Hello ExPo,
This is my first time posting, but I have been busy for the past week looking at everyone's 2.5 build threads (and 1G builds, too!). I really enjoy Mitsubishi vehicles, I currently have a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse, AWD turbocharged currently modified to run 35lbs of boost with E-85 fuel. I currently live at 6,035ft. above sea level, so the turbocharger sure does make it fun and helps with the horsepower loss due to high elevation. I also have another 1991 Eagle Talon AWD which is the same as an Eclipse, which I was meaning to build as a daily driver, but due to title issues and overall bad joo-joo, I decided try and sell it and started to look for something else.
Something with less hassle, more room, more reliable, and can take us camping up in the Rocky Mountains. At first I was looking at Silverados and trucks, but then I thought I'd keep it with good ol' Mitsu and started looking up the Mighty Max (too small) and ended up looking at the Montero's. I was dead set on buying this 90 LWB that was well taken care of, just had no back seats or back interior, but the guy sold it out the day before I was set to look at it. I went to a few dealers and saw a couple Gen III's, but they had issues and I just didn't like the feel or style of them.
A week or so had gone by, and finally this awesome, one-owner (yes!!!) 2000 Montero Endeavor (Endeavor edition only made for 2000 model year) popped up on craigslist at a dealer nearby so I went down to check it out after they had closed. I was very impressed and was dead set on buying it pending a test drive. After waiting until they opened the next morning, I got to hop in the rig and drive it around. I was all smiles, and was quite impressed on how it rode, aside from the brakes needing to be replaced. Everything else looked tip-top!
It has 133,xxx on the clock now, the one previous owner took very good care of the truck, no rust, garaged, and the timing belt bits all done at 129,500, trans fluid replaced at 117,xxx. All work was done by a reputable shop.
Enough text, here's some photos of it at the dealership.
I then tinted the two front windows with a ceramic window film. Matches pretty close to the back privacy glass. I took off the homemade screen covering the grille.
Then I used some vinyl, rubber, and tire treatment to bring back the black rich color of the spare cover
same with the black plastics on the taillights.
Took some windshield pinchweld rust sealing primer and put them on the cargo area trim cover bolts
Got some LED's in to do the interior lighting, thanks to an awesome thread started by jlocster.
Here's the stock incandescent bulbs at night
and LED really made a difference. Quite a lot brighter, much less power draw, and no heat!
This is my first time posting, but I have been busy for the past week looking at everyone's 2.5 build threads (and 1G builds, too!). I really enjoy Mitsubishi vehicles, I currently have a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse, AWD turbocharged currently modified to run 35lbs of boost with E-85 fuel. I currently live at 6,035ft. above sea level, so the turbocharger sure does make it fun and helps with the horsepower loss due to high elevation. I also have another 1991 Eagle Talon AWD which is the same as an Eclipse, which I was meaning to build as a daily driver, but due to title issues and overall bad joo-joo, I decided try and sell it and started to look for something else.
Something with less hassle, more room, more reliable, and can take us camping up in the Rocky Mountains. At first I was looking at Silverados and trucks, but then I thought I'd keep it with good ol' Mitsu and started looking up the Mighty Max (too small) and ended up looking at the Montero's. I was dead set on buying this 90 LWB that was well taken care of, just had no back seats or back interior, but the guy sold it out the day before I was set to look at it. I went to a few dealers and saw a couple Gen III's, but they had issues and I just didn't like the feel or style of them.
A week or so had gone by, and finally this awesome, one-owner (yes!!!) 2000 Montero Endeavor (Endeavor edition only made for 2000 model year) popped up on craigslist at a dealer nearby so I went down to check it out after they had closed. I was very impressed and was dead set on buying it pending a test drive. After waiting until they opened the next morning, I got to hop in the rig and drive it around. I was all smiles, and was quite impressed on how it rode, aside from the brakes needing to be replaced. Everything else looked tip-top!
It has 133,xxx on the clock now, the one previous owner took very good care of the truck, no rust, garaged, and the timing belt bits all done at 129,500, trans fluid replaced at 117,xxx. All work was done by a reputable shop.
Enough text, here's some photos of it at the dealership.
I then tinted the two front windows with a ceramic window film. Matches pretty close to the back privacy glass. I took off the homemade screen covering the grille.
Then I used some vinyl, rubber, and tire treatment to bring back the black rich color of the spare cover
same with the black plastics on the taillights.
Took some windshield pinchweld rust sealing primer and put them on the cargo area trim cover bolts
Got some LED's in to do the interior lighting, thanks to an awesome thread started by jlocster.
Here's the stock incandescent bulbs at night
and LED really made a difference. Quite a lot brighter, much less power draw, and no heat!
