Hello everyone!
I'm now the proud owner of a '98 Disco I. I paid $750 for her, she's definitely got her flaws but well worth the money. Previous owner bought her as a project. While sitting, someone stole a catalytic converter off it so he bought a $800 Magnaflow catalytic converter set for it, then when he went to install that converter set he just simply lost interest and dumped her for cheap to me.
I'll be updating this thread as I fix her up to be a daily driver & light trail/overlanding rig.
The Good:
The Bad:
To summarize, she's got her flaws but appears to have good bones. Follow along as I fix her up, I'll be posting updates to this thread as I address the above issues and install upgrades.
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I'm now the proud owner of a '98 Disco I. I paid $750 for her, she's definitely got her flaws but well worth the money. Previous owner bought her as a project. While sitting, someone stole a catalytic converter off it so he bought a $800 Magnaflow catalytic converter set for it, then when he went to install that converter set he just simply lost interest and dumped her for cheap to me.
I'll be updating this thread as I fix her up to be a daily driver & light trail/overlanding rig.
The Good:
- The frame and body are 100% rust/corrosion/dent/ding free. You could eat off the frame, definitely been a babied city driven Rover.
- The paint, aside from the hood, is in good shape. I hand washed and took some fine cut rubbing compound to a spot on the passenger door and the paint came out as glossy as factory new, so I can make her look really good with a little elbow grease.
- Engine runs, I don't see any blue or white smoke, and she moves forwards and backwards under her own power.
- The leather interior, while dirty, is hole and tear free and just needs a little Leather Honey to be factory fresh looking.
- Although its missing a catalytic converter, as mentioned above it came with the $800 Magnaflow catalytic converter set and pipes so that will be a free-to-me fix.
The Bad:
- Due to the hacked up exhaust system from the converter theft, it's throwing a check engine code for all 4 O2 sensors (understandable)
- Also throwing a misfire code, so fingers crossed its just in need of a tune up and not a stuck valve or otherwise major repair
- Drivers side 2nd row window regulator went out, so the glass is taped up or else it falls down into the door
- Back Door handle doesn't work. I'll have to take the door panel off and see what broke.
- Both headlights are falling out, all the plastic bits that hold them in are dryrotted and broken. A fix kit is on the way.
- Entire headliner is gone, looks like duct tape and silicone around the top of the windshield and all sunroof glass. Looks like it leaked once upon a time so someone got mad and ripped the headliner out and siliconed and taped everything in sight, and did an amateur hack job at that. To beat it all, I still see a few drops of water in the floor so they didn't even fix it!
- Rear step is sagging, rear bumper light lenses are changing colors and darkening in the sun.
To summarize, she's got her flaws but appears to have good bones. Follow along as I fix her up, I'll be posting updates to this thread as I address the above issues and install upgrades.
