I've been looking to find myself a long term high miles driver for a while, to keep the miles off of my other cars, and had been focusing on the 80/100 Series LC/LX for a little while. Last week, I had ran into an insurance auction of a LX that didn't look too bad, and rolled the dice and picked it up.
Carfax shows that it slid against a concrete barrier, and judging by the crappy tires on it, and the date of the accident, I do believe that it's likely rain played a factor. I had seen it had quite a bit of a service history, and contacted one of the service centers who had sent me invoices of a LKQ REBUILT long block, and in total $9k worth of work on just the new motor 20,000 miles ago. It also looks to have the air suspension bypassed and has a strutmaster kit on it.
On to the damage. It had an ARB Deluxe bumper on it which the crumple box took the majority of the impact. I don't think I am going to be able to get the bumper perfectly straight again so I suppose I will be in the market for another one The worst of the damage looks to be the inner driver fender structure that did kink a little bit, and the small LH side of radiator support, but should not be too big of a deal.
This puts me down to one good fender on the front. I need a hood, LH fender, trim under the headlights, headlights, etc.
If I were to go the path of the retro headlights from say LandCruiserGrilles.com , does anyone know what the Land Cruiser front conversion involves other than the fenders, headlights, and hood ? Is the front radiator support the same piece?
No airbags deployed during this accident, and it drives straight as can be, BUT the steering wheel is a little bit turned. I did a quick google because I have dash lights of AirBag, and VGRS. Could it be that this didn't have any battery for many months, and when I hooked it up, the steering wheel was slightly turned, or would it have just calibrated sideways and the light stayed off? I haven't driven it but a few miles either, so I didn't know if maybe the light just could go off after a period of time? Also, can I simply unhook the battery with the steering wheel straight and hook it back up after a few minutes to zero it, or does it now require a special cal tool? Not sure of airbag light yet.
If I wanted to see more picture of the LandCruiserGrilles.com style front ends, is there a good term to search for the retro look? It's such a generic term searching LCGrilles, I can't find many more pictures than their site and it's only the very front of the grills so I can't get a full on look of the vehicles.
Carfax shows that it slid against a concrete barrier, and judging by the crappy tires on it, and the date of the accident, I do believe that it's likely rain played a factor. I had seen it had quite a bit of a service history, and contacted one of the service centers who had sent me invoices of a LKQ REBUILT long block, and in total $9k worth of work on just the new motor 20,000 miles ago. It also looks to have the air suspension bypassed and has a strutmaster kit on it.
On to the damage. It had an ARB Deluxe bumper on it which the crumple box took the majority of the impact. I don't think I am going to be able to get the bumper perfectly straight again so I suppose I will be in the market for another one The worst of the damage looks to be the inner driver fender structure that did kink a little bit, and the small LH side of radiator support, but should not be too big of a deal.
This puts me down to one good fender on the front. I need a hood, LH fender, trim under the headlights, headlights, etc.
If I were to go the path of the retro headlights from say LandCruiserGrilles.com , does anyone know what the Land Cruiser front conversion involves other than the fenders, headlights, and hood ? Is the front radiator support the same piece?
No airbags deployed during this accident, and it drives straight as can be, BUT the steering wheel is a little bit turned. I did a quick google because I have dash lights of AirBag, and VGRS. Could it be that this didn't have any battery for many months, and when I hooked it up, the steering wheel was slightly turned, or would it have just calibrated sideways and the light stayed off? I haven't driven it but a few miles either, so I didn't know if maybe the light just could go off after a period of time? Also, can I simply unhook the battery with the steering wheel straight and hook it back up after a few minutes to zero it, or does it now require a special cal tool? Not sure of airbag light yet.
If I wanted to see more picture of the LandCruiserGrilles.com style front ends, is there a good term to search for the retro look? It's such a generic term searching LCGrilles, I can't find many more pictures than their site and it's only the very front of the grills so I can't get a full on look of the vehicles.
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