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hey everyone,

ive got serious about getting a new second car now. Im looking at gen III liberty RX's to be specific. I dont know what it is about them, but i reckon theyre sexy!

What should i look out for? Any common problems? etc etc

PS..i know the outback question had just been asked, but i thought there may be afew differences..

thanks in advance

alex

The dash gets a freakin annoying rattle in it, both my Lib and the Outback have the exact same rattle and it drives me nuts!!!

Top choice,very ,very nice cars,if u r after an outback,i know of a low km gen2 ltd, manual ,well looked after
Chris
I've owned my gen3 wgn for 6 months,the rad top tank outlet snapped off 1 week after i bought it.
Apart from that ,all good.

Go to ozliberty.com. The boys there will be able to help you out.

ive got abit of a dilemma on my hands...

i can get a 1999 lib rx absolutely pristine for 8k...BUT it has done 250,000km..what do people think? should i steer clear? I can get also get a 2001 lib rx with 80,000km for 14-15ish..in pristine condition..

advice anyone?!

alex

Alex wrote:ive got abit of a dilemma on my hands...

i can get a 1999 lib rx absolutely pristine for 8k...BUT it has done 250,000km..what do people think? should i steer clear? I can get also get a 2001 lib rx with 80,000km for 14-15ish..in pristine condition..

advice anyone?!

alex

Have you considered getting the 99 model and swapping an EJ25T into it? BYB01 or some of the WA boys might be able to help price out the cost to do this sort of conversion.

An EJ25T RX Liberty would be a sweet machine to own.

Jack

250,000 k's is a lot.
Budget on
Engine/transmission
Diff
Suspension
all bushes

If that can be replaced with 80,000km equivalent for 6k then nothing in it, except a dash number come resale time. Oh yeah, not much more will come off the $8k over the next few years, whereas the 14k one will come back to 8k over that time.

I'd go the cheap one, then if it's fine then you have a bargain, if you have to replace stuff then you aren't any worse off than if you'd spent up.

Assuming both cars are bodily and interiorly the same condition.

thanks guys, some very very good points there..i spose another pro to the high kilometer car is that it may have had abit of work done..my problem is that with a nice cheap car i will be very tempted to spend the 6grand i have saved on mods...ie, lower, nice big rims(liberty sti ones) etc etc..

alex

MechaWagon wrote:Assuming both cars are bodily and interiorly the same condition.

Good words them

First I thought when you said 8k, 250,000km & "pristine" in the same sentence I thought it was almost an oxymoron, but when I tink about it I have seen a quite a few in very good nick bodily, interiorly and mechanically with that many km on them. And some with a lot less that are ****ters.

Dear Alex,

I am very curious, WHY are you now so keen to upgrade to a Gen III Lib litterally weeks after going to that effort and trouble to putting an EJ22 in your 'L'....???

Does your now 2.2L 'L' not perform as well as you had hoped or something...??

Regards,

Kaz

u should read a little closer karen

he has some structual damage and will take some time to get fixed properly

L-Raiser wrote:Dear Alex,

I am very curious, WHY are you now so keen to upgrade to a Gen III Lib litterally weeks after going to that effort and trouble to putting an EJ22 in your 'L'....???

Does your now 2.2L 'L' not perform as well as you had hoped or something...??

Regards,

Kaz

1. The EJ22 is absolutely sweet as, and i have got absolutely nothing to complain about. Just abit of structural damage to the poor poor l-series..

2. I want something new, and even more sexy than my L...something that will semi-handle on road..

alex

Alex wrote: 2. ...something that will semi-handle on road..

alex

Gen III's are like proverbial **** to a blanket. Get a whiteline lift and castor kit and get it aligned properly and you'll love it.

I remember once when michelle got the lib sideways, hit a bump mid corner at pace and it stepped out on her, dunno where she learned it (probably late night forest sojourns in the RX) but she steered into it and caught it, I cheered :P

MechaWagon wrote:Gen III's are like proverbial **** to a blanket. Get a whiteline lift and castor kit and get it aligned properly and you'll love it.

...Please excuse my ignorance but which model/year is the Gen III Liberty...?

Anyone got any pics...?
What YEAR is that Gen III.....?
IT does indeed sound decent, from what you guys are saying....

IS there NO WAY you can make an 'L' handle half as good as a Gen III...???????

Kaz

simply??...no...

you could but would cost soo much money and time it would hardly be worth the effort. being a lifted car with a much higher centre of gravity, the car would just simply not be able to corner and handle as well. my RS suspension felt completely diffrent once the lift kit went in

This is a Gen III




They are very sweet.

My Boss has a Gen IV GT sedan, it is 10 times the car :P

You'll be able to get an L series to handle as well as a Gen III, as ultimately anything can be made to 'handle' (look at the truck racing, they'll outhandle anything factory subaru) just how much money do you want to spend?

this is 95% my car

just need finance to get approved and its all mine!!

Its a, Gen3 my01, special edition gx, full leather, pretty much all the candy of a rx(plus more) and just a bog hole Ej20, which i will be upgrading one day! 80,000km, 17inch lenso rims..

this to come are low king springs(im lowering a car! WTF!), some kind of body kit, exhaust, and thats about it!



alex

Wow. very nice..
I'm also in the process of getting a genIV, the one I'm looking at it a wagon, sexy black. Will find out if finance goes through next week..
Its all so exciting isn't it;)

haha..yes yes it is...havent slept for a while! (i'm an idiot )

alex

libs are the shiz :P go a GT spec B tuned by STI if you want the full pimp ride plus power