I am a brand new member and this is my first post, however I have been reading through the posts for several weeks. I previously had a 2008 Unlimited Sahara, but due to my job, it was not a practical daily driver. I am finally in the position to buy another Wrangler as a second vehicle. It has been much harder than I thought it would be to find a 6 cylinder TJ in good shape in my area. I finally found one that I am interested in, but after running the Carfax, I have a concern. The report came back clean, but it has had 8 previous owners. Just curious on everyone's thoughts on this? Anything stand out, either good or bad, on this Jeep? Thanks in advance!
Whoops! Never mind, I spotted the link after I asked.
Not sure what to say about the 8 owners. Like everything, it depends on how they treated it.
Fwiw, I looked at one that had had 8 owners on paper but 2 of them had owned it 2 times each. So in reality it had only had 6 owners, and three of those were dealerships. I thought the Jeep itself was okay mechanically (it was stock, btw) but it had half doors and I ultimately decided I wanted full doors.
Shopping for one is part science and part voodoo... Lol.
That rig is a few grand overpriced. I paid the same price for my 06 Sport with 30k fewer miles. For reference my rig is the white one in this pic. I suggest expanding your search area to at least 200 miles.
Casting a wider net is sound advice. It took me several months and a two + hour drive to get the Heep I wanted in decent condition. Take your time and find one that you really want.
If you are really interested in this one, with this mileage and price, I'd ask a lot of questions ( what's been replaced, what kind of lift, who did the work, yada, yada ). There are a gajillion ways to lift a jeep, from a budget lift to a thoroughly planned and well executed job. And people lift their rigs for any number of reasons with various goals in mind. What the current owner's goals are May not be your goal.
Thats decent kms for a 99, motor if maintained is good for 250K and up, I'm a bit leary on the "all kind of add ons". What kind of lift exactly, correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like a large body lift??
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