

 

I like the look of it but id at least let a mechanic that you trust tell you if anything is wrong with it first.

 

Without a doubt! I'm going to go look at it today and drive it. I'm gonna crawl in and under that thing like a NASA inspector and look for anything suspicious.

 

Maybe just me but the stickers ruin the truck.

You know the history of your truck, but don’t know the history of this truck. I’d keep your ride and slowly add to it

 

If I get it, the emblems are going bye-bye and the flares rocker panels and lower qtr of the doors are getting painted black or rhino lined. I think that would set it off even more.

 

check for rust. you dont want to buy a paper weight and check for rust again

 

True, and the carfax shows the maintenance was done, but I'm still considering it as an option simply because it's a turnkey upgrade with everything I want done to mine.

 

Damn straight. I got my magnet ready and I'm going over the frame even though the carfax shows it was taken care of.

 

What is its mileage compared to yours?

I would keep yours and put 9k in a truck that you already know than vs 7k to a truck that you don't.

 

god I want those wheels lol

 

Did you want a mall crawler? To me those aftermarket parts, Rough Country, Body Armor, side steps, and those wheels scream mall crawler. Form over function. Check the front bumper alignment, is it contacting the fender? Can it be easily adjusted to correct?

The Thule rack is quality but it's usefulness is negated by having the light bar mounted on the forward bar.

 

Should! But make it less mall crawler..

 

I would be curious to know why the person is selling.

 

Honest question: why a winch on a 2wd? I have never seen that before..

 

2WD?

Not worth changing, unless you upgrade to a 4WD vehicle. YMMV

 

Not a fan of the 20" wheels. Plus it's a prerunner so that's a no go for me. Just my two cents.

 

Get 4x4

 

If its every mod you ever wanted I guess go for it.

I think its an ugly truck in an ugly color.

 

Lucky for you you're not the one looking to buy it.

 

If the "new" one is clean and mechanically sound, then it's a probably a good deal for you. If you'd want to remove or re-do any of the parts on there, the value of the aftermarket work drops.