price of an xj

Okay so I havent been around on naxja for ages. I have come back in search of another xj. I owned a 1991 xj with 6 inch lift, 32s, arbs front/rear, 4.7L hesco stroker, 8000lb winch, custom bumpers and the list goes on. Well I purchased it for 4800 and did a little work to it but this thing was in magnificent condition. The only two problems included a small dent about the size of a quarter and on the piece right above the grill the clear coat was flaking. Being that I was 16 at the time I sold it trying to fulfill my need for speed. I have owned two camaros of which I have loved, but I just cant quit thinking about the good times I had in my cherokee. But back to the point, Ive been looking at selling my camaro and getting another cherokee but now that I look at the prices its like they have skyrocketed... is it possible to find a really good condition cherokee with a nice list of modifications for under 6k?

Depends on where you look
http://www.bmja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16172

http://www.bmja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15875

http://www.bmja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15309

And thats just a few from our club....

Ive never seen that site before Ill have to check it out... Just from looking on ebay, autotrader, cars.com, craigslist, and on this site I havent seen many nice ones for under 6k with a nice mod list... I like the yellow one that you showed me tho

Could be worth a one way plane ticket...I drove 4+ hours for the TJ we bought. Got it up on conn. Figured I saved about $2500 from what they were going for around here..

offroadxj07 said:

Okay so I havent been around on naxja for ages. I have come back in search of another xj. I owned a 1991 xj with 6 inch lift, 32s, arbs front/rear, 4.7L hesco stroker, 8000lb winch, custom bumpers and the list goes on. Well I purchased it for 4800 and did a little work to it but this thing was in magnificent condition. The only two problems included a small dent about the size of a quarter and on the piece right above the grill the clear coat was flaking. Being that I was 16 at the time I sold it trying to fulfill my need for speed. I have owned two camaros of which I have loved, but I just cant quit thinking about the good times I had in my cherokee. But back to the point, Ive been looking at selling my camaro and getting another cherokee but now that I look at the prices its like they have skyrocketed... is it possible to find a really good condition cherokee with a nice list of modifications for under 6k?

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I got my '96 from Craig's list for $2400 (but the guy was asking $3500...) Anyway, there's a lot of crap on Craig's list, but when you get into the $5-7K range, things start to look a little better. If you search for an already built up Cherokee, you've got to be careful. Before buying mine, we looked at some built ones and since I was so new to the four wheeling world, I wasn't about to buy into something that had parts that I had never heard of. Anyway, they always say build it, don't buy it, now don't they?

Most of the built Cherokees I looked at weren't in good condition because they are used offroad, of course. In my opinion, it would be smarter to buy a cheaper XJ that hasn't been offroad yet or much, and then build it yourself. Instead of paying $6K or so for an already built one, buy one in good condition (if you can find one) for $3-4K and use the remaining money for parts.

Unless you really are in a hurry to have a pre-built Jeep, or you just don't want to take the time to do it yourself... I don't see why you'd want to buy pre-built. You'll never find exactly what you're looking for, most likely, anyway. I looked on Craig's list and the only built ones I could find that were any good were ZJs... just gotta keep lookin'.

Just my .02. Good luck.

The reason I would like a prebuilt one is the fact that the cherokee I bought before was 4800 and he had at least 10k into it... I mean the hesco 4.7L stroker alone was like 4k installed... I guess I just got lucky with that deal.. Building one on my own just wont give me the modifications I want... If I end up building one on my own I will probably just be looking at a good condition cherokee with about 80k miles a lift tires and bumpers with a few smaller modifications to suspension and all... and going to that from what I had is just like downgrading so much... I will miss my lockers to much... With the hit of a switch I could crawl over anything

offroadxj07 said:

The reason I would like a prebuilt one is the fact that the cherokee I bought before was 4800 and he had at least 10k into it... I mean the hesco 4.7L stroker alone was like 4k installed... I guess I just got lucky with that deal.. Building one on my own just wont give me the modifications I want... If I end up building one on my own I will probably just be looking at a good condition cherokee with about 80k miles a lift tires and bumpers with a few smaller modifications to suspension and all... and going to that from what I had is just like downgrading so much... I will miss my lockers to much... With the hit of a switch I could crawl over anything

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Well, it's hard to help you out considering that your last XJ sounded like a great deal. You don't come across stuff like that every day. Like I said, you can look for prebuilt ones, but if you want all the options you said your last XJ had... good luck finding a winner.

RichP said:

Depends on where you look

http://www.bmja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15875

And thats just a few from our club....

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Wasn't that for sale on here a while ago?