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Posted: 7/14/2017 1:42:32 PM EDT

What do people mean when they say a vehicle is "built"? I thought any vehicle that exists on earth had to be built by someone but apparently some vehicles are more built than others.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:44:00 PM EDT

[#1]

I would take to mean its been highly customized to be tough as shit.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:44:48 PM EDT

[#2]

I've seen it used by Jeep guys, some of whom basically rip everything factory they can off and put their own stuff on.

K

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:44:58 PM EDT

[#3]

Has a nice rack?

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:45:22 PM EDT

[#4]

Bro'd the fuck out.

Otherwise they'd specify what kind of build (overland, LT desert, crawler, etc).

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:46:05 PM EDT

[#5]

Normally as in "built not bought". Meaning the owner has done the majority of the custom fabrication. Not mall crawler bolt on crap.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:47:29 PM EDT

[#6]

Suspension lift and larger tires.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:48:43 PM EDT

[#7]

One that's worth far less than they think it's worth.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:49:00 PM EDT

[#8]

New word for modified

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:49:14 PM EDT

[#9]

Usually means "I'm trying to get what I paid for all the parts brand new and recoup everything."

Usually

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:51:40 PM EDT

[#10]

It's the vehicular equivalent of the "custom" tapcofucked AR frankenbuilds you see for sale for $1500 on armslist and other gun exchanges.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:51:49 PM EDT

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I would take to mean its been highly customized to be tough as shit.

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How could it mean anything else?

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:53:41 PM EDT

[#12]

It's just like the guys here who say they "built" their rifle as opposed to have simply bought the parts and assembled it.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:54:56 PM EDT

[#13]

Of someone uses the word built it means they don't know fuckall and bolted a winch on it.

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:55:09 PM EDT

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One that's worth far less than they think it's worth.

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This

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:56:04 PM EDT

[#15]

I think the term is used this way:

Wow, that dude is really "built."

Posted: 7/14/2017 1:56:08 PM EDT

[#16]

The " Built " slang, IMO equates to supremely functional, capable and with a list of parts that had reputation to live under application of force and abuse.

To others it's a Bro truck.

Mileage varies in its subjectivity.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:00:23 PM EDT

[#17]

Unless proven otherwise "built" means cheap parts made by sketchy foreign companies installed by questionable mechanics (if a mechanic was involved at all) and touted as the best thing since sex and sold at a premium price. Usually done after they broke it the first time doing some stupid shit that it wasnt made to do to begin with.

Brake boosted 4wd launch in deisel trucks come to mind.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:06:04 PM EDT

[#18]

its like the word "custom"

it means they added a bunch of shit to it that reduced the value but now they want to sell it for 2x its worth.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:06:11 PM EDT

[#19]

My "built" Landcruiser

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:08:07 PM EDT

[#20]

Critical parts are irreparably altered, usually with welds of grotesque appearance and questionable strength. Other parts are replaced at random with inferior quality components, usually purchased online from a certain auction site. The exterior is then covered with all the stickers that came with the inferior replacement parts, plus whatever other stickers the builder could find around the garage. Finally, the resulting abomination is posted for sale at a 8.7 times the original vehicle and parts MSRP.

Overall, its the offroad equivalent of Bubba's rifle.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:12:37 PM EDT

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No those along with cold air intake and cat back exaust is just bought.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:16:00 PM EDT

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What do people mean when they say a vehicle is "built"? I thought any vehicle that exists on earth had to be built by someone but apparently some vehicles are more built than others.

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How old are you, and how would you describe your mechanical ability and aptitude?

A.W.D.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:16:35 PM EDT

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My "built" Landcruiser

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/My80.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC015521.JPG
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC017433.JPG

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And what beautiful state is that?

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:18:45 PM EDT

[#24]

Built, as in "built up". Many aftermarket parts are manufactured to be stronger than factory. The only genuine "built" 4X4s are built for offroading. as opposed to mall crawling. You really do need to know what stuff does, doesn't do, how it's made and what it's made from or you get taken to the cleaners.

Very rarely does someone "build" a Jeep and then sell it for more than what they have into it.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:21:49 PM EDT

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...grotesque appearance and questionable strength. Other parts are replaced at random with inferior quality components, usually purchased online from a certain auction site. The exterior is then covered with all the stickers that came with the inferior replacement parts, plus whatever other stickers the builder could find around the garage. Finally, the resulting abomination is posted for sale at a 8.7 times the original vehicle and parts MSRP.

Overall, its the offroad equivalent of Bubba's rifle.

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What you're talking about is totally ruining a vehicle.

So something like this....

