Is this a Wow! 2008 LC $22,500

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BullElk

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Wow! Great price if its in good condition. It's not easy finding deals on LC.
 
Looks pretty decent for a build but looks like someone has a deposit on it already. Am also kind of looking for a higher mile 200 as the wife wants me replace my 100 which we use for camping with a 200.
 
Deposit placed, they're sending me more photos after detail. Here's a few they sent me today and the (sparse) maintenance history.

For the price, I think I'm going to go for it. CarFax is clean and it looks like the owner had it serviced at NTB and a couple other places, not just the dealer.

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One owner? Jump on it!
 
If not doing a PPI have him send you pics of the mid portion of the front of the motor where the water pump is (you can stick a phone down there and just snap) to make sure its not leaking and the rear of the motor to make sure you dont have the leak in the coolant exchange under the manifold that leaks and flows back and down the back of the motor onto the trans (just went through this). These are not show stoppers but it seems with mileage these two failure points are common and although neither can cause catastrophic failure as long as you watch the coolant they will cost a you a reasonable amount to get fixed unless your doing the work yourself. Chances are with 180k these have probably occurred and been corrected but better to know what your getting into and if it does have small issues maybe you can negotiate a bit.

That being said its appears to be a good deal, Good luck!
 
Here's a full google album of photos and a walk around video.

https://goo.gl/photos/nvJ1Uh35oaBFN9wt9

service history looks fine, could be better - mix of dealer and NTB so oil changes are a toss up but at least big repairs are dealer and documented.

No accident history, uneventful car fax and guaranteed against frame and water damage.

Pulling the trigger officially tomorrow unless someone talks me out of it!
 
Strongly suggest you have them check that the KDSS valve screws are turnable.
(Mention they should only check that they can be turned! If they turn them more than 3 full turns, bad things happen.)

People have had SEVERE headaches when the two KDSS release screws are rusted in place.
 
t does seem cheap. That worries me in that it is not a private owner selling. I would pay for a full inspection and have a mud member drive it. Something doesn't seem right I didn't think the miles affect value that much- but I could be wrong. Good luck and hope it is as good of a deal as it looks.
 
Congrats. The KDSS valves are likely rusty, but I would not touch them. Slee installed the lift with a few tricks that didn't require adjustment.
 
For those that were interested in a mechanical report on what you get with a $22.5k LC200 -

It got a full going-over at my local Toyota indie shop and the only concerns that weren't cosmetic were a bent rear lower control arm. Suspension was a bit tired (needed shocks), but nothing awful. I replaced it with the BP-51 Setup :)

Paint is pretty rough, no signs of an accident, BUT there are scratches all over the truck - looks like it was off-roaded pretty hard before they traded it in. That's fine with me, I think a good clay bar and some TLC will bring it back pretty strong.

I put 1,000 miles on the truck already, and love it! Great rig.

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Nice Method wheels :D

I run the beadlock double standards on my two hundy
 
Al Grain said:
For those that were interested in a mechanical report on what you get with a $22.5k LC200 -

It got a full going-over at my local Toyota indie shop and the only concerns that weren't cosmetic were a bent rear lower control arm. Suspension was a bit tired (needed shocks), but nothing awful. I replaced it with the BP-51 Setup :)

Paint is pretty rough, no signs of an accident, BUT there are scratches all over the truck - looks like it was off-roaded pretty hard before they traded it in. That's fine with me, I think a good clay bar and some TLC will bring it back pretty strong.

I put 1,000 miles on the truck already, and love it! Great rig.

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From the photo, it looks like you have a huge lift in front. How much thread did you leave on the BP-51's? If you left it at factory, that's a very stiff 20mm that assumes you have a full steel bumper/winch up front. But since you don't...I'm curious what the preload was set to (how many mms of thread above the top ring on the front coilovers) and...how is the ride in front? Looks fantastic, but wow. That's a large lift for BP 51.
 
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