Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself and my new ride.
About me: been in the South Sound area for about 3.5 years, military, no plans on moving for the next year. I am decent with a wrench, and can figure most things out on my own if given the time. I do better though if I can watch someone perform the task first.
I have been stalking ih8mud for a while, particularly the 80 series tech area to educate myself as much as possible before deciding to buy a new family vehicle. Have a baby on the way, so needed to get something more family friendly than my truck. Been looking 80 series for a while, looked at a few that were beat and or rusted up but listed in "good condition" and was gonna give up my search until a deal came along that I had to jump on.
Found a nicely loved 96 LX 450 being sold by the 2nd owner with 232k on the odometer. It was a family vehicle, and had all sorts of kid crumbs and cuties on the inside. Needless to say it needed a good cleaning. I had it detailed, and it cleaned up pretty good.
Not much in the way of service documentation as they had their neighborhood mechanic work on it, but it ran good and didn't have a spot of rust on it. When I was buying it, the kids of the family climbed inside one last time to look it over, and the mom took some pictures. They all agreed they were going to miss the LX. Nice to see they loved it that much.
So I have had it not quite at two weeks, and so far I have done the following:
New windshield
New tires
Professional detail
On the agenda:
1) Figure out where minor leaks are coming from
2) Have the seats re-upholstered and add some heaters to the front seats
3) Brake job on the front with some cyro cross drilled rotors
I am debating on the birfield service. This LX does not have the electric lockers and I have been debating swapping them out if I can find some good electric lockers. But then I also realize that I am probably going to keep this rig as close to stock as possible since it will be a family vehicle, so how badly do I really need e-lockers if I am not going to be doing much difficult trail riding?
That about sums it up. Again, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I am not one for joining forums for my rides, but I hope to hold onto this LX for a while and ih8mud has a lot of good community spirit. Will try attaching a pic or two of the new ride.
I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself and my new ride.
About me: been in the South Sound area for about 3.5 years, military, no plans on moving for the next year. I am decent with a wrench, and can figure most things out on my own if given the time. I do better though if I can watch someone perform the task first.
I have been stalking ih8mud for a while, particularly the 80 series tech area to educate myself as much as possible before deciding to buy a new family vehicle. Have a baby on the way, so needed to get something more family friendly than my truck. Been looking 80 series for a while, looked at a few that were beat and or rusted up but listed in "good condition" and was gonna give up my search until a deal came along that I had to jump on.
Found a nicely loved 96 LX 450 being sold by the 2nd owner with 232k on the odometer. It was a family vehicle, and had all sorts of kid crumbs and cuties on the inside. Needless to say it needed a good cleaning. I had it detailed, and it cleaned up pretty good.
Not much in the way of service documentation as they had their neighborhood mechanic work on it, but it ran good and didn't have a spot of rust on it. When I was buying it, the kids of the family climbed inside one last time to look it over, and the mom took some pictures. They all agreed they were going to miss the LX. Nice to see they loved it that much.
So I have had it not quite at two weeks, and so far I have done the following:
New windshield
New tires
Professional detail
On the agenda:
1) Figure out where minor leaks are coming from
2) Have the seats re-upholstered and add some heaters to the front seats
3) Brake job on the front with some cyro cross drilled rotors
I am debating on the birfield service. This LX does not have the electric lockers and I have been debating swapping them out if I can find some good electric lockers. But then I also realize that I am probably going to keep this rig as close to stock as possible since it will be a family vehicle, so how badly do I really need e-lockers if I am not going to be doing much difficult trail riding?
That about sums it up. Again, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I am not one for joining forums for my rides, but I hope to hold onto this LX for a while and ih8mud has a lot of good community spirit. Will try attaching a pic or two of the new ride.
That's ok though since September will be here before we know it. 