Long time lurking around reading FAQ's searching things and enjoying the content. Had a 2016 200 series for about a year but paying big money at the fuel pump and for the insurance just wasnt doing it for me. Sold it and hunted for a bargin 100 series. Here she is, and here I am. Posting to say thanks to the forum of folks and start beign a contributor not just a lurker.
2000 LC 269k miles. Totaled from the right sided accident. This was a one owner Arizona rig with excellent maintaince records for 95% of its life, just needing some attention after being wrecked. Drove it 200 miles home without any real issues, bald tires, no windshield wipers and temp gauge not working. The only aftermarket work done to this rig is a stereo which did not properly bypass the amp so its got the dreaded BUZZZ.
With the help of the serach bar and all the great folks posting on here I got to work straight away. Spent more on parts in the first week than I spent on the rig. Did all the preventative maintaince you could want, from the nose to the tail everything got looked at. New vacuum lines, new coil boots, spark plugs torqued, new PCV kit, new power sterring reservoir and lines (clean up them leaks!), added a more robust ground from the block to the frame, and to the body, then from the negative terminal of the battery to the body and the frame. Installed the amber fog light upgrade from Ben3dbuild, excellent plug and play! Also added LED bulbs to the high and low beams. New front wheel bearings were in the cards. Was great to have watched a few videos of the wheel bearings knocked it out quickly greased the needle bearings and got everything tightend up nicely. Drive shaft got lubricated and I hit all the torsion bar bolts with liquid wrench while I was under there.
I pulled the dash apart and detailed everything. Putting it back together with scan gauge 3 from Ben3dbuild in the overhead console, and new front cup holders/rear cup holders and center console organizer. While I was in there I added some additional sound dampening materials to the center consule and fitted a charging station to the rear section.
Ended up scoring a great deal on a set of Method wheels and wrapped them in Falcon Wild Peak AT3's 285/75r17. This was the biggest wrestling decision I had. I wanted to go with the softer sidewall and lighter Nitto Terra Grappler G3's... Ended up splitting the difference and got the 6 ply Load range C Falcon's which for now will be just fine.
Im not convicnced that these 285/75r17's actually fit. I will do my due diligence and check droop and crank torsion bars accordingly... but right now they are milimeters from the bumper and the rear portion of the fender. eventually Ill be building a high clearance bumper so ill cut that without regret.
2000 LC 269k miles. Totaled from the right sided accident. This was a one owner Arizona rig with excellent maintaince records for 95% of its life, just needing some attention after being wrecked. Drove it 200 miles home without any real issues, bald tires, no windshield wipers and temp gauge not working. The only aftermarket work done to this rig is a stereo which did not properly bypass the amp so its got the dreaded BUZZZ.
With the help of the serach bar and all the great folks posting on here I got to work straight away. Spent more on parts in the first week than I spent on the rig. Did all the preventative maintaince you could want, from the nose to the tail everything got looked at. New vacuum lines, new coil boots, spark plugs torqued, new PCV kit, new power sterring reservoir and lines (clean up them leaks!), added a more robust ground from the block to the frame, and to the body, then from the negative terminal of the battery to the body and the frame. Installed the amber fog light upgrade from Ben3dbuild, excellent plug and play! Also added LED bulbs to the high and low beams. New front wheel bearings were in the cards. Was great to have watched a few videos of the wheel bearings knocked it out quickly greased the needle bearings and got everything tightend up nicely. Drive shaft got lubricated and I hit all the torsion bar bolts with liquid wrench while I was under there.
I pulled the dash apart and detailed everything. Putting it back together with scan gauge 3 from Ben3dbuild in the overhead console, and new front cup holders/rear cup holders and center console organizer. While I was in there I added some additional sound dampening materials to the center consule and fitted a charging station to the rear section.
Ended up scoring a great deal on a set of Method wheels and wrapped them in Falcon Wild Peak AT3's 285/75r17. This was the biggest wrestling decision I had. I wanted to go with the softer sidewall and lighter Nitto Terra Grappler G3's... Ended up splitting the difference and got the 6 ply Load range C Falcon's which for now will be just fine.
Im not convicnced that these 285/75r17's actually fit. I will do my due diligence and check droop and crank torsion bars accordingly... but right now they are milimeters from the bumper and the rear portion of the fender. eventually Ill be building a high clearance bumper so ill cut that without regret.
