Buying A Jeep Wrangler TJ In 2024 / 2025 - What To Look For / Things Have Changed / My New Project

[@jvalusmc0331]

That thing is very clean and solid!

[@chogg611]

I paid $20k for mine. Totally restored. My fixing days are over. Add that it has only 70,000 miles on it. Compared to a new jeep it was cheap.

[@james2137]

I have the same Jeep but green soft top. Make sure you get locks for the door (taking them on and off) I’ve had friends who have gotten them stollen. It takes 3 minutes to take them.

[@Markuz-ik5ib]

Nice viedo, U need soft top, half doors, tires 31x10.50, good music, and fun time for ever. TJ best jeep all time.

[@MikeOn2Wheels]

Unfortunately, I can tell you from experience that the frame is a lot worse than it looks externally since they tend to rust from the inside out. I’ve done a few and just finished repairing another with safe-t-caps front to rear down both sides of the frame, floor pans, torque boxes, etc. I’d check the structure of the tub under where the roll bar mounts. Mine had the same rust poking through the rocker in front of the rear fenders and the whole area that the roll cage bolts too was also rotted out. Fortunately for me, I only paid $300 for my 2004 6 cylinder knowing of all the rust issues because the previous owner was about to sell it to a junkyard for scrap value. Close to $7k would be tough to swallow seeing that much rust. Good luck to you getting that one fixed up!

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

I definitely overpaid but it's not that bad. Roll bars and mounting area are completely intact. Rear floor area is spotless. It needs a passenger floor pan, which I have already done. Repaired small area on drivers side. The frame will need repaired with safe-t-caps, but I can do that myself.

[@chogg611]

Look at KC retro head lights. Look OE, but are bright.

[@qcnsllcqcnsupport7616]

Love the manual, very nice!!

[@jvalusmc0331]

Very cool!

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

I had a 92 with leaf springs. That thing was tough as nails.

[@tonyparson4392]

Something else you need to look out for because it’s a pain in the butt to change is a leaky heater core. 😢

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

Yeah. Good call.

[@stepabove2136]

I been looking at buying a Honda pioneer 700-4 and getting cab enclosure and heater your looking at 20 grand or there abouts I've found some tjs for 5 to ten grand grand and you are street legal and go cross state here in Montana so i think I'll go that route 😮.

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

I have both. My TJ is way bigger than my Pioneer, otherwise I'd agree. The Pioneer fits on my trails and has a great utility bed

[@M4K9G22]

Wow $7k with 170k miles? I have a TJ with 70k with no rust that’s been sitting in the driveway for years due to a bad transmission. It has lots of upgrades too, and I was thinking of asking for less than $7k. Time to rethink my sale price 😅 Thanks for the vid! It was very helpful.

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

The prices are going through the roof.

[@rreyes08]

Stock Tjs go for more. People rather paint their own canvas

[@M4K9G22]

And they can still do that because I don't have any permanent mods, and the jeep hasn't been off-road yet since I've owned it. Original owner didn't offroad it either. It was my 2nd vehicle that I was upgrading as a hobby. Unfortunately the transmission went about 1k miles after I did most of the big upgrades, so aside from age, there's almost no wear and tear to the parts. Next owner is going to come out far ahead for the cost of a stock TJ and they can either sell the upgraded parts to recover the cost of doing their own thing, or keep em. I just don't have the time or energy anymore.

[@tonyparson4392]

If it needs a transmission, you’ll be lucky to get 5000.

[@rreyes08]

Get LED stock headlights

[@bigman-jm5mf]

Was it a flat tow vehicle? Way that front guard looked like it was a rv toad. Definitely hiding rust behind that random diamond plate. But here in Ohio we see rust differently than other states. My suburban in Hancock county for instance is rusted clean through the rear quarters. But after 21 years I would be more surprised if it wasn’t.

[@gpannu2127]

Hi, what you think about 4 cylinder engine? Im looking @ one jeep and the owner is asking $6000 for 1998 jeep with 4 cylinder and the some of the frame has been repaired. Do you think 4 cylinder is good I should walk away from it? Btw its manual

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

The 2.5 is very underpowered, but it's a Jeep and as long as you don't care about pure power, it will still be fun. I had one with the later engine, the 2.4 and I loved it. You just have to be practical. Drive it and see if you like it. If you do, go for it. But don't drive a 4.0 6 after that l, otherwise you'll regret it. 😄

[@lennylink8772]

You overpaid. That is outrageous the passenger side does not have a floor. What a disgusting dealership. Frame rust is expensive to fix too. 3,500 for a small section to have it done.

[@JackofAllMasterofNone]

Yeah. They are very overpriced, so it's hard not to overpay. I do agree with you though.