I've had her for just over a year now, best pic I have is my avatar, I've been doing baselining so its still a mostly-stock looking LX450 on the outside. If you can get your hands on a strong pneumatic rattle gun that would make taking it off way the hitch carrier way easier, I didn't so I sat...
I, too, bought a 80 series from the Detroit area, and I've been fighting rusty bolts ever since. I had to cut off all of the shocks to replace them, getting the steps off was a PITA, the wheels were frozen to the rear brake tophats which were frozen to the hubs,the hitch carrier was super rusty...