Hello All,
I am just getting ready to jump into a rejuvenation of a white 1997 I4 with about 115k miles. It was my father-in-law's that he bought new. It is 100% stock and in fair condition, but it needs love. It always had standard maintenance, but that is it. It has sat in a garage mostly for the past 2 years. My daughter turns 16 later this spring and we are going to renovate it. Crawling around underneath, I can see fluid on the bottom of both diffs and on the bottom of the transmission, not dripping and it leaves no marks on the garage floor, but at some point there was leakage. The bump stops are mostly disintegrated, both front and rear bumpers are dented and the flares are in rough shape. Not to mention the top and interior is a little rough.
Planning to strip down as much as we can, clean it up nicely, rebuild what is needed, and get it back ship share while we are doing this distancing thing over the next several weeks. I also never liked the stock tires he ran and think it would look better with a little suspension upgrade. I'm about to pull the trigger on bumpers, flares, soft top, OME 2" suspension, new wheels and 31X10.5 BFGs. I'll likely replace carpet and at least one seat, but I need to pull it all out and try to clean it up to figure this out. I'll post along the journey and try to use the "search" feature as well as possible. I had a few suspension questions in addition to tires and wheel backspacing knowledge gaps that you all have already answered. I'm no mechanic, but I know a wrench from a screwdriver and hope I can pick it up as I go.
Cheers,
Greg
I am just getting ready to jump into a rejuvenation of a white 1997 I4 with about 115k miles. It was my father-in-law's that he bought new. It is 100% stock and in fair condition, but it needs love. It always had standard maintenance, but that is it. It has sat in a garage mostly for the past 2 years. My daughter turns 16 later this spring and we are going to renovate it. Crawling around underneath, I can see fluid on the bottom of both diffs and on the bottom of the transmission, not dripping and it leaves no marks on the garage floor, but at some point there was leakage. The bump stops are mostly disintegrated, both front and rear bumpers are dented and the flares are in rough shape. Not to mention the top and interior is a little rough.
Planning to strip down as much as we can, clean it up nicely, rebuild what is needed, and get it back ship share while we are doing this distancing thing over the next several weeks. I also never liked the stock tires he ran and think it would look better with a little suspension upgrade. I'm about to pull the trigger on bumpers, flares, soft top, OME 2" suspension, new wheels and 31X10.5 BFGs. I'll likely replace carpet and at least one seat, but I need to pull it all out and try to clean it up to figure this out. I'll post along the journey and try to use the "search" feature as well as possible. I had a few suspension questions in addition to tires and wheel backspacing knowledge gaps that you all have already answered. I'm no mechanic, but I know a wrench from a screwdriver and hope I can pick it up as I go.
Cheers,
Greg
