Used 200 series - dealer painting undercarriage.... (1 Viewer)

[987R]

LX570s and LC are somewhat hard to find, so I'm looking within 1000 miles of home for a good one. So far, two that I've looked at (online) show the undercarriage has been painted / undercoated. Personally, I'd rather see it before that, so I know how bad the rust may have been.

Would you pass on a use LC/LX that was undercoated from a dealership or individual?

Pic below is one that we are taking a hard look at, but it's 800 miles away! They seem to have painted pretty aggressively! Thoughts?

 

[Wadmalaw]

What is your search criteria?

 

[987R]

What is your search criteria?

<175k miles, good service history, not black. Like the 2013s and newer for HID lights, but open to all 200 series. Trying to keep it <$30k ish

Have looked at a few locally. One had a bad repaint, the other had a few accidents.

 

[40Man]

There is enough rust on the uncoated bits that I'd be concerned they covered up a substantial amount of rust.

 

[Sandroad]

LX570s and LC are somewhat hard to find, so I'm looking within 1000 miles of home for a good one. So far, two that I've looked at (online) show the undercarriage has been painted / undercoated. Personally, I'd rather see it before that, so I know how bad the rust may have been.

Would you pass on a use LC/LX that was undercoated from a dealership or individual?

Pic below is one that we are taking a hard look at, but it's 800 miles away! They seem to have painted pretty aggressively! Thoughts?

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Take a really hard look. I see evidence of very heavy rust and if that’s just paint covering it up (and not rust treatment) it will make the rust problem much worse. Same with undercoating.

 

[Zill]

It is fairly concerning that rust is starting on the rockers. These rigs don’t tend to do that. Hard pass for me.

 

[doru]

If the coating is new, I'll walk away. It means the dealer spent money to hide the rust, it implies they were concerned about it.

 

[Heckraiser]

This is a red flag to me. Not necessarily "do not buy under any circumstances," but if I saw a pictures like that, I would only consider it with a local truck that I could inspect in person.

Saw a LC for sale in Denver that lived most of its life in Kansas City that looked like that underneath. Inspected it in person and said "nope!" (But I did get a free test-drive in a Tesla Plaid to make up for the wasted time)

 

[ToyotaTrk]

As one who bought a Land Rover D90 in Palm Beach FL with a newly painted undercarriage and had practically all of it burn off before we got back to LA - I’d pass ! The things we then saw!!

 

[SF1911A1]

Just look in the south. There are plenty in Houston where I live that are mint.

This one seems like a mistake, but worth looking into:

I thought you would like this Used 2013 Lexus LX 570 4WD for $18500 on Autotrader Autotrader - page unavailable - http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/28D197D6

 

[987R]

That ad seems like a scam. Dealership is located in Springdale AZ and Springdale AR? Many listings, all about $10k below normal pricing.

 

[SF1911A1]

That ad seems like a scam. Dealership is located in Springdale AZ and Springdale AR? Many listings, all about $10k below normal pricing.

I didn’t see anything about Arizona, but I didn’t look too closely.