ot: 10k good deal?

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

i found a truck w/ new ****** (pro. ****** converted from manual to auto), air bagged, candy apple red paint, cowl hood, shaved handles, taillights and bumper, 17 billet wheels w new tires, tweed and billet int. 4 12's (not sure what kind) and 5 amps (each 12 has a amp and the mids have one) cut through custom install. has one super chevy class is last years autorama. has 103k miles but engine was overhauled and bearings and such were replaced. hows it sound? and its a 98 single cab

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[dave_3148 10+ year member]

and if the system sucks ill just replace it with 4 12 k's

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like a good deal to me. The truck seems to have more than 10K in mods...

Check the compressor, valves, and air lines for the airbags...

I personally like building customs myself...being able to say, "Yeah, I built that myself" truthfully means something to me But hey, if you like that, and intend on upgrading some things on it, be my guest, go right ahead and pick it up...I'm sure you'll be more than happy with it

BTW, what is the truck? If it's on 17's, my guess its a Ranger/S-10...and if its a Fullsize...the first thing you're doing is getting low pro's and 22's

- Steve

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

yeah i am going to chnge the rims (20 or 22 when the money comes in) . thanks ill check it all. i have always wanted a truck with bags and stuff but never had enough money so this is the only way. oh its a fullsize sry forgot that part.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Sweet man...sounds like you are going to get one hell of a truck...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

- Steve

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

how could i tell if the engine only has 3k miles on it? and does the price seem to low? like to good to be true low (somethings screwed up on it) or just right.

 

[xjmadness 10+ year member]

what truck is it?

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

that sounds like a GREAT deal...its like buying a bunch of stuff without having to do the labor. but you didnt tell us what kind it is, so tell us and get some pics if you buy it.

-nate

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

98 single cab chevy, will do, i know it has a awsome amp rack/box in the bed

 

[geolemon 10+ year member]

Originally posted by dave_3148 i found a truck w/ new ****** (pro. ****** converted from manual to auto), air bagged, candy apple red paint, cowl hood, shaved handles, taillights and bumper, 17 billet wheels w new tires, tweed and billet int. 4 12's (not sure what kind) and 5 amps (each 12 has a amp and the mids have one) cut through custom install. has one super chevy class is last years autorama. has 103k miles but engine was overhauled and bearings and such were replaced. hows it sound? and its a 98 single cab

Sounds good except for that "automatic" thing...

Converting a transmission FROM manual TO automatic?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

Automatic is against my religion.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Also, billet's look nice, but be careful, they are soft.

I had a set of 16" Boyds on my Civic about 7 years ago, with 40 series rubber on them...

Well, every winter I had to send at least 2 of them to Ohio's "Wheel Collision Center" to get a dent or flat spot out of them, and I drove quite carefully...

A couple of years of that was all I could take...

I've had my cast Enkei's on my car now for almost 5 years now, and haven't ever had even the slightest dent.

Recently had some reaffirmation of my belief of this in the past couple years, also...

My best friend has a Dakota crew-cab, originally lowered on a set of Billet Specialties rims, with sidewalls a bit larger than the wheels my Civic had, and he got one of them out of round in the course of one summer...

He sold those rims for backspacing reasons (Dakota's stock backspacing sticks the wheel out... limits your lowering //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif), and picked up a set of Boze rims last spring.. and he's already got one of them out of round.

Billet looks cool, but is soft... just offering that up as something to ponder. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

103K miles is large for an american truck... rebuild may sound good, but my guess is (particularly being recent) that it wasn't done as "preventative maintenance" if you know what I mean...

Stuff like shaved doorhandles, taillights, particularly a roll pan... that's just bodywork, nothing you couldn't do to your own truck for not too much money.. and regarding the shaved doorhandles, did they reroute the cables to give you an emergency "no power" release? Good shavers do that... it sucks to get stranded with no way in. Picture that scenario.. battery dead, doors can't pop, can't even open the door to pop the hood. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

I don't want to sound negative... it's just practical stuff that I consider!

I'm a custom truck kind of guy (well, mini-trucker //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif) myself...

But I drive my trucks.

What's the cost on this truck, anyways? That would be the bottom line to me...

This truck sounds cool... but is it WORTH buying? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[geolemon 10+ year member]

Oh, I also just wanted to suggest another thing to ponder

(please don't take me as being too negative! That's not my intention!)

You are buying a truck with someone else's customization work... someone else's signature.

If "Bob" built that truck, you might buy it, but to the collective enthusiast audience out there, that will allways be "Bob's" truck...

"Hey, did you see someone bought Bob's truck? Saw it over on Maple the other day..." //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

You might consider, if you are an enthusiast - or WANT to be an enthusiast - picking up a truck of your own, and modifying it yourself...

I am just working out a deal in Florida, I found a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder.. 2wd, 5 speed, and loaded.. completely stock, got it for a good price that way.

Over the course of this summer, I'll be laying it out (most likely with an air suspension), and the selection of rims/tires out there is like a virtual buffet... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

And when I am done, not only will it be "my creation".. but it will be pretty unique... how many dropped Pathfinders have you seen out there? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

"Hey, did you see Chris's truck?"

Ah, that's what I like to hear! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by geolemon Oh, I also just wanted to suggest another thing to ponder

(please don't take me as being too negative! That's not my intention!)

 

You are buying a truck with someone else's customization work... someone else's signature.

 

If "Bob" built that truck, you might buy it, but to the collective enthusiast audience out there, that will allways be "Bob's" truck...

 

"Hey, did you see someone bought Bob's truck? Saw it over on Maple the other day..." //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

 

You might consider, if you are an enthusiast - or WANT to be an enthusiast - picking up a truck of your own, and modifying it yourself...

 

I am just working out a deal in Florida, I found a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder.. 2wd, 5 speed, and loaded.. completely stock, got it for a good price that way.

 

Over the course of this summer, I'll be laying it out (most likely with an air suspension), and the selection of rims/tires out there is like a virtual buffet... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

And when I am done, not only will it be "my creation".. but it will be pretty unique... how many dropped Pathfinders have you seen out there? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

"Hey, did you see Chris's truck?"

Ah, that's what I like to hear! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

dam.n people with money. i want money. i hate being in high school and having to look up to people with dinero //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

-nate

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

its 10k, yeah i get what you saying as far as the rims there gone when i get some money. i dont doubt that "upgrade" was because it just got a lil old but he replaced all the parts that go out around that time. i believe he said that a shop did the work. and as for the quility of work it would have to be pretty good becuse it won super chevy class at last years autorama (the biggest annual car show in usa). i cant stand a manual lol so thats a plus for me. overall i think it would be a good first car

 

[dave_3148 10+ year member]

thanks. im not taking anything negative. after i get a truck i will have no money to get a custom stuff liek bags, repainting it, etc. getting one with crap already on it is the only way to get what i want

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Take a look at it...take it for a drive, see how you like it. If it suits you, then pick it up

It better have a 5.7L in it...then you'll be flyin' with some relatively cheap(cheaper than most engines) performance parts

- Steve