New Grille

Just got my matte black grille in today. I saw a picture of a factory gloss black Wrangler with a matte black grille and I thought it looked good, so i’m copying it. On my factory grille I went with a one-piece steel mesh insert but with this matte grille I decided to try the mesh inserts. The ones I got seem to clip on pretty tight plus I added adhesive tape. The last six months I have kinda went bat-shit crazy spending money on my Jeep. Does anyone keep a tally of their Jeep spending? I keep a very detailed list of every single thing I do to my Jeep and what it costs. I try to always keep records for the future owner. I would love to know what everyone spends on Jeep goodies. Anyone willing to admit what they’ve spent?

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Chris said:

I am a big fan of the matte black grilles, so I think that's going to look really good!

Make sure to post photos once it's installed.

On my old TJ I had an Excel spreadsheet with every single purchase I ever made for the Jeep, both parts and labor. Excluding the cost of the Jeep, I had over 45k into it in parts and labor alone!

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I will definitely post pictures. I’m glad i’m not the only one keeping track of everything. I see so many people buying used vehicles (especially Jeeps) that have no idea of what modifications have been done and it’s not hard to take a few extra minutes and document stuff.

Thanks for telling me what you spent. I bought this JKU Willys new 1.5 years ago. I wanted the LAST JK built but they wouldn’t let me have it so I ended up getting the 5th to last one built (Supposedly). I wasn’t going to do a thing to it and just let it sit and maybe increase in value but I just couldn’t let it sit. In the last 6 months I have spent $12,000.

Chris said:

I am a big fan of the matte black grilles, so I think that's going to look really good!

Make sure to post photos once it's installed.

On my old TJ I had an Excel spreadsheet with every single purchase I ever made for the Jeep, both parts and labor. Excluding the cost of the Jeep, I had over 45k into it in parts and labor alone!

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Do you have any pictures of your old TJ

Chris said:

Oh yeah, I've got an epic thread dedicated to it:

A Story of Indecision and Frivolous Spending

Okay, so for those of you that need a brief history and timeline, I'll start of by explaining things. I started out with a 2005 TJ Rubicon (you can see the build thread for that one here: My 2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon TJ). I got tired of that mostly because it was black (I'll never again own a...

wranglertjforum.com

It's not until you actually start to add up the cost of everything that you quickly come to realize why some of these very "built" Jeeps you sale have very high asking prices.

That thread I linked to has a good break down of the cost (and photos) in the very first post.

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I went through the whole thread. Very interesting. I’m glad you have that. I enjoy reading stuff like that. I didn’t see any pictures from under the hood. Do you have any?