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Shea
Excited to finally be part of the club! My wife and I had our first child and I decided my beloved Tacoma wasn't going to cut it for long trips with a growing family, gear and a 80lb german shepherd. So I went straight to the Land Cruiser, after lots of reading on this wonderful forum I was set. Tacoma was tearfully sold and the hunt started, I will admit I didn't think they would be so hard to find. After missing out on a local one and almost flying out to Kansas and Oklahoma I was settling in for the hunt to be 6+ months when a 2004 white (my color choice) showed up on craigslist 10 miles from me. When I was first searching 100s I would type too fast and spell it "Crusier" so I had a craigslist alert setup just in case someone else spelled it wrong too. Turns out the seller misspelled it the same way and I was one of the only people to find it. I called him right after he posted it and saw it the next day cash in hand and after some useful pre purchase information from mud I made an offer and we had a deal.
139k miles. California rig its whole life, garaged and ZERO rust. It had the worst 20'' wheels I've ever seen on it:
Started on baseline maintenance myself and with the help of John @ San Diego Trux whom I can't recommend enough! John and Darrell are quality people and did my post purchase inspection. So far I've done:
- Engine Oil switch to Mobile 1
- Front and Rear Diff drain and fill
- Transfer case drain and fill
- Transmission drain and fill
- Brake and Steering flushes
- Spark plugs
- Fuel Filter
- Rear rotors and pads
- Blackstone Labs test
Just did some Strongarm hood struts which so far are great.
Thanks to @sdnative picked up some pre 2003 16'' wheels and just this weekend got some 285/75/16 BFG A/T KO2 on it.
Next up is getting my ICOM 208H installed, getting a matching spare wheel/tire and then starting on building some sliders. Excited to hopefully give something back to this community I've learned so much from.
139k miles. California rig its whole life, garaged and ZERO rust. It had the worst 20'' wheels I've ever seen on it:
Started on baseline maintenance myself and with the help of John @ San Diego Trux whom I can't recommend enough! John and Darrell are quality people and did my post purchase inspection. So far I've done:
- Engine Oil switch to Mobile 1
- Front and Rear Diff drain and fill
- Transfer case drain and fill
- Transmission drain and fill
- Brake and Steering flushes
- Spark plugs
- Fuel Filter
- Rear rotors and pads
- Blackstone Labs test
Just did some Strongarm hood struts which so far are great.
Thanks to @sdnative picked up some pre 2003 16'' wheels and just this weekend got some 285/75/16 BFG A/T KO2 on it.
Next up is getting my ICOM 208H installed, getting a matching spare wheel/tire and then starting on building some sliders. Excited to hopefully give something back to this community I've learned so much from.
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