Looking at buying a 2000 Wrangler. Body is in good condition, frame looks good for the most part. Need help with the body mounts. Are these sustainable or would they need replaced soon? Specifically the first pic.
TJ Body Mount Help
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That first picture has some lower metal piece. That isn't factory. I don't know what it is.
Everything looks like it might be okay. Check the torque box near the rear. I'd be sure to clean and paint everything to stop the rust.
Everything looks like it might be okay. Check the torque box near the rear. I'd be sure to clean and paint everything to stop the rust.
Wondering if that lower 'mount' below the main body mount may have been a step of some sort in the past. Other than that, everything looks pretty good. Not pretty, but at least the frame isn't covered in a bunch of undercoating or paint that is trying to cover something up. Looks like a good, honest Jeep to me.
fourpointzero
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Hell no. You can see that whatever was attached below the frame tab, below the body mount, cracked off! Look at the edges of the tub and the rust haze under the tub. Stick your fingers in the frame holes.....I can only guess you’ll feel a pile of rust inside.
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fourpointzero
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The marked areas of the tub would concern me. Especially the body seams, where corrosion often starts. That along w the crud likely building up inside the frame and, a 19 year old Jeep from Ohio.....I wouldn’t.
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The back of that torque box looks cut out, too.
I would get a Jeep from another state if I were you. Rust sucks to deal with.
I would get a Jeep from another state if I were you. Rust sucks to deal with.
The oval shaped hole in the frame, furthest to the right in first picture, looks like it has something blocking it. That may just be something rusty that got in there somehow or more probably is a piece of rust that used to be part of the inner frame.
I'm not saying you have to stay away from it but be sure to poke around in the whole frame to see what's going on in there. You may find out you need to stay away.
I'm not saying you have to stay away from it but be sure to poke around in the whole frame to see what's going on in there. You may find out you need to stay away.
Thats too much rust for me. I would pass. Look for one of many TJ's available in arizona area, the upfront cost of traveling will pale compared to the savings of having a rust free platform.
