Drives like a champ! Steering is tight and precise, motor runs smooth and pulls hard. Under 100,000 miles and has all preventable maintenance taken care of for tens of thousands of fun miles. I liked the way the car handled so much I bought a 97 sedan race car project. This one was too nice to turn into a track car.
Car has been refreshed with new bushings and ball joints throughout including sub-frame, rear trailing arm, new control arms and steering linkage.
New transmission (polyurethane) and motor mounts (stock)
Bilstein struts and shocks less than 10k miles
Short shift kit
Turner aluminum pedals
Cooling system replaced 20k miles ago
Cross drilled rotors
Glass headlights
New door handle seals and windshield cowls
Luxury package
Seats are in good condition, no tears...added lumbar support to drivers seat with inflatable adjustment
Interior is in great shape overall, have original floor mats and M striped head rests...looks slick. There is no sag on the headliner.
Exterior is without any major dents, there are some small door dings, but nothing too big and no creases or down to bare metal scratches.
Almost new Sumitomo rubber all the way around. 245 rear 225 front stagger
Brand New battery Late June 2017
The bad:
Car was in minor accident before I owned it so the front passenger fender does not have matching VIN. Body work looks good to me and my mechanic, color matches perfectly...without reading VIN you could not tell which fender was replaced.
Glove box still has slight sag
Records:
Past Repairs + Projects | |||||
Radiator | 70000 | ||||
Short Shifter | 70000 | ||||
Door ding removal and detail | 78000 | ||||
Spark Plug NGK | 79790 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts | 79790 | ||||
AC Belt | 79790 | ||||
rear shock mounts | 79790 | ||||
rear trailing arm bushing limiter | 79790 | ||||
control arm bushing front | 79790 | ||||
door handle covers | 79790 | ||||
windshield cowel replacement | 80300 | ||||
flush brake lines | 80350 | ||||
alignment | 80750 | ||||
O2 sensor | 80250 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts | 80000 | ||||
transmission fluid | 81400 | ||||
valve cover gasket | 81400 | ||||
replaced MAF | 81700 | ||||
transmission mounts UUC with cap | 82500 | ||||
x-brace | 83200 | ||||
Hose replaced from ICV to TB | 83500 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts | 83500 | ||||
replaced cyl 6 coil | 85500 | ||||
control arms oem | 85500 | ||||
sway bar linkage and bushings oem | 85500 | ||||
engine mounts oem | 85500 | ||||
fuel filter oem | 85500 | ||||
bushings Subframe oem | 85500 | ||||
differential mounts x3 oem | 85500 | ||||
have drivers seat rebuilt/add bolsters and lumbar added | 85650 | ||||
trailing arm bushings x4 plus RTAB bushings re-secured limiters | 86000 | ||||
sway bar bushings front and rear oem | 88398 | ||||
Headlights and Fog lights Glass Depo | 88398 | ||||
differential back cover replaced, new bushings/new differential fluid Royal Purple | 89500 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts 9-21-14 | 90400 | ||||
cabin air filter replacement (remember to remove two 8mm bolts on wiring harness to access) | 90400 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts 8-4-15 | 92100 | ||||
replaced final stage unit for climate control. Fixed intermittent fan issue | 91800 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts 7-21-16 | 94350 | ||||
Oil Change Mobil 1 10w-30 6.5 quarts 4-26-17 | 94455 | ||||
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Tear in idle control valve hose needed to be replaced ~84K | |||||
Front end tear down went well. Replaced all balljoints and bushings | |||||
Replaced engine mounts, rubber looked fine just a bit worn and cracked. Not bad at all ~1 hour job | |||||
All bushings rear end. Took a while and I broke the differential cover pressing out last one, replaced rear cover with two new bushings as well | |||||
Glass headlights and fogs installed, had to use new mounts for fogs. | |||||
Drivers seat rebuilt with new foam for added bolster, also added manual pump lumbar support | |||||
Noise coming from transmission tunnel?? Brought to GCC and they inspected with no issue..was limited slip diff making noise (lsd addtive in/sound gone) |