Don't post much. Been lurking on here for a number of years. Used to have '98 LC which I took to Central Africa. Great vehicle. Took it all over. Loved it, but sold it when I was departing and kicked myself ever since.
Now in the Dominican Republic. Bought a '01 LX470 before coming here. After 3 years here I’m getting ready to ship it back to the U.S. We’ve had quite a blast here with it, getting out and about to different places with the family - unfortunately work is sometimes too intense, so never as much as we wanted to.
However, while I had wanted to do quite a bit of work on it while here I kept procrastinating due to work and travel. Finally, about two months ago I found a fabricator that was somewhat capable and decided to have a front and rear bumper built – along with some sliders. It was a bit of a frustrating process - while his fabrication skills are decent, his communication was poor - he underestimated (purposefully IMO) on the time to complete and continued to make design changes from what we had agreed to without consultation.
Finally got her back this weekend (about 3 weeks late) and wanted to post some pics up. All frustrations all aside - quite happy with how it turned out and ready to get her back to the U.S. and continue to work on her as the opportunity arises.
Now in the Dominican Republic. Bought a '01 LX470 before coming here. After 3 years here I’m getting ready to ship it back to the U.S. We’ve had quite a blast here with it, getting out and about to different places with the family - unfortunately work is sometimes too intense, so never as much as we wanted to.
However, while I had wanted to do quite a bit of work on it while here I kept procrastinating due to work and travel. Finally, about two months ago I found a fabricator that was somewhat capable and decided to have a front and rear bumper built – along with some sliders. It was a bit of a frustrating process - while his fabrication skills are decent, his communication was poor - he underestimated (purposefully IMO) on the time to complete and continued to make design changes from what we had agreed to without consultation.
Finally got her back this weekend (about 3 weeks late) and wanted to post some pics up. All frustrations all aside - quite happy with how it turned out and ready to get her back to the U.S. and continue to work on her as the opportunity arises.
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