...as opposed to this:

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:23:52 PM EDT

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My "built" Landcruiser

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/My80.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC015521.JPG
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC017433.JPG

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Well that looks fine to me. In that context "built" ain't too bad. I guess "built" can vary greatly. Nice looking Land Cruiser.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:24:09 PM EDT

[#27]

Go to pirate4x4.com and check out some of the build threads in their forums.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:26:15 PM EDT

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How old are you, and how would you describe your mechanical ability and aptitude?

A.W.D.

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39, and no one is ever gonna ask me to help them fix their car beyond changing a tire.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:26:36 PM EDT

[#29]

There was this girl built like a brick shit house.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:28:58 PM EDT

[#30]

Body lift
Truck nuts
LED lighting

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:29:29 PM EDT

[#31]

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What you're talking about is totally ruining a vehicle.

So something like this....
http://4x4db.com/images/ford/2005_ford_f250_4x4_diesel_1914072017-10.jpg

...as opposed to this:
http://4x4db.com/images/ford/1974_ford_f250_7414072017-1.jpg

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No. About the opposite. The '74 would be "lightly built". The 2005 is more "blinged out" IMO.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:36:20 PM EDT

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My "built" Landcruiser

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/My80.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC015521.JPG
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC017433.JPG

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That's a clean 80.

I've been debating about getting an 80 or a 60. Still under review.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:39:56 PM EDT

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One that's worth far less than they think it's worth.

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Pretty much nails it.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:41:07 PM EDT

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39, and no one is ever gonna ask me to help them fix their car beyond changing a tire.

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How old are you, and how would you describe your mechanical ability and aptitude?

A.W.D.

39, and no one is ever gonna ask me to help them fix their car beyond changing a tire.

Maybe you should ask your husband these kind of questions.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:42:57 PM EDT

[#35]

Sometimes it means highly customized, lots of custom fitting/custom made parts.

Sometimes it means built as in "I built this ar15 by putting a PSA lower on a PSA upper"

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:44:21 PM EDT

[#36]

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Normally as in "built not bought". Meaning the owner has done the majority of the custom fabrication. Not mall crawler bolt on crap.

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This

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:45:06 PM EDT

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My "built" Landcruiser

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/My80.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC015521.JPG
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/DSC017433.JPG

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that's nice, I haven't had a chance to take mine out on the trail since fixing it a few months ago.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:46:52 PM EDT

[#38]

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What do people mean when they say a vehicle is "built"? I thought any vehicle that exists on earth had to be built by someone but apparently some vehicles are more built than others.

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Common sense? Non exsistant

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:50:09 PM EDT

[#39]

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Maybe you should ask your husband these kind of questions.

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I know you just want husband pics, it's not gonna work

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:54:10 PM EDT

[#40]

It's a holdover from when most cars were ordered from a customer-selected list of options, rather than purchsed as-is off of a showroom floor.

Posted: 7/14/2017 2:59:17 PM EDT

[#41]

It means they bought a $30,000 4x4, spent $20,000 modifying it into a $10,000 brodozer with shitty handling.

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:03:24 PM EDT

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And what beautiful state is that?

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Top and bottom pictures are of NM - middle one is from Moab, UT.

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:06:02 PM EDT

[#43]

I would say the definition varies as widely as the word "custom" as that term is applied in "gunsmithing".

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:08:06 PM EDT

[#44]

This is built:

454 swap, modified frame, custom crossmember, 1 ton axles (shaved, lockered, and re-geared), nv4500 and atlas t-case, and the list goes on.

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:08:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/14/2017 3:14:42 PM EDT

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That's a clean 80.

I've been debating about getting an 80 or a 60. Still under review.

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Go with the 80. I've wheeled with 60's. I love them, but they don't wheel as well as a 60.

80's make stuff look easy.

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:17:51 PM EDT

[#47]

BUILT NOT BOUGHT!!!!

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:18:53 PM EDT

[#48]

Back in the day, my built was a 77 Chevy stepside. 454 with a .610 solid cam, 7000 rpm, 850 Holley carb. 1970 square port heads. Needed a 1050 dominator, crank scraper, started with 11 to 1 pop up piston, went to 10 and a half. . 350 turbo trans, titanium spag, , 3800 rpm stall converter, Dana 60 with 5.38 gears. Ladder bars welded in. Them was fun days. That was built for my days.

Posted: 7/14/2017 3:20:36 PM EDT

[#49]

I don't mind big trucks when they actually get used like big trucks. $80K diesel bro-dozers that never leave the pavement don't do anything for me.

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Posted: 7/14/2017 3:21:43 PM EDT

[#50]

If the Craigslist add only describes the vehicle in question as "built" you would do well to avoid all contact with the seller and his "built" Jeep/truck/buggy/4-wheeler.

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