The wife told me she thinks my XJ is a money pit... How much do you have invested ?

[ericfx1984]

lets see... I have a 3" lift with NEW 33" tires and 16 x 8 Soft 8s, and quick discos, and bright off road lighting... but only around $2200 total...


does this sound like a money pit...

how much do you have invested in your Jeep? maybe she will chill out after she hears what you guys have spent

[newxj]

my 96, I had jeep 1500, tcase 100, 32's $500, wheel bearing $60, d windows $120... $2680

my 90, I had... jeep 750, tires 500, tcase 80, trans 50, d44 200, gears lockers 750, trac bar $200, control arms $240... ill stop the list there... $2700 not including all the other **** i did to it (tre's, injectors, motor mounts0 and I never got to actually wheel it cuz it was a raging piece of ****.

[heap o' jeep]

I have:
4.6L Stroker/AW4/NP231 w/SYE
4.5" Rusty's lift w/ 75% 33x12.5s and brand new full-size spare
4.88 Yukon gears
D35 w/ Super 35 kit (Detroit locker)
D30 w/ OX locker and Warn locking hub conversion
OTK flip and oversized tie-rod
Beefy track-bar (JKS?)
Really nice homebrew front and rear off-road bumpers/rock sliders

There is a bunch of other little things that I picked up for cheap or off parts rigs too.

Initial cost of my rust-free Laredo was $1000 but after all my parts rigs that I have pulled/sold parts off of I am right around $4k

At this point in the project I pretty much consider it "done" and the wife really doesn't complain too much when I have to buy maintenance parts/fluids for it. She also knows how much the parts are worth in comparison to what I paid for them so that helps out too when we have the cost conversations.

[audioguy1]

I really don't want to pull all my reciepts out but its alot

[lagnaf]

79 CJ.
spring over, XJ rear, BDS double military wrap front
1 tons w/detroits front/rear.
Dana 300 w/ 4:1 and twin stick
304 w/TBI
Boat sides
etc.......
Dont even ask. WAYYYYY too much $$$ if you ask my wife!!
It would be ALOT more if I hadn't done all th ework/fab. myself!!
it would be

[Guest]

85 CJ7, resurrected from the dead. The wife has accepted the fact that it's a money pit, after the first year. I have quite a bit of time and money invested. BUT it's also given us a ton of fun as a family!

[mujeeper]

Ugh....really? you gotta ask THAT question. Let's see, had the jeep for over 10 years now.....I'm thinkin less than 10k. I'm considering all the stuff I broke and other repairs and add ons. Quick break down, I have at least $8130 and I'm sure I'm missing a grand or 2.

All - please do not let my girlfiend read this!

[Guest]

Counting purchase, tires, wheels, tires again, wheels, turbo, axles, gears, engine, accessories...$14k +/-.

Total investment into Jeeps since I started 10 yrs ago...I'd venture a guess in the $25k range net, after selling parts and the prior two rigs.

[ericfx1984]

I think my wife's hobby is making babies... now that is expensive!!!

[BlooJoop]

i know my fiance' won't read this but I'm not scared and would tell her if she asked. I bought the bloo joop bout 2.5 years ago for 3200 and I just looked it up and currently have ~$8458 invested... YIKES! i have some parts that I might need to sell to bring that price down a little....

[tfiedler]

Can we count all of the money we spent on previous Jeeps????? If so, I should be smacked. I have about $30k in the current rig, with plans to spend another $7k or $8k

[Guest]

bought mine as is, except for some minor repairs and upgrades, for $17,500, gonna have to put about another $1200-1500 on it in the next year or so for tires. And likely replace both front hub assemblies before then once or twice.

[heap o' jeep]

Did you ever consider the Warn hub conversion Curt? Less drag when unlocked and you can rebuild/repack your bearings for cheap, may be more cost-effective down the road if it keeps eating hubs up. I love mine :)

[kcjeepgirl]

I'd have to pull receipts, but I'm probably around the $6-7k range.

[Guest]

Did you ever consider the Warn hub conversion Curt? Less drag when unlocked and you can rebuild/repack your bearings for cheap, may be more cost-effective down the road if it keeps eating hubs up. I love mine :)

I will have to do some research, but I am unaware of a hub conversion for the dana 44 front axle. Do you or anyone else know about a hub conversion for the Rubicon front axle? If so could you point me to a website for the info? Thank you in advance!! : )