TTQ B4U
01-30-2019, 08:51 PM
So as I began hunting for a vehicle for my 15.5yr old "mini-me" I pretty much was ready to pull the trigger on a local vehicle who's owner I knew well......right up until this gem popped up on a forum I'm a part of. While I wasn't in the market for a Jeep, this one proved too good to be true. Add in the price was outstanding so I jumped on it. These things are selling for crazy prices with 135-200k on the ODO. This one has a mere 85k on her. Super low miles for the last year of the Jeep XJ, 2001.
Say hello to "Old Blue" as his former owner affectionately referred to him as. Great lady and one who truly took amazing care of her vehicle. This beauty will undergo a great detail but honestly, inside, the car is like brand new. If NEW is a 10 this one is a 7.5 to 8 as-is. Her main passenger was her elderly mom and she kept is as long as she did because her wheel chair fit in the back much easier than in the RDX she had eyed up and eventually bought. Even the underside is like new. She admitted to taking it in snow but not very often. She works from home and just plain didn't venture out much and when she did she drove her previous Acura, an AWD TL.
Overall plans are to keep her nearly stock. No real "Jeep" oriented mods. First updates will be:
Full in/out detail and ceramic coating of course!
Tires. These measure at 6/32nds and it needs some quality rubber before I put my son in it.
Tint. Easy enough to do and remove if needed. Looking at 35% on the rears and 50% on the sides. I know some will disagree but I want him to be able to see out of the back at night.
Stereo. I'll keep the stock one but a decent set of speakers and a blue tooth head unit with android auto, etc. will be on the list for sure. He's going to want to have some tunes and like it or not, I don't want him holding a phone and we all know at some point they are out of our control...
Mechanically she's very sound and has had all the major stuff done. I'm going to check out the steering box and see if an adjustment will shore it up and go from there.
Lastly, I need to get a spare key fob. It's old enough that I'm sure a generic one may work but I have to read up on what's needed here and perhaps how they are programed.
Stay tuned for more later but in the mean time she's going to enjoy the garage and warm up a bit before I can escape the day to day life of work and break out the buffer.
http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/168757863/original.jpg
Say hello to "Old Blue" as his former owner affectionately referred to him as. Great lady and one who truly took amazing care of her vehicle. This beauty will undergo a great detail but honestly, inside, the car is like brand new. If NEW is a 10 this one is a 7.5 to 8 as-is. Her main passenger was her elderly mom and she kept is as long as she did because her wheel chair fit in the back much easier than in the RDX she had eyed up and eventually bought. Even the underside is like new. She admitted to taking it in snow but not very often. She works from home and just plain didn't venture out much and when she did she drove her previous Acura, an AWD TL.
Overall plans are to keep her nearly stock. No real "Jeep" oriented mods. First updates will be:
Full in/out detail and ceramic coating of course!
Tires. These measure at 6/32nds and it needs some quality rubber before I put my son in it.
Tint. Easy enough to do and remove if needed. Looking at 35% on the rears and 50% on the sides. I know some will disagree but I want him to be able to see out of the back at night.
Stereo. I'll keep the stock one but a decent set of speakers and a blue tooth head unit with android auto, etc. will be on the list for sure. He's going to want to have some tunes and like it or not, I don't want him holding a phone and we all know at some point they are out of our control...
Mechanically she's very sound and has had all the major stuff done. I'm going to check out the steering box and see if an adjustment will shore it up and go from there.
Lastly, I need to get a spare key fob. It's old enough that I'm sure a generic one may work but I have to read up on what's needed here and perhaps how they are programed.
Stay tuned for more later but in the mean time she's going to enjoy the garage and warm up a bit before I can escape the day to day life of work and break out the buffer.
http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/168757863/original.jpg