I (actually my daughter) just bought a '98 ZX2 with 116K on it. Bone stock, black with an auto and no rear spoiler. Guess I can’t attach a pic of it
I know from experience these forums are a great source of info - I’m pretty sure she’d never sign on to a site like this, and since I’ll be responsible for care of the car for the next year or so, here I am.
Looks like a pretty low-key place compared to some of the auto forums I’m on. That’s a good thing.
We live in upstate NY in the hills outside the small town of Middlesex. My car is a 2000 Subaru 2.5 RS (pre-WRX). My wife has a 2002 Subaru Forester, and we also have a 2000 Chevy S-10 p/u 4cyl stick to haul stuff with.
So I’m on a couple of upstate NY Subaru sites, rarely on NASIOC.com, though I’ve been a member since 2000 - it just got too big after the WRX came to the states. I’m also on RocLife.org, a general car forum in Rochester.
I took the ZX2 to my mechanic for a look-see, and he mentioned it will probably need new brake lines in the next year or so, the timing belt is worn, but not too bad yet, and the coolant hoses looked a little questionable. There’s also some rust on the underside in front of the left rear wheel. But for $2200, you’re not going to get a showroom-new car. It runs strong and feels solid.
welcome to the site, I was just up in NY a couple weeks back, outside Albany. Your daughter’s car looks a lot like mine did 3 years ago, except for the black paint
Thats a nice area out there. Mellowness(Zack) was at my house in albany like he said. Cool to have another Ny member, even if it is your daughters car. We’ll get you to mod it, no worries.
1st question - how does the center console come out?
It has on of those Sony multi CD changers in the trunk, with the controller up front. The wire runs down under the center console. She owns probably 10 CDs total - everything is on her iPod and she has an iTrip for that (she may also buy a cassette adapter for it). So I want to take the unit out without damaging it and maybe try to sell it on Craig’s List. Any tips?
move front seats all the way forward and remove the 2 phillips screws on each side of the rear half of the console.
pull up the e-brake handle and pop the rear section up and off, sliding it over the e-brake handle. Remove the 2 screws holding the bottom of the front half of the console to the floor (the rear console half was covering them).
unscrew the shift knob and pop the rubber boot out of the groove on the bottom of the knob. Pull out the black plastic cupholder insert.
remove the 4 push -pins on the front sides of the console (the center button is pried up and then the pins come out as one piece.
put the shifter in 2nd gear - and then while placing your hand over the black cubby part that contains the cig lighter, pull the console back and over the shifter handle. Voila!