Hello from Perth :)

[techst]

Hey everyone , been on here a while so thought i'd better put something up

i hav a '03 MY04 liberty n/a 2.5 litre sedan , with about 120 000ks on her
have only meshed the grille and put HID's in ( 10000k )
but i am planning an xforce cat back system or something similar to bring out the boxer note in the next couple of months (only budgeted 1k so hopefully i can get something decent)
unequal headers and a new stereo system (as i don't have macintosh :,( ) are the only mods after that im planning , oh and an outback bonnet.
happy with how she sits on the road ( but i may want to put some whiteline gear in eventually ) and actually like the stock rims s that'll be it for now.

went for the n/a version as i have had turbos in the past and wanted something comfy to drive that is no to bad on fuel for my daily duties, who knows in a cople of years i may want to upgade to a GT but i am vry happy with the libz atm.

THE GOOD : low k's , manual , comfy ride , surprisingly not bad pick up for an n/a
THE BAD : where to start , hail damaged ( told by previous owner was an acorn tree , lol , only the bonnet thats not great , hence outback bonnet wanted later ) , thrust bearing on the way out ( so new clutch will be going in aswell ) , info display doesn't work , lower control arm bushes need replacing , heads had to be machined , aswell as new timing belt kit in february , brakes were all worn down.

sooo i bought the car last november , and was told by previous owner had only just had major service 10000kms ago at the time , so was driving it to up to woolworths early february and it just stopped , tried starting it but no luck , just bad misfiring, pushed it home ( luckily i was only bout 500m away , and got it towed to my bosses workshop , the timing belt tensioner wasn't replaced at major service so apparently this caused the belt to slip off and cause all the dramas , so got the brake pads replaced aswell ( all up for labour , head machining , new valves (pistons were okay ) , fluids , timing belt ( FULL ) kit , plugs , pads etc was a total of just over 3k ) , so needless to say i was fuming , after only have had it for 2 months at the time , oh and when it was at workshop, also found the lower control arm bushes and thrust bearing were on their way out , yayyyy.

at the end of the day now that some of the problems are fixed i actually do love driving it ( just bad luck i guess ) ,it has surprisingly good pick up , is very comfy and i average about 10l per 100 kms city driving , so i'm happy with that.


when i first got her :

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at the moment :

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[zch91]

Welcome mate.

LCA's are a common problem with these cars, I wouldn't be worried about it. I'm guessing they've already been replaced to so it's too late to say you should upgrade them to something that isn't OEM (read: shit)

Bummer about the hail damaged and engine issues.. I spose you picked it up for a cheap price?

Enjoy your stay, try not to let the mod bug bite too hard

[techst]

thanks mate , nah control arms and thrust bearing still need to be done , paying back the 3k workshop bill still ( almost done ) , as for price , i got stung it seems : 13k minus 300 for non working info display = 12700 , good thing as it had the lowest kms on for the price that i was looking at , at the time the only other options were two dealer owned safety packs ( one white / one silver ) for about 15k , but with much higher kms ( 150ms + ) , but everything works at the moment so fingers crossed

[zch91]

thanks mate , nah control arms and thrust bearing still need to be done , paying back the 3k workshop bill still ( almost done ) , as for price , i got stung it seems : 13k minus 300 for non working info display = 12700 , good thing as it had the lowest kms on for the price that i was looking at , at the time the only other options were two dealer owned safety packs ( one white / one silver ) for about 15k , but with much higher kms ( 150ms + ) , but everything works at the moment so fingers crossed

Ah no worries, definitely look into a set of better LCAs, better handling and won't wear out as fast as oem

Far out that is as bummer! Considering what it's cost you after you bought it! You could have picked up a nice GT for that money. Ah well thats cars for ya.

Should look nice once it's done, nice daily cruiser