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NICE! I'm jealous. I've been on the lookout for a TJ or XJ for the past couple months.
Where did you find it? Craigslist?
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FB Market. That's all I ever use anymore for finding vehicles and most other stuff since it seems like it has become the standard. I did check CL too, but no hits there. It was actually pretty difficult to find one that wasn't severely overpriced or beat to hell. There were a few medium-high mile stock XJs that looked promising, but the prices were a bit high for something I'd want to immediately throw a lift and tires on.
This one was about 3 hours away, well under my desired budget, and just about ready to go apart from the few things he said it needed, and the few things I discovered it needed once it was parked in the garage. So far I've had it aligned, had the windshield replaced, replaced the water pump/belt/thermostat, replaced front sway bar bushings, tightened a few loose bolts on the lift kit(which was brand new/just installed), about to remove the rear lift shackles he installed on it for some reason(made the rear sit 2" higher than the front, on top of the 4.5" it already had), got an aluminum rad+3fans on the way, new wiper cowl on the way, new passenger mirror on the way, and new 4hole injectors on the way. I need to run some vacuum system tests because the air direction control doesn't work so the HVAC has defaulted to defrost only, and need to put my angle gauge on the tcase output shaft and the rear end so I know which way I need to shim the rear end to parallel them because he didn't do it and I think it's causing a 30mph+ vibration in the driveline. Once all the bugs are worked out I'll probably order the front/rear 4.56 gear kits and throw 33s on it.
ETA: Between the TJ and XJ...I'd do the XJ. My opinion on that may be a little biased because I've always wanted one and now have one but I definitely prefer the longer wheelbase, more seating/room, lots of rear cargo space, and the wrangler name seems to come at a premium. Those things hold value like a Toyota and I don't understand why.