Hourglass, '97 LX 450

[Matty]

went to put the spacers in the front not knowing that I had actually bought 4 spacers for the rear due to vague description might take a ride down to Slee tomorrow and get the correct ones though....so I went skiing instead

 

[Matty]

lucky enough to be able to drive down to Slee and grab these

 

[Infidel]

de-flared on the new 285s!

What did you use to fill all the holes in the fenders and doors?

 

[Matty]

What did you use to fill all the holes in the fenders and doors?

aluminum tape.

 

[Matty]

got the fronts in cold wet gnarly day here yesterday not too fun and yes she leaks oil. Gotta do the oil pump gasket in the spring I was surprised I got all the bolts to come loose after 17yrs in the salty northeast!

 

[PZLCruiser]

Nice work! I am thinking about spacers myself. Can wait to see before and after pics.

 

[Matty]

thanks man, ill get some posted tomorrow!

 

[Matty]

couple of before and after pics. If you're wondering why I just did spacers and not a full lift, it's because I'm trying to do everything on this as cheap as possible (I know that's nearly impossible on these rigs) I'm just setting it up for a reliable capable DD that I can take camping and light wheeling and not worry. So the next phase will be armor all around.

 

[LX450inNash]

Looks great.

 

[PZLCruiser]

Nice!

 

[scrowley]

Looks great. After you install armor she will prob sag back down though.

 

[Matty]

thanks guys!

Looks great. After you install armor she will prob sag back down though.

just wait and see what I'm doing. There won't be much sag at all.

 

[Matty]

not much of an update but got some parts in. I ordered the 4xinnovations mounting kit for my sliders. Mainly to save me the time measuring, cutting, grinding and finding the right hardware.....and let me say this kit is worth every penny ($220 to my door) going to pick up some tube this week to get to the fun part.

 

[mudholestomper]

she's all lubed up I actually just went from the Y pipe back from bosal. I havent seen anything on the header either. Ordered from rockauto.

Matty, do you have the exhaust part numbers and prices? My 97 LC needs the same thing and tax $ just came in!!

Thanks

 

[Matty]

Matty, do you have the exhaust part numbers and prices? My 97 LC needs the same thing and tax $ just came in!!

Thanks

I don't have the part #'s anymore but what I ordered was the bosal exhaust from the manifold back with all the gaskets from rockauto. I had to replace all the rubber bushings that are on the exhaust hangers as well. We have some thick rubber around so we just used that but I'm sure you could order them from mr. T. I probably would have ordered studs and nuts for the manifold as well. Mine were fine I would've just liked to replaced them looking back.

Edit : I didn't find the part #'s but I found my packing slip and all the parts were $665 shipped

 

[Matty]

not much progress but I did pick up a 13.5" LED light bar from mic tuning that i am going to mount up front sometime soon.

also got an email from a buddy who got a hold of some pictures from the drive to breck and this is one of me the day we pulled into breck and finally finished the journey

and another pic of the ever distracting skiing

 

[Matty]

this is roughly what I'm thinking for light placement as of now

 

[Matty]

finally got around to picking up a fullsize spare for $20 annd my radiator let go at the crimps. started slow but got a lot worse so i messaged beno and got a new rad. my oil pump gasket was leaking pretty bad as well so I ordered that along with torx screws for the cover, front crank seal, idler pulley and dizzy o-ring just in case that was leaking too.

mounted the LED bar and did some spring cleaning at the house

fresh parts

still skiing a ton. this is a picture of me looking up to the summit of peak 1 in the ten mile range here in summit county. its 12,805ft to the top, about 4hrs to summit, and great spring conditions

 

[hamishpotter]

Nice truck and great thread. I lived in CT and spent some time in Summit Co and have recently picked up an 80 (and ski a lot) so it's fun to read. Also used my first shot ski this winter in VT : ). Nice work. Oh, also have chrome stock LX wheels that I'm in process of plasti dipping. Uncanny.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[93yotasr5]

looks like shes coming along nicely. i have the same LED bar and it works great! i used it last weekend and had it on for over 2 hours straight with no problems