This 80 series project started at the end of last year, and we suddenly decided to change the original color for the new light green or gray Lunar Rock from Toyota. I'm helping my cousin with this project, he doesn't know anything about cruisers but I decided to document what we have done so far since he bought it last year. A picture from when he first bought it.
Original paint, not in a great shape, this a fully loaded model. Bought it originally in Oregon 1996, $49k dealer price. Tan interior, Leather seats, sunroof, alarm, CD player multi disk, sunroof and doors wind deflector, running boards, rear spoiler, hitch point. The engine has been used, he bought it with 310k miles on October 22 to someone in Kentucky.
It was running but it needed some love. I first saw lots of oil accumulation over the years probably due to a gasket failure or valve cover seal. Also noticed that the front knuckles needed to be rebuilt. refresh suspension including new bushing all around.
We disassembled the cylinder head from the block, took it to a machine shop, and resurfaced. Installed a new head gasket, I also ordered all the parts needed from Cruiser Outfitters including all the under carrier parts. At this point we weren't sure about the suspension size, so we waited a little longer to order.
Rebuilt front axle and rear axle, replaced with brand new Koyo bearings
The engine was running smooth for a few days but was lacking power, until it started to lose power completely. We discovered that the catalytic converters were shot, so we decided to install a brand new exhaust with brand new catalytic converters, that was really pricey. After that, we noticed the change immediately, faster response and more power. It was struggling before that.
Original paint, not in a great shape, this a fully loaded model. Bought it originally in Oregon 1996, $49k dealer price. Tan interior, Leather seats, sunroof, alarm, CD player multi disk, sunroof and doors wind deflector, running boards, rear spoiler, hitch point. The engine has been used, he bought it with 310k miles on October 22 to someone in Kentucky.
It was running but it needed some love. I first saw lots of oil accumulation over the years probably due to a gasket failure or valve cover seal. Also noticed that the front knuckles needed to be rebuilt. refresh suspension including new bushing all around.
We disassembled the cylinder head from the block, took it to a machine shop, and resurfaced. Installed a new head gasket, I also ordered all the parts needed from Cruiser Outfitters including all the under carrier parts. At this point we weren't sure about the suspension size, so we waited a little longer to order.
Rebuilt front axle and rear axle, replaced with brand new Koyo bearings
The engine was running smooth for a few days but was lacking power, until it started to lose power completely. We discovered that the catalytic converters were shot, so we decided to install a brand new exhaust with brand new catalytic converters, that was really pricey. After that, we noticed the change immediately, faster response and more power. It was struggling before that.
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