Athens, Georgia - Jeep 12. Build Thread
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Athens, Georgia - Jeep 12. Build Thread
After five or six months of searching I had to give up looking for a Sahara as the difficulty in finding a good one was tough. I ended up settling on a red, 95 automatic that, most importantly, also had air conditioning. It came with a hard fiberglass top and upper sliding window frames. Admittedly pretty far away from a Sahara, but I did enjoy driving around this past summer open top. It does, however, have a grey interior so that's a start, ha.
I was able to get it locally and it had no rust whatsoever and looks to have never been off road.
The first things I did were to paint the mirrors and all the black accessories and the inside door panels hunter green. I also changed out the upper dash pad as it was cracked.
While biding my time, I was also searching craigslist and ebay for good deals on accessories. I found a good set of the aluminum wheels for $40.
I've started the sanding process and I've also ordered the paint which will be here next week. The paint was ordered through TCP Global as seen here for around $200: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1234 I've purchased this paint gun: http://www.harborfreight.com/20-oz-high ... 47016.html which goes on sale for around $15.
I'm shooting to have around $7500 total in the jeep. After I get everything broken down, I'll try to post the numbers.
Price List Updated June 2014
Jeep: $3800 from craigslist
Rims: $25 from craigslist
Lightbar: $79.85 from ebay
Factory Side Steps: $61.99 from ebay
Jabsco Search Lights: $413.89 from ebay ($114.00 $104.00 $76.89 $119.00)
KC HiLites LE: $39.00 from ebay
KC fog lights: $46.00 from ebay
Exterior paint scheme: $375.76
Paint: $157.90 from TCP Global (LJ1 $104.95, Red $52.95)
Reducer: $12.90 from TCP Global
Hardner: $39.96 from TCP Global
Spray gun: $15.00 from Harbor Freight
Miscellaneous consumables: $150.00 from various
Antenna: $82.68
CB Radio: $15.00 from ebay
Whip antenna: $26.74 from Radio Shack
Ball mount: $24.95
Chrome plated spring $15.99
Top: $757.44
Door Upper Frames: $30.32 from ebay
Rollbar center hoop: $29.99 from ebay
Rollbar back pads: $30.50 from ebay
Replacement oem hardware: $256.64 from Amazon
Softtop: $409.99 from Morris 4x4
Tires: $750 four from SAMS
Winch:
Winch:
Mounting Plate:
Seats:
Raptor Liner:
Total: $6431.61
I was able to get it locally and it had no rust whatsoever and looks to have never been off road.
The first things I did were to paint the mirrors and all the black accessories and the inside door panels hunter green. I also changed out the upper dash pad as it was cracked.
While biding my time, I was also searching craigslist and ebay for good deals on accessories. I found a good set of the aluminum wheels for $40.
I've started the sanding process and I've also ordered the paint which will be here next week. The paint was ordered through TCP Global as seen here for around $200: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1234 I've purchased this paint gun: http://www.harborfreight.com/20-oz-high ... 47016.html which goes on sale for around $15.
I'm shooting to have around $7500 total in the jeep. After I get everything broken down, I'll try to post the numbers.
Price List Updated June 2014
Jeep: $3800 from craigslist
Rims: $25 from craigslist
Lightbar: $79.85 from ebay
Factory Side Steps: $61.99 from ebay
Jabsco Search Lights: $413.89 from ebay ($114.00 $104.00 $76.89 $119.00)
KC HiLites LE: $39.00 from ebay
KC fog lights: $46.00 from ebay
Exterior paint scheme: $375.76
Paint: $157.90 from TCP Global (LJ1 $104.95, Red $52.95)
Reducer: $12.90 from TCP Global
Hardner: $39.96 from TCP Global
Spray gun: $15.00 from Harbor Freight
Miscellaneous consumables: $150.00 from various
Antenna: $82.68
CB Radio: $15.00 from ebay
Whip antenna: $26.74 from Radio Shack
Ball mount: $24.95
Chrome plated spring $15.99
Top: $757.44
Door Upper Frames: $30.32 from ebay
Rollbar center hoop: $29.99 from ebay
Rollbar back pads: $30.50 from ebay
Replacement oem hardware: $256.64 from Amazon
Softtop: $409.99 from Morris 4x4
Tires: $750 four from SAMS
Winch:
Winch:
Mounting Plate:
Seats:
Raptor Liner:
Total: $6431.61
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$7500 would be good. I am around the high side of $8000 but honestly i lost count.
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I've found incidentals add up quickly. Many of those are new or specialty tools which I figure in, but they don't hurt as bad. I think for me to stay within budget, I'll have to find the seats and a winch for $1500.
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I can't imagine not having A/C in Georgia.
Gah.
Gah.
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I've used it a good bit this "Winter." I think I took the hard top off first thing when I bought the jeep. I imagine Salmon feel the same way in the canning process when they close the lid and turn up the heat.
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DUDE WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR AVATAR PICTURE, THAT IS AWSOME!
WE GOT DODSON, WE GOT DODSON HERE!
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Ha, thanks! Being a huge Wayne Knight fan I was just searching his name and ran across it.
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Sanding is a real pain in the ass and I now know why places charge so much for prep-work.
On a side note, instead of carpet, I'm thinking about doing this DIY bead liner in hunter green: http://www.amazon.com/Raptor-Tintable-T ... sim_auto_4
On a side note, instead of carpet, I'm thinking about doing this DIY bead liner in hunter green: http://www.amazon.com/Raptor-Tintable-T ... sim_auto_4
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Looks good so far!
Always so much more work than you originally expect!
Always so much more work than you originally expect!
Athens, Georgia - Jeep 12. Build Thread
Haha! Yeah, GA is screwy like that. Where in Athens-area are you?heartyfield wrote:I've used it a good bit this "Winter." I think I took the hard top off first thing when I bought the jeep. I imagine Salmon feel the same way in the canning process when they close the lid and turn up the heat.
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