Hello all! Been stumbling around for a few weeks here, and lurking for a while before that. I'm a new '97 Southaven LX owner, just trying to work my way through the new truck without my wife killin' me for buying a 14 year old truck. She soooo does not understand.
So far my intro to Cruiser ownership has been a fairly harsh learning curve: the new baby has some body and undercarriage rust (never knew to avoid buying a truck from MN...), an oil leak (still figuring out where), needs a lift, and new tires/wheels. Just discovered on the way back from lunch today that my drivers side window controls only work on my window, not anyone elses. The control knobs on the power passenger seat are all missing, but it still works, so that's a wash. I console myself with the fact that it has copious cup holders at my disposal... oh wait.
On the good, the rust is limited to two areas (other than the axles and some of the undercarriage), the antenna and radio work, the truck looks immaculate, and the interior is in very good shape.
As for the suspension, I've just done a little bidness with Yamapro, and should soon fix the springs, shocks, and tires at the same time.
Now, I'ma hafta break out a wrench to keep from getting to divorce court.
So far my intro to Cruiser ownership has been a fairly harsh learning curve: the new baby has some body and undercarriage rust (never knew to avoid buying a truck from MN...), an oil leak (still figuring out where), needs a lift, and new tires/wheels. Just discovered on the way back from lunch today that my drivers side window controls only work on my window, not anyone elses. The control knobs on the power passenger seat are all missing, but it still works, so that's a wash. I console myself with the fact that it has copious cup holders at my disposal... oh wait.
On the good, the rust is limited to two areas (other than the axles and some of the undercarriage), the antenna and radio work, the truck looks immaculate, and the interior is in very good shape.
As for the suspension, I've just done a little bidness with Yamapro, and should soon fix the springs, shocks, and tires at the same time.
Now, I'ma hafta break out a wrench to keep from getting to divorce court.