Seller was Asking $7500. We negotiated from there. I apologize that I am hesitant to disclose the price. Being new to the forum... I've had things scooped out from under me before on other forums, not Jeep of course. Please forgive me.
I don’t think you have to worry about anybody on here buying that out from under you- we’ll give him a fair price to keep it though. Tongue in cheek- we are trying to watch out for you man.
Your handshake deal gives us the impression you have near committed.
All I can tell you really at a quick glance is it will seem endless as far as what it takes to get that jeep enjoyable.
$6500 may be the price, but the cost is going to be about 10-13,000.00 to make it great once your done- unless you end up like one guy- did all that and then needed a frame.
These lists look something like tires, u joints, more axle u joints, unit bearings, oh wow they reused the clutch, brakes, sway bar links, shocks, front end work, adjustable track bars, control arms, radiator, heater core, sensors, more sensors, fluids, new exhaust, steering gearbox, and trip after trip to the parts store.
That jeep has been beat on, looks kid owned and has a lot of miles, and likely was so poorly maintained or abused they killed an engine that is near impossible to kill.
The biggest mistake I made when I got into these things was not knowing how to evaluate one. The next thing that happens is you get on here and we can look at it by pictures and tell you tons of things that are hard to believe- And we are right about 99% of the time.
Right out of the gate if it’s set up wrong you’re going to have to fix everything just to enjoy the jeep- That means forced spending.
Now all this has a negative tone but realistically it may be exactly what you want and if it has no rust and you can get into a cheap enough and everything else checks out OK great, But based on what I see It will take thousands of dollars in parts to get that jeep anywhere back to where it needs to be.
If you could find a lower mileage stock wrangler and start from there you’ll have a clean slate to work from and most likely not have nearly as much to do, Until you want to.
You might spend less if you pay more.
