Hi All,
Wanted to quickly introduce myself and my new purchase with the group. I've always been a huge car fan and have owned a laundry list of cars over the past 15ish years. Currently have a '12 Duramax Denali Truck, '98 BMW M3 with Toyota 2JZ motor (915whp), and '95 BMW M3.
I have recently been toying with the idea of selling my 2012 Duramax and started to look at Craigslist for F150s or anything else that caught my eye. Ended up seeing this 2000 LX470 listed at a local dealer and while I hadn't previously been searching for a 100 -- dove head first into nightly research on the trucks, what to expect, modifications, build threads, etc. My '98 4Runner was so reliable and such a great vehicle, that I decided to make the jump into its bigger brother.
Truck has 213k miles and is bone stock. I was able to locate both the dealer service records (from 0-100k miles) and the records from the local Toyota independent (who serviced it from 100k-200k miles) -- so felt really solid about the truck's past, that it had been serviced with an open check book by prior owners, and looked great. From my test drive I noticed a few clunks and squeals (none of which were major and all could be found in threads here) so I used that in my negotiation and ended up striking a deal last weekend and driving it home.
Yesterday had it looked over by my trusted Toyota/Lexus independent who said overall it was a clean and good buy. Had the brake pedal throw adjusted, diffs and transfer-case fluids changed, tightened a few loose heat-shields, modified the brake backing plate where it was rusting and touching the rotor and lubed the D/S. Its had a recent timing belt, water pump, trans flush, and oil change -- so given all of that should be good for a bit.
Next up will be K02 in 285/75/16 and debating powder-coating the factory wheels a dark gray at the same time. After that, potentially a 2.5" OME lift with all accessories and then hopefully call it "done". Not really interested in bumpers or expedition as it will mostly be a mall cruiser...just like the stock but "on steroids" look.
I'll post some progress along the way. Thanks for the wealth of info thus far!
Wanted to quickly introduce myself and my new purchase with the group. I've always been a huge car fan and have owned a laundry list of cars over the past 15ish years. Currently have a '12 Duramax Denali Truck, '98 BMW M3 with Toyota 2JZ motor (915whp), and '95 BMW M3.
I have recently been toying with the idea of selling my 2012 Duramax and started to look at Craigslist for F150s or anything else that caught my eye. Ended up seeing this 2000 LX470 listed at a local dealer and while I hadn't previously been searching for a 100 -- dove head first into nightly research on the trucks, what to expect, modifications, build threads, etc. My '98 4Runner was so reliable and such a great vehicle, that I decided to make the jump into its bigger brother.
Truck has 213k miles and is bone stock. I was able to locate both the dealer service records (from 0-100k miles) and the records from the local Toyota independent (who serviced it from 100k-200k miles) -- so felt really solid about the truck's past, that it had been serviced with an open check book by prior owners, and looked great. From my test drive I noticed a few clunks and squeals (none of which were major and all could be found in threads here) so I used that in my negotiation and ended up striking a deal last weekend and driving it home.
Yesterday had it looked over by my trusted Toyota/Lexus independent who said overall it was a clean and good buy. Had the brake pedal throw adjusted, diffs and transfer-case fluids changed, tightened a few loose heat-shields, modified the brake backing plate where it was rusting and touching the rotor and lubed the D/S. Its had a recent timing belt, water pump, trans flush, and oil change -- so given all of that should be good for a bit.
Next up will be K02 in 285/75/16 and debating powder-coating the factory wheels a dark gray at the same time. After that, potentially a 2.5" OME lift with all accessories and then hopefully call it "done". Not really interested in bumpers or expedition as it will mostly be a mall cruiser...just like the stock but "on steroids" look.
I'll post some progress along the way. Thanks for the wealth of info thus far!