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Location:
northern beaches
Registered:
August 2002
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sprinter advice
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Wed, 25 September 2002 10:02
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hey guys
ive found what i belive to be a very good condition sprinter for sale, is there any potential traps i should look for, eg a place that they rust. ive gone over it fairly well and i think its in good nick. also whats the going rate for a good condition totaly unmodifyed, stock as a rock sprinter?
thanks!
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: sprinter advice
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Wed, 25 September 2002 10:57
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They tend to rust in the tailgate, on the outside edge of the rear guards just above the wheels, inside the door frame at the back near the vent, and in the bottom of the doors. Going rate? generally anywhere from $1000 for something that drives (possibly with a passable body) to about $5000 for something in good order with a 4ag and maybe a few other tricks thrown in.
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Location:
Sydney, Australia
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: sprinter advice
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Wed, 25 September 2002 20:45
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mrshin pretty much covered it, I learnt the hard way when I had to buy a second sprinter when the first one rusted out. Here is what I did:
Apart from the lower part of the front gaurds there are not many places to rust up front. Firstly check along the top of the windscreen as this is a common spot for rust to start. Be wary of even small amounts up there cause it can be just the tip of the iceburg, and will be expensive if not impossible to fix. Open the drivers door and check down in the A pillars around the hinges, any rust spots there will be pretty much terminal. Have a peek inside the guards as leaves and stuff tends to collect in there. Follow around the bottom sill, the metal in those places is thin and tends to rust easily. Then check around the door latch area, where the vent is - it is an extremely common place for them to rust.
Next check around and under the rear wheel arch, especially where the rear bumper bolts up, and open the fuel hatch and check inside and underneath near the bumper. Another common spot for rust.
At the back of that car, your greatest fear should be what you cant see - under the bumper there is a "sill" which runs along the width of the car and tends to collects water and rust. It then spreads to the corners and starts to pop up where the small seams run up to the taillights. Follow those seams down as far as you can and look for signs of rust there. These seams can be a good telltale indicator of any repairs done to the rear as they are hard to reproduce in filler  .
Look around the back of the tailgate, both inside and outside. Also check the around the tailgate hinges and the strut mounts. Next pull up the carpet and check the floor for rust, pull out the rear tire and check for rust at the bottom of the tire well. Open the lid that to the jack area and stick your hand in and feel all the way down for rust - it should be nice and dry in there. Do the same on the other side.
Then continue around the passenger side of the car, doing exactly the same as the drivers side only in reverse.
hope this helps.
rgrds
sam
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Location:
GoldCoast/Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: sprinter advice
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Thu, 26 September 2002 07:22
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Yeah I did all that when I bought my sprinter in May this year..... be wary of around the windscreen is all i can say!!!!
Only found out when the car went to get sprayed when they took the windscreen trim off and popped the craked windscreen out that there was rust all along the A pillars...mainly surface, but enough for my heart to jump into my mouth!! My sprinter apart from that is rust free... amazing... well probably not since it was pretty much a country car! The rust around the windscreen was because of the windsceen being replaced at sometime or another and them just Black Urethaning the trims back onto the frame and the windscreen.
I paid $1100 for it unreg!! But the body is in heaps good condition only had to smooth out a few dings, now its like a babys butt! Waiting for some time so I can send it to get a GZE in it....anyone know a good place in Queensland? I was most likely going to get it done at Rollin Importers, they are good guys and have done this sort of conversions into sprinters and other rwd corollas of the same era!
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Location:
northern beaches
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: sprinter advice
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Thu, 26 September 2002 08:05
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ive looked very closely and the only bit i can see is the tinyest bit around the front window, like TINY! other than that i cant find any in the other spots mentioned  . and the price sounds right so i think i might go for it. but before i do im definatley going to have one last look at that windscreen area
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