Hey there. I have not been a jeep owner for a long time. My last one was a new JK Sahara Hardtop I bought at dealership. Since then I have been messing around with other kinds of vehicles for off-road, like mostly motorcycles.
My son is about to turn 16 so we are trying to make sure there is a car for him to drive that is somewhat cool (his request) but also safe. Jeep doesn’t typically jump to mind when you use those qualifications, but when I dropped him off at school the other day, the student parking lot was FILLED with Jeeps, Bronco’s (old and new), and other lifted vehicles like Pathfinders and Taco’s etc.
So, I started looking for a TJ for him as thats the one that I want as well. As I started looking I also started reading up on peoples builds and doing R&D on parts and process to build myself. It turns out its WAYYYY cheaper to let someone else do all the work and then buy it from them, but also can be scary if they cut corners or use parts that don’t make sense, or don’t actually put the right stuff on it. I just don’t know what to look for, so I came here to ask for your help.
This might not be the right forum to do this, and if it isn’t, please move it to where it belongs and accept my apologies. I am hoping you guys with a lot of experience seeing people make huge mistakes or getting lucky with a purchase can take a look at this build and tell me what I should be asking. Whats missing, whats questionable, etc. As I keep looking I have decided the boy can drive his moms SUV and I can drive this as my daily. I have a weekend convertible already, so this would be for camping and off roading in the NC area (some overlanding).
Thanks in advance, and if I am just being dumb, please let me know. No ego here, I don’t want to dump a bunch of cash into a mistake. If you don’t want to publicly say anything negative about the builder, or the build, please private message me.
https://davisautosports.com/orange-wrangler-1j4fa49s56p745260
Appreciate the help.
Regards,
James
My son is about to turn 16 so we are trying to make sure there is a car for him to drive that is somewhat cool (his request) but also safe. Jeep doesn’t typically jump to mind when you use those qualifications, but when I dropped him off at school the other day, the student parking lot was FILLED with Jeeps, Bronco’s (old and new), and other lifted vehicles like Pathfinders and Taco’s etc.
So, I started looking for a TJ for him as thats the one that I want as well. As I started looking I also started reading up on peoples builds and doing R&D on parts and process to build myself. It turns out its WAYYYY cheaper to let someone else do all the work and then buy it from them, but also can be scary if they cut corners or use parts that don’t make sense, or don’t actually put the right stuff on it. I just don’t know what to look for, so I came here to ask for your help.
This might not be the right forum to do this, and if it isn’t, please move it to where it belongs and accept my apologies. I am hoping you guys with a lot of experience seeing people make huge mistakes or getting lucky with a purchase can take a look at this build and tell me what I should be asking. Whats missing, whats questionable, etc. As I keep looking I have decided the boy can drive his moms SUV and I can drive this as my daily. I have a weekend convertible already, so this would be for camping and off roading in the NC area (some overlanding).
Thanks in advance, and if I am just being dumb, please let me know. No ego here, I don’t want to dump a bunch of cash into a mistake. If you don’t want to publicly say anything negative about the builder, or the build, please private message me.
https://davisautosports.com/orange-wrangler-1j4fa49s56p745260
Appreciate the help.
Regards,
James