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A couple weekends ago I was out wheeling with my club. They brought their buggies and i drove my JKU out there.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
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A couple weekends ago I was out wheeling with my club. They brought their buggies and i drove my JKU out there.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
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Originally Posted by elusive
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A couple weekends ago I was out wheeling with my club. They brought their buggies and i drove my JKU out there.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
me and the buggies made the trail while the other had to winch a couple times. At the end of the day, a good friend asked me at the campfire "I gotta know how much money you have into that jeep"
I get asked a lot because my jeep has a hemi and 1 ton axles and 40" tires.
here is the actual break down of costs.
first, I bought a new 4 door 2011 rubicon in 2010. both tops, leather, nav, all that. 34k
yes, they were a lot cheaper then.
sold the wheels and tires, bought some 35's for about the same cost
sold the soft top and bought a used RE 3.5" lift kit on craigslist for about the same cost. I replaced the bushings and ran it with 35's for a couple years.
The 3.8 in that jeep was an awful POS even with 5.13 gears. I saw a used RIPP supercharger for $2500 and bought it. hated it. it ran so hot it melted the battery box. it surged on the freeway and eventually it blew a head gasket. I replaced the headgasket and sold the engine, trans, harness, blower, and tuned computer for $4200. I bought a zero mile hemi and trans from a grand cherokee for $3000, the install kit for $5000 so i was out of pocket about $3800 for the engine swap.
I was able to source a 2010 super duty 60 for $400. put in the artec truss, arb, gears, ball joints, ried knuckle, and fusion steering. $3000
rear axle was a disk brake 14 bolt. artec truss, arb, gears, tone ring kit, wheel adapters came to about $2000
sold the rubi axles with alloy shafts for $3800 so I was out of pocket only $1200.
wheels were craiglist for $200
tires are $369 each.
I'm under $50k total with driveshafts and extras, but that was spread over 8 years
Now, I said out of pocket a couple times because it is hard to accurately depreciate parts. the alloy shafts in the stock axles were in there for years.
I've also owned the jeep for 8 years. it has over 90k miles and almost 50k miles on the hemi
it all works perfectly. drives 80 mph all day and I wouldn't change a thing if I did it again. (well, I'd use a truck hemi instead of a cherokee)
point is, this can be done for reasonable cost, you just have to be willing to attempt it.
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