Dissent offroad 100 series build!

[Benc]

have been wanting to purchase another 100 ever since I sold my built 2000 several months back.
I needed one so I could finsh up some products such as roof racks, sliders ect.
I decided to look on Craigslist last night and found a fairly clean white 2000 with 224k and engine problems for $2500,
So I loaded up the fam to go take a look.
It was clean, rust free and seamed to be in great condition for the price so I pulled the trigger and purchased it.

This build will be fairly mild as it will be my wife's dd for a couple years. It will be used as a showcase for my 100 series products as well as a test rig for new products.
It will be getting dissent front and rear bumpers, dissent sliders, dissent roof rack, dissent dual battery tray and dissent twin arb compressor mount. Hopfully I will be able to offer all that stuff for sale in the future.
Already ordered the snorkel and 275-70/17 ko2s, I bought a set of rock warrior wheels a while back for $250 so those will be going on with the new tires.
I'm waiting on some more pics and a video of low mileage motor out of a salvaged 00 with 129k, if that all pans out I will most likley replace the motor.
For suspension I'm most likley going to keep it simple with a 1.5" ome kit.
I will most likley build this one up and use it for a year or 2 and then sell it to purchase a newer one. Should be a nice solid rig once I'm done.
Hoping to have it running, new wheels and tires and front and rear bumpers on in the next few weeks. Will keep the thread updated.

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[islandthymetaco]

Nice! Glad to see you back in a 100, kind of

 

[Benc]

Went ahead and put a deposit on the motor with 129k, the salvage yard is supposed to get me a video of it running as well as a pic of the odometer and if I give them the go ahead they said they could possibly pull it and ship it Monday or Tuesday.
They typically sell just the long block and sell all accessories separate such as manifolds, throttle body injectors ect, ect.
They said they make more off of the accessories that the engine so
With some negotiating we settled on a price with all accessories, manifolds, wire harness ect,
Should be pretty much plug and play. I did end up paying a little more than I wanted but still think I got a good price @ $1600 to my door.
It's looking like the end result will
Be a completely built rust free 100 for under 10k.
And if your waiting on bumpers don't worry, my brother is a mechanic and owes me money so he will be doing most of the mechanical work so I can continue to put bumpers together


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[Benc]

Nice! Glad to see you back in a 100, kind of

Glad to be back in one! Can't wait to get running and built up!


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[Benc]

$69 eBay snorkel installed!
As other have said, pleasantly surprised with the quality and fit for $70!
Also got the video of the replacment motor, it all looked good so went ahead and ordered it. They said it could arrive by Wednesday.
Also, the tires came so now I need to get the rock warriors into powder coat.

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[Yuman Desert Rat]

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Wheels and tires went on yesterday, engine should go in on Friday.
Also ordered the ironman pro foam suspension kit from metal tech, they have me the cyber Monday 20% discount with free shipping!
We will see how it works out, seams to have really good feedback over on ih8mud.

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[Benc]

Running boards off, engine in and running great!
Everything went together smoothly and it fired right up. Drove it around town today without issue and gave it a bath. Suspension should be done soon as well as front and rear bumpers. Also ordered some color match white paint for all the moulding.

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[Benc]

Bumper are on, went with a charcoal gray on the center sections to match the wheels, I will be doing the lettering in the same color so it should all tie in nicely when finished. I got 9" lights with white rings and coated to 3x3 light the gray to match. suspension may go on this weekend as well as a warn vr10-s.
Next up will be sliders, roof rack, dual batteries and arb compressor.

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[Mako1114]

The rig looks great thus far, nicely done!

Cheers

 

[eurosonic]

you make the best looking bumpers for these trucks! Well done

 

[Benc]

you make the best looking bumpers for these trucks! Well done

Thanks!
Running out of daylight for pics but got the ironman pro foam suspension kit on this afternoon. Also mounted the new warn vr10-s winch.

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[Mushin_Noshin]

You should make a front and rear swing out for the gx 470! Your work is top notch!

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[Yuman Desert Rat]

Love itt!! Every time I see your bumpers I feel compelled to sell a kidney... the color matching REALLY sets it off. I've been wanting to do that for quite some time now. Please, keep the pics coming.

 

[Benc]

Love itt!! Every time I see your bumpers I feel compelled to sell a kidney... the color matching REALLY sets it off. I've been wanting to do that for quite some time now. Please, keep the pics coming.

Thanks! Hopefully will get some better pics today.
The 2 tone was a huge unforeseen plus with the modular design!


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