Well guys after four months of shopping, well over a thousand miles, and having looked at and driven nine 100 series' we finally bought one. If your interested in the back story here it is: https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=93519&highlight=diminished
I was amazed at how hard it was to find a clean, low mileage 100 series. We ended up expanding our search area to a 100 mile radius. These were not trail damaged cruisers but just pure neglect on the part of the former owners. The most persistant problems we saw were damage to any or all four corners of the bumpers, red mud (carolina clay) stains on the carpet, and seriously neglected leather.
The 100 we bought is 2000 model with 69000 miles, tan leather with no wear. It has one scratch on the passenger side door and the antenna does not go up and down. I did a search and found some threads regarding this problem. TIA
This LC will not see the trail until it is handed down to me from my wife. That's what the 80 is for. She has been driving the 80 daily now for four months without too much complaint (and zero problems I might add). Now that I have it back I can do some PM I have been putting off. (birfs., brakes, and suspension)
Thanks for reading this far. I don't post much on MUD, mostly just lurk and learn. I am sure I will have some questions in the future and if I can add any insight I will do so.
Here is a poser shot of the new addition.
PS- There is a 100 series in the For Sale section by "sJs". This cruiser was at the top of our list until we found the one we bought. Santiago has a nice cruiser with a little more wear and miles than we wanted. One nice thing about his cruiser are the SS brake lines. His cruiser stops on a dime. This is a mod I am very interested in. Santiago if you are reading this good luck with your new job and it was pleasure to meet you.
I was amazed at how hard it was to find a clean, low mileage 100 series. We ended up expanding our search area to a 100 mile radius. These were not trail damaged cruisers but just pure neglect on the part of the former owners. The most persistant problems we saw were damage to any or all four corners of the bumpers, red mud (carolina clay) stains on the carpet, and seriously neglected leather.
The 100 we bought is 2000 model with 69000 miles, tan leather with no wear. It has one scratch on the passenger side door and the antenna does not go up and down. I did a search and found some threads regarding this problem. TIA
This LC will not see the trail until it is handed down to me from my wife. That's what the 80 is for. She has been driving the 80 daily now for four months without too much complaint (and zero problems I might add). Now that I have it back I can do some PM I have been putting off. (birfs., brakes, and suspension)
Thanks for reading this far. I don't post much on MUD, mostly just lurk and learn. I am sure I will have some questions in the future and if I can add any insight I will do so.
Here is a poser shot of the new addition.
PS- There is a 100 series in the For Sale section by "sJs". This cruiser was at the top of our list until we found the one we bought. Santiago has a nice cruiser with a little more wear and miles than we wanted. One nice thing about his cruiser are the SS brake lines. His cruiser stops on a dime. This is a mod I am very interested in. Santiago if you are reading this good luck with your new job and it was pleasure to meet you.
