1. Not evaluating the TJ wisely ...assumed low mileage cured all ills . Which led to mistake number-
2. Paying too much considering it needed a new lift , tires, and a lot of freshening up ...which led to ....
3. Attempting to offset my mistakes by regearing it myself , which led to doing it twice.
All education cost money .
To sum it up , if I had gotten on here and learned what was going on , and looked at a few and understood a little more what to look for , It likely all would have gone smoother . Not only in cost of money , but time , aggravation , lost enjoyment/downtime , running it to the shop and back, waiting on parts and all the figuring out , etc....any of that sound familiar?
This netted out to a TJ I have spent a lot of time/money on , but it doesn’t hold a candle to some of the better built ones on here ...I enjoy it , but at the same time , I know it isn’t the be all of nice Rubicons. That’s ok , I may do a nice automatic in a year or two ...and I’ll use what I have learned .