New vehicle new thread

05 lr3 se 50k miles sitting since 2009, needs a little body work but clean to reflect the miles

Pic before I mess with it

 

Lots done today

I swapped the silver grill with the dark grey from the 06,
swapped in the hid projection headlights from the 06
Installed running boards from 06
Installed the 3rd row seats from 06 with the rear side impact airbags
Swapped lower tailgate
Hood shocks
Heavy rubber mat set from 06

 

Pics of stripped out rear interior and rear side impact airbags

 

The vehicle was pre wired for the 3rd row air bags, all the holes are there to add the 3rd row seats,

not pre wired for satillite radio antenna pod ( I don't care ), not pre wired for parking assist, or front off road lights, not pre wired for the d pillar speakers or all those aux radio jacks we did not want

So basicly the se model is more what we wanted with just a few items off the hse

I also will not be adding rear a/c, I have pics of the 06 hse stripped out if anyone needs to see what's there

 

got the tail light stone guards installed from the 06, swapped the 18" rims with dry rotted tires for the 19" rims with good tires


got the brush guard pulled off the 06

 

got the brush bumper swapped over, found I have a pinion leak on rear diff and was missing a driveshaft bolt, pulled the rear bumper cover to swap it and saw how bad the bumper was under it and reinstalled the bad cover for now


btw are those big *** weights on the back of the frame really necessary?

 

Those big *** things are harmonies balancers or resonators and help with chassis vibrations and torsional movement while driving, so don't get rid of it yet...

 

Front apart to add brush guard mounts

 

That looks great Tom! The dark grill looks much better on the silver truck.

 

Thanks, that bar is a dealer option, the tech I know installed quite a few so he's gonna help me pull the harness for those lights and reinstall in mine

Funny thing is the silver grill looks fine on the dark grey 06

Adding the rear curtain airbags has turned on the airbag lite

He tried to reset the lite but it comes back, the lr3 ecm is telling his laptop additional airbags detected and it cannot seem to be reset, tried reprogramming but it would not take

We have a slight high speed vibration he thinks is nothing

And a noise in the back we are thinking is the park brake shoes making noise like dragging some on rust from sitting, I got to get on a lift to be sure