Built Not Bought
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Facts are facts.
There are so many guys that love to say "Built not Bought" but I'm not even sure where buying ends and building starts. In order to built anything you have to get parts somehow. I don't know of anyone that can make an axle shaft or a piston in their garage. Maybe they're just stealing the parts?
There are so many guys that love to say "Built not Bought" but I'm not even sure where buying ends and building starts. In order to built anything you have to get parts somehow. I don't know of anyone that can make an axle shaft or a piston in their garage. Maybe they're just stealing the parts?
My rear camera mount is built, not bought. And probably stolen from a waitress. Though I bought the camera, because I don't know how to make one like that. 
derekmac
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My take on Built not Bought is someone doing their own work or fabbing instead of buying an already built rig or paying someone else to do the work.
Here's my take...
Very few have the skills to engineer most parts on a Jeep. And some things are best left to an expert to install. (Expert = someone with more experience, tools and time than you have)
Very few have the skills to engineer most parts on a Jeep. And some things are best left to an expert to install. (Expert = someone with more experience, tools and time than you have)
I'd rather buy mine than build it.
Try having three little kids and then tell me you want to spend your time building one
Try having three little kids and then tell me you want to spend your time building one
I'd rather buy mine than build it.
Try having three little kids and then tell me you want to spend your time building one
I’ve had unit bearings an u-joints in my garage for almost 2 months ready to install... I feel you.
Yep, you know the struggle then.
It can take me 3-4 months to get around to a simple project these days. Not because I'm lazy, but because if I were to just go out in the garage and spend 4-5 hours installing something, my wife would kill me.
I don't blame her though. Leaving her alone with 3 little kids isn't fair.
Pretty much nailed it. I'm surprised by how many folks who use the fact that they can poorly use a welder as something to look down their nose at other Jeep owners with. Buy it, build it, mine the ore to smelt your own steel, I don't really care. Just go have fun with whatever it is you can do.
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We are calling it at 2 for everyone’s sanity
We only intended to have two, but accidentally had a third.
That being said, I got fixed shortly thereafter.
No way we are having four. Life was much easier when we had two, not so much now that we're outnumbered.
When you get to five let me know if you’ve changed your mind.I'd rather buy mine than build it.
Try having three little kids and then tell me you want to spend your time building one
Nothing changes after 3. This is because the older one’s help out. Everyone gets responsibility and everyone works together. It’s teamwork and it’s good because everyone has to grow up.I might cease to exist at that point
Flib
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on the subject of built not bought check this out. I've built motorcycles from the ground up, including the frame but this guy just blows my mind! Different subject matter but I'm sure the gear heads on here can appreciate the work involved.
When you see the first few pics you might be inclined to think no big deal, he just restored and reassembled the engine, nope, he MADE the engine, literally every component of it!
http://flashbackfab.com/excelsior-homepage/
When you see the first few pics you might be inclined to think no big deal, he just restored and reassembled the engine, nope, he MADE the engine, literally every component of it!
http://flashbackfab.com/excelsior-homepage/
Haha! so the 3rd one was an accident? and documented proof of you saying it... better delete this before the 3rd learns to read!
Nap time and after 8-9pm is my build time. Using the air tools or grinder is always a gamble. Luckily the baby is a heavy sleeper.
This is the exact point that the wife and I can't agree on. She thinks 3 would be nice but in the same sentence says how we would need a minivan or some other 3rd row car and how another bedroom in the house would be nice.
3 seems really expensive. I can't even imagine 5 @JMT. Costco must be your second home.
Yes! I have 3 teenagers and have found that 3 rows of seats is a must "you gotta keep em separated!!!" Makes for much less squabbling, hitting and yelling on longer than usual trips. Of course my youngest is a boy with 2 older sisters. That boy lives to antagonize his sisters,,, he is the epitome of the younger brother. Some days, I just tell the girls to go beat him up, which they take great joy in accomplishing.