Well, my wife is getting a Jeep. We dropped the down on it and pick it up next week. We have to drive 5 hours and a state away. Were gonna have a bright red 2000 XJ Sport with 61k original miles on it. It has no rust either! It won't get lifted for at-least a year though. This is gonna be mama's daily driver. Were gonna put a 3 - 3.5 inch lift and 31's AT's on it. After it's paid off, we'll throw JCR Sliders on it, and bumpers. I am so excited to have a Jeep again, even if it's not mine. ::woot::
::woot:: congrats
sweet!
3 inches and bushwacker cutout flares you coul clear 32's maybee 33's with the right backspacing
Damn, I thought we got rid of that guy.....
Oh Hi Mitch, glad to hear about the new Jeep!
Well, we just got back from Central Ohio. What an experience. The salesman told me over the phone that the Jeep was "pristine" except for a couple of scratches from being keyed on the passenger side doors. He snapped pics with his cell phone while it was inside the service bay since it was raining outside. This was Saturday, the pics looked great. We dropped a down on it and planned for a Tuesday day trip to trade in our CRV to them and drive the Jeep home. Or so we thought.
We drove the 4.5 hours to get there and the salesman tells us there was a snafu and they were fixing the rear view mirror. He then pulls it around and comes in and apologizes and stated that the windshield needed to be replaced. I walk around and look at the Jeep and my jaw hit the ground. This thing was trashed. It was virtually scratched pretty bad on every panel of this thing. It had so many rock chips that I didn't know if I should think it had the measles or play an all day game of connect the dots. The drivers sun visor was ripped, and there was something wrong with the safety button for the power windows. All the windows worked from the master switches on the drivers door, but none of the other door switches worked. The driver side headlight bezel was cracked and missing a huge piece. The plastic on rear hatch was hanging a little due to the corner mount being completely cracked at the screw and the interior handle was very loose and flopping around.
We get back to the dealership after our test drive and the salesman asked us what we thought. I gave him a classic "go f&^* yourself" look. He told me that he would refund our deposit and that there was three others on a list to buy it. That was it, he wasn't gonna budge on the price. He thought $7600.00 was a great deal for this Jeep. He kept saying "But it's a 2000." I told him I've seen Cherokee's with twice the mileage and off-roaded with half the cosmetic damage as this one. From the brief test drive, the power-train was solid with 61,300 exactly on the odometer. I went and found the Sales Manager and walked around the Jeep with him. He was obviously pissed. He asked what would make us happy. He wasn't gonna budge on the price as it was a 2000 with 61k miles on it. He then made it offer we couldn't refuse. He put in writing that he would have every part fixed or replaced and his paint guy fix every chip and scratch. I told him we weren't gonna drive all the way back down there. He said not to worry about it. He is going to have a dealership person drive it the 5 hours all the way to our house when its fixed up and then take our CRV back.
Were hoping to have it delivered by Friday. Stephanie is really looking forward to driving this thing around. Of course, that will be after I wax it up. :mrgreen:
that makes for a messed up day.....i still hope it all works out in the end for you.
I hope so too. We will see when they deliver the vehicle. I hope the guy who delivers it doesn't have plans that night. I'll pull him up a chair while I go over every square inch of that Jeep with a magnifying glass.
wow that salesman sounds like a real douchebag hope they fix it right
Good luck hopefully they fix it right
Update?? Was it delivered yet?
yup he got it hes not happy im sure he will post soon
I got it last Wednesday. The dealership in Ohio FUBAR'd the deal all up in many more ways than one. When they delivered it, they didn't bother to bring a plate with it so they ended up over-nighting the temp plate to me.
I just got back from Crandall Chrysler Jeep in Imlay City. They did a thorough inspection and complete fluid change. That place did me right. I really like that dealership. The two service guys told me that it was one of the nicest Cherokee's they had seen in a very long time. No rust on it yet. I need to get it up in the air so I can spray some Dupi-Color Truck Bed Coating in a can all over the undercarriage to permanently rustproof it it. The best part is it has 61k original miles on it. The even better part is that the head was replaced last year with an original new updated Mopar Head and Camshaft Position Sensor. It runs great! Mama has a great ride. I'm looking forward to eventually lifting it and throwing some 31's under it.
First line of business is getting mama a new stereo and replacing a couple of blown speakers. It has a cassette player.
Glad to hear it came together alright!
Thanks, I finally got some good tunes in it last night.
Ok, page 2? Pics or it didnt happen........just saying ::poke::
Quote from: "ouchman"Ok, page 2? Pics or it didnt happen........just saying ::poke::
yeah he's got a fancy camera and everything
This is it for now. I just rolled it out of the back garage yesterday after wheeling it out and seal-coating it. The next step is getting it up in the air somehow and painting the bottom with POR-15 and Dupi-Color Truck Bed Coating so it won't rust on the bottom. Once I work out all the gremlins, it will be very nice. I just got some club stickers tonight for the side windows.
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nice xj 8-)
OK, I had it on a hoist yesterday and decided to POR-15 the undercarriage. I took precautions and wore a zip-up painters suite from Harbor Freight. Ok, note to self: Self, next time get 2 sizes up and use duck tape to tape your sleeves down so they won't ride up to your elbows. When POR-15's website states that if you let it dry on your skin, your wearing it for a few days until your skin naturally lets it fall off, they are 100% accurate. They state to not attempt removing it as there is nothing that will take it off. Again, they are 100% accurate. My arms have black splotches all over them. On a positive note, my undercarriage looks great! ::gay:: I got to it when there was very minimal rust and I wire brushed all the rust off the inside lower part of the doors.
POR 15 is great stuff !!! Their instructions are very truthful as well LOL . Took me just over a week to get it off my hands LOL . This stuff works great !! It also settles better than chassis saver , no brush marks or anything .
Glad to hear it only took a week. That gives me hope. ::woot:: it's slowly starting to peel off my skin now and it's been 4 days now. I can see a week - 10 days before I'm back to normal coloring again. :mrgreen: My only negative with this stuff is that I did the axles and then only gave it about 45 minutes before driving home. It was only about 10 miles from my house where I painted it on at. The problem was that it was raining on my way home. I sure as heck hope this stuff adhered properly. I put it in the back garage with the heat on to help the drying and curing process. The actual uni-body & frame that I painted had about 3 hours dry time and was dry when I left. I understand that it takes at-least 24 hours to properly cure. It sat in my garage at about 70 degrees all night. Next I'm going to do the lower half of the doors and then spray bed-liner over top of it. With clean lines, it will should look nice. I want to slow the rust process for as long as possible. It was clean and virtually rust free when I got it. I want it to stay that way.
From what I understand moisture actually helps its cure and harden