RCAPathfinder wrote:You can hook that up into a sweet ride. Welcome to the family.
Thanks.
So far...
-changed the hood (it was mohogany)...found a hood in Staten Island at a junk yard for 120...
-changed 3 of the for corner bumpers, as they were rusted out...got some aftermarket pieces off ebay...
-changed front chrome bumper as well, as it was beginning to rust and had a dent
-changed grille to OEM chrome grille (it had black grille with gold emblem...apparently it was changed because someone backed into car at some point according to previous owner)
-did some cleaning up around the rear fenders. I couldn't find the OEM CR0 (Sahara Beige) paint anywhere. For the time being used a close enough color Toyota paint. Will address this again later if I can get correct paint or possibly add fender flares.
-also used same paint to paint bumper filler panel since it was mohogany color.
-added a chrome exhaust tip. looks better than a rusty pipe sticking out.
-washed SEVERAL times (car looked like it wasn't washed often), clay bar, polish, wax, etc. A friend helped; he clay barred the hood alone 6 times. I guess lying around in the junkyard it picked up lots of contaminants.
-other misc. stuff like removing stupid bumper stickers and rear window stickers...removing a lot of crap under the seats, 100 cigarettes in the ash tray, seats and rug were filthy. still working on rugs, seats are getting a lot better.
I plan on changing the front side markers to clear corners. Currently it has OEM, but one is chrome edge, one is black edge.
I also plan on getting the 99 taillights.
The tailgate was apparently changed. Different VIN andthe key doesn't open it. It would be nice if this worked
I did the oil change so far, I have the spark plugs as well and will change those next weekend. The suspension seems to need a bit of work...
I have the death sway, I need front axle, shocks, etc.
Truck was FILTHY underneath. I assume they used it off-road a lot. I have cleaned the bottom so many times but it seems dirt keeps coming down...
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