I forgot to ask, what was the initial asking price?

They were initially asking $10,995, which I didn't think was too outrageous considering the options and condition, if they could haved prooved that the timing belt had been changed. Since they could not, I did not want to go above $9500. I felt like $7000 after the axle was shot was a REALLY good deal. I pulled the old axle last night (FYI - NEVER try to do that without an impact...ask me how I know) picked up the used axle for $900 plus $93.00 in brakes, and gear oil for the front and rear plus about $600 more for timing belt and I'm still better off than I would have been if I had paid $9500 with a good axle!

I was wondering about the wheels. I saw one black with the 17" chrome 6 spoke, and thought it looked REALLY sharp. In fact, I'm going to start looking for some of those wheels to swap on.

Here's the picture of the one I saw with the 17" chromes:

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2005 Black Limited CRD, GDE ECO tune otherwise stock. 165K and hoping for 500K