While I am a huge fan of the 80s, I would buy a 100 due to better on road refinement, the better 1-2 mpg and extra power of the later models.

Can'tdrive, you want a 4wd to go wheeling or want a bug out vehicle? Exterra are damn good and reliable 4wds. A friend retired from Nissan as a wrench. He told me that nothing really goes wrong with those exterras. They are good rigs and started to be cheap enough to get one and go out and beat
'em.

Eric, I have yet see that in Carcadia although I have only been a couple times. Dude, what the hell are you doing with my LC? Mine is exactly like it but no lift. My bicycle mechanic is selling a Lexus (same as 200 series) he bought from a shop owner across the street in San Marino due to her killing the motor over heating it. He's since installed another engine in it and asking 14k with 80k on the vehicle. Not sure how many miles on the new motor. I can ask if you are interested, but haven't talked to him in over 6 months. I am thinking about buying it for my younger boy but wife put a stop to that due to having 10 vehicles. :rolleyes:

Hey look. I really want to try overlanding and some light wheeling. I started out looking at Xterras but I’ve always had the LC in the back of my mind. Xterras are fairly cheap but I’m just not sure about their reliability. I have an ‘06 Nissan Titan truck with 125k miles and I’d recommend that truck all day for hauling and towing. I know nothing about Xterras though.

no, but there are a few XJ's built to differing degrees that are crazy capable. there are decent examples around if you look for <12k that are trail ready rigs in many cases. the straight 6 4.0L motor will go 300k miles. there are standard oil leaks you will get used too. many have AC, some have 4 doors, some two,,, . look for a daily driver being sold with 150k miles for $6k and is 20 years old, but in good shape. then spend another $3k for a lift, shocks, bushings, and maybe a locker.


if you wanna go wheeling on the cheap you need an XJ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_(XJ)

my buddy EW in his XJ..




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me in the same rock bed...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1668918115.jpg

My 95, building as a camping truck. Bone stock now, bought in December of last year, great truck.
Been over to the coast at Ft. Bragg multiple times, hasnt missed a beat.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1668920441.jpg
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You guys are killing me

If light wheeling, I don't think you "need" a LC or 100. Again the 100 is slightly larger then the 80. For overlanding, I say save your money and go with a truck like from the big three, cheaper and they are reliable too. I hear good things about those Cummins;) or Duramax:D trucks. Like anything else, keep up with the maintenance. I would get in and drive my Duramax across the country tonight without doing anything to it buy clean the windshield, same for the 4 runner. The 5 gen 4 runners are just a couple inches smaller then the 80 LC, maybe 3" narrower but 4-6" shorter which I really miss. Sure the LCs build quality and over engineering is what attracted me to them but for driving on rocky, dirt path with big ruts or frame twisters, the trucks or 4 runners will hold up just fine. These guys here thinks you will be rocking crawling yet all you are interested is driving into the back country over some rough dirt trails with the occasional large rocks not big boulders or the Rubicon. Two of my workmen have Nisssan 4 banger trucks with over 300 miles on them with little engine work or electronic issues for that matter. They work 'em pretty hard but no frame twisting trail riding but hauling materials and tools sitting in miles of fwy traffic with ac blasting. Typical work truck in the city. I think the Exterras are a bit small for overlanding, for me anyway. Ask George, he gets out into the back country all the time, with that Ram without any issues. I think he stays out there weeks at a time. He's from the bay area too.

Ft. Bragg is a great town.


rebuild or at least check the front knuckles. pds do not last too long and stopping isn't the greatest. Read up on changing to larger front disc from their later year trucks. Other then that, shocks. Billsteins is what was recommended from my LC wrench. He also torqued all the underpinnings after 140,000 miles on my 80. There's no rattles on those trucks.

Hey Can'tdrive, if its the 80, get one with factory locker. Rare but they are out there. Not sure if the 100 is standard. When I was out destroying the desert down here, some of the guys taught me how to drive over the rough stuff with just a posi-rear-end. You can get pretty by knowing your truck and how to drive over the rough stuff. If no locker, no big. The later year 100s have electronic nannies to craw you out of large holes. I know, I know, but they work (Have then in my 4 runner Limited now) really well. It drives itself. That's the one I want. Takes place of lockers.

On our way to Jasper NP after spending the night in Hope with my wife. Got caught in a big snow storm in the MT that afternoon downing up Icefields Pkwy.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1668933037.jpg

That’s a fact. Easier truck to wrench on as well.

Unfortunately they are long since discovered by the ‘overlanding’ roof basket crowd and prices are nuts.