Would you pay 60k for this JK?
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It's a cheap Chinesium LCD. Search JK digital cluster on eBay and a million of them will come up.
For me, it's only worth blue book value for a 2010. I would never buy anyone's build. That is why I spent almost a year looking for mine.
I love buying projects but I am vert particular about them... you can usually tell pretty quick about someone's ability to do a "big" project. A lot of times, many legit builders simply get "tired" or bored of a project and you can scoop up a killer deal. A lot of V8 JK's fall into this category. People spend good money, often at known builders or shops, to build a Jeep only to be bored of it and sell it for 1/3 what they have into it. Had I not already bought my JKU (at a time when the car market was still in somewhat short supply), I would absolutely be looking for a Hemi swapped rig from out west.
When I was in AZ, I would buy projects all the time, and usually part out a lot of them and keep the parts I wanted/needed. I am a freak and keep spreadsheets and I have never lost money on any Jeep, 4x4, or hotrod project in 25 years by doing this... To be fair though, my current JKU is likely to break that streak haha
Agree. My starting point is that the "parts" are worth 50% of new at best. So the seller says they put 10k into something - I'd be willing to give them 5k if they are modifications I want. Many times they aren't (or are a total hack job) and can detract from the value. Then I strip off the crap I don't want and sell it. This applies to more than JKs. I'm actively into other hobbies (probably too many) where modifications are prevalent and have followed this theory for decades. Honestly, when I buy something I would much rather have it be exactly as intended by the manufacturer. Sometimes I have purchased what I see as a good deal with the explicit plan or reselling or piecing it out...
This is probably a $35k (max) vehicle to me, if I was in the market for something like this.
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