IF you're going to do a 5.3 swap, great, but if the other work is indicative of how meticulous you were with the swap, why? $42,000https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/spokane-jeep-wrangler-full-custom-build/7342244821.html
A $42,000 Jeep?
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IF you're going to do a 5.3 swap, great, but if the other work is indicative of how meticulous you were with the swap, why? $42,000https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/spokane-jeep-wrangler-full-custom-build/7342244821.html
I know, why? Obviously just interested in the building process, but as far as actually driving it and on and off-road and setting it up just right, no vision.
Most TJ enthusiasts are interested in building it themselves, to their liking. Building is half of the fun. That guy threw away a lot of money.
Someone in the Valley who flips TJs regularly bought a bone stock 2006 LJR with 55k miles for like 26k. Showed up on CL a couple months later for 36k with a teraflex long arm lift and god awful looking bumpers. I get the build is fun but man don’t ruin it for other people.
I wonder if he got that kind of money for it. I bought a bone stock 2003 TJR and am flipping it, but what I did was paint correction, parts corrections, maintenance items, frame surface rust removal and OEM paint specs restored, among other small items making it pristine, then put up for sale. Not building, just improving what was there and restoring to original. Leave the build for someone else.
Ain’t odd..just obvious that it ain’t all it’s cracked up to be…
Well I’m preparing for an LS swap so it better be.
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Not odd to me at all. I know of a very outstanding shop that did an LS swap build for a friend of mine. He hasn't reported the exact issues but reading between lines, it has taken a year to get close to getting all the bugs ironed out. I also know from folks I stay in touch with who go on those "adventure" runs that most of the rigs they are there with are LS swapped. They are the cause of the vast majority of issues. Everything from overheating, not charging, oil pressure problems, mechanical drive train issues, trans issues and more.
The LS swap issues are not as easy to solve as the "just LS swap it" crowd would have you believe.
NoneAsk @mrblaine how many “quality” LS swaps has seen come through his place.
You have obviously never slammed the accelerator to the floor on a TJ Unlimited and roasted the 40's without power braking it. That or having that much fun on tap doesn't appeal to your sensibilities.
If you want to do it the easy way, just get some Milestar Pats.
That’s probably the smarter way, 40” MT/R’s aren’t cheap. Could order a couple extra wheels for sacrificial smoke show tires.
I know someone who has done that to at least 5 sets of Red Label Krawlers.
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