2006 Rubicon with 120k

Texas-TJ

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Dealer wants $15,400. It has hail damage on the hood, wobble at 45 mph, and rear locker will not engage. They will fix it all and sell for 15,400. Sound like a good deal? Thanks
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I looked over the frame and fenders pretty good. No rust on those or the body mount brackets
 
Need to see the frame, in several places, big enough to actually see.
 
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How mechanically inclined are you? You can fix that stuff (maybe not the hail damage) yourself and pocket the change. I'd ask them what their price is without fixing anything and then knock 2 K off that. They will probably say no, but at least you're talking at that point.
 
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The hail damage and locker are probably easy enough fixes for them.

Tell us about that wobble: mild or violent. Does it get worse as speed incerases?
 
How mechanically inclined are you? You can fix that stuff (maybe not the hail damage) yourself and pocket the change. I'd ask them what their price is without fixing anything and then knock 2 K off that. They will probably say no, but at least you're talking at that point.

Not mechanically inclined enough to fix rear locker or wobble.
 
The hail damage and locker are probably easy enough fixes for them.

Tell us about that wobble: mild or violent. Does it get worse as speed incerases?

I wouldn't say death wobble and not overly violent. It starts at anout 42 mph and goes away over 45 mph
 
The locker parts are pretty much non existent. So whether they can fix it is going to depend on what's wrong. Bad pump, bad air hose, hose off inside of diff are easily fixed. If the actuator inside the diff has blown, I'm not sure that is available new.
 
How mechanically inclined are you? You can fix that stuff (maybe not the hail damage) yourself and pocket the change. I'd ask them what their price is without fixing anything and then knock 2 K off that. They will probably say no, but at least you're talking at that point.

Asking price was 15,999. They are willing to fix everything but won't go lower than 15,400