For Sale 1997 LX450 Nicely Built Factory Locked

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SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD!!!!!!

Sold and moving to Kansas. I believe it will get used like it was meant to and will happily support a great family and a fellow mudder who is adding to his corral.


So here goes the Ad. I'm sure I'll forget tons of things

1997 LX450 with approx 220K miles and factory lockers.
New Radiator and Brakes all around, has new upholstery in front, rebuilt power steering pump and did general tune up with dist, plugs, wires, etc about 3K miles ago. Beautifully black under nieght and not a SPEC of rust anywhere on the vehicle...wait there is one...on rear window wiper arm as I bought it from someone up in PA but i sanded and painted. Have an extra on the parts vehicle if that gets to you.

As for the Mods
Early Complete Slee Lift with 5" Comp Coils (very heavy duty). Have extra spacers for the rear if you want to put in a lot of weight. Without the wait it sits buggy that way.
Slee D.C. Driveshaft
Early F.O.R Bilsteins...much nicer ride though I ran out of adapters and only have one on but I can tell the difference over the OME L's.
Full size roof rack
48" farm jack
315 KM2s with less than 1K miles on them
Extended Brake lines and diff breathers
Slee Skid Plate
Slee Sliders
Slee Rear bumper with tire swing out and full 35" MTR Spare 100% Tread
Has pintle and Ball hook up for those trailer expo guys
ARB Front bumper
Warn 12K Winch with Syn Rope and wireless remote (good for up to 100') Have extra switches for in-cab control as well but figured why with the remote.
PA Speaker so I can yell at people
Keeping my CB but that is what I use
1200W Continuous inverter where the 6CD Changer was...almost perfect fit
LED Lights thruout the entire interior
Aftermarket stereo for Sat radio and Ipod
Put the slimline Polk 6.5" speaks in the front, some phoenix golds in the back and was going to mod the center sub for my interior speaker for the CB but didn't not get there yet.
I've done the 7 Pin mod and put in a CDL switch
Also have OEM Hand Throttle (nice for running that York)
Speaking of which have York onboard Air setup I have not installed yet
I also have a sweet self monitoring Dual Battery setup with 3FE OEM battery tray (INSTALLED).
White face gauges (have not been put in yet as I was going to order a few LED's to replace the D light that was out)
Viper remote start (REMOVED)
Brand spanking new DEPOT headlights. Was going to do the projector MOD to them but again they just came in. I also have the Toyota grill to make these work with the LX450.
Have extra switches and perfect fit grid heaters for the heated mirrors option. Just never got a chance to put them in. I was waiting until we moved to somewhere cold and I could order the seat warmers and put those in as well.
Also have switch and extra security garage door opener (brand new in box) for interior garage door opener.
Left the snorkle with the parts rig up in NC along with the water bottle relocation kit.

Missing the adjuster on the driver side seat but still works, screw in drivers door handle...kinda annoying sometimes. Needs new high pressure hose on powersteering resiviour to pump. I should have replaced it like everyone said to do when I rebuilt. I did not and now it leaks. EGR light on. I tried the redneck fix but it keeps comming back on every couple hundred miles. I guess I need some sort of resistor for it. Has a scratch (rebar on the one time I took it on a side road). Hood is fading. Hmmm also weather stripping around drivers window just seemed to disappear and I can hear the wind comming thru it a bit. Window was always kinda slow when it got below 40 anyway so probably needs the new seals as others have done to fix the slow drivers window. Font end doesn't leak anything and really clean around birfs. That being said the upper trunions on both sides are starting to wear and result in a slight vibration between 50-60MPH. Heater vents missing a few grills but all work fine. Broken antenna mast. Motor works fine but mast is snapped on last few inches. Tape around intake boot.
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What are you gonna do with that viper? Does it go with the truck?
 
Interested in a trade for a Ford 2001 CC Dually, Lariat, 7.3, 145K miles?

Possibly but very unlikely. I have a 1997 F250 with the 7.3L just changed out half of the glow plugs tonight actually. Ran out of light and have to do the other side tomorrow. 2 of 4 were bad so hopefully with the 21 degree morning we are expecting I can get started a bit easier.

Send me an e-mail at jasontrayloratgmaildotcom. But you never know. I want a 5th wheel a few years down the road and that would pull a lot better. I would miss the OBS but would be fond of the solid front axle if you have a 4x4 and the intercooler none the less.

Thank you,
Jason
 
Bump for a good rig and a better seller...

Good luck Jason
 
Bump for a good rig and a better seller...

Good luck Jason

Thank you Brett, doing the crazy car shuffle with the kid on the way. But I guess you know all about that. No worries though it is just going to leave more time for the FJ43 and more gas money for trips up/down/accross to NC.
 
Didn't sell on ebay. Might throw it up there again but still interested in trades for any diesel SUVs that you may have. Or a very nice SUV that is not diesel for the wife to drive. Must be AWD. Price still same with OBO.

Have been driving it the last few days. Sure does warm up quick compared to my diesel truck on those cold mornings.
 
Viper removed and running good again. Appeared to be a bad ground.

Installed dual battery setup and it is AWESOME. Put in my extra Duralast Diesel Battery. Tight fit but it is in there. Got the winch hooked up and cleaned up. Was going to do the remote garage door opener last night but ordered a 390Mhz instead of a 315 that I needed.

Getting really ancy about selling it and wanting to hold onto it but I'm trying to let reason keep it for sale. Saw that LX450 with the turbo and had major envy and big dreams.

Bumpity bump bump bumpity bump!
 
Have you decided to come down in price yet? It's a neat truck, with a lot of good stuff on it, but w/ 220k on it, I'm having a real hard time justifying $14,900. Just saying...

Free bumpe either way.
 
Thanks,

Yeah mileage is a bit high but there are multiple other rigs on here in the upper 12's with less. So yeah I'm in that price range. A few weeks ago I would have taken something in the 12's but not anymore. Still firm.

But in all reality I don't want to sell it. Logic and the fact that I never get to use it says I should but I'm also hoping to get stationed to Ft. Drum NY (Lake Effect Snow) so I might just hold onto it anyway as I hear there is some wheeling in the general vicinity and it will be a nicer ride than my F-250 diesel into work that takes darn near 8 miles to warm up with temps in the 20's. That and my FJ40 that I always knew had to go will be up on the chopping block in a couple of months when I finish it and as long as that sells before September this year I can afford to keep this one. At that time it would be more of a logistics issue than anything. Not to mention if I get up there and have to drive thru 2 feet of snow to get to work I would really kick my ARSE that I sold this. But then again I could get stationed in the south again and have no need for it. So yeah in a holding pattern really.

I just can't let go of this dream that easily yet. Love it to much.
 
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Best of luck whatever you decide.

Even more importantly, THANK YOU for your service.
 
Another weak moment of what I call "sanity". I prefer to live in insanity most of the time.

Taking reasonable offers. Don't be to offended or don't think I'm not serious just becuase I change my mind all of the time. Can't help it...I'm attached. So I might change my mind again soon. I just get overwhelmed of thinking of all the cars I have to move and the projects sitting in different states all over the country. Add in a move with a new baby followed a few months later by a deployment for a year and it just doesn't make sense. Especially considering the crappy wheeling around here.

Anyway, the talking myself into it rant over.

Finally got to take it out wheeling. Not the greatest park ever but it was fun for half a day.
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Trust me you are not going to hurt my feelings.

$5 and a case of bud light :grinpimp:


No seriously if I had the extra cash i'd buy this one for Andrea right away.
 
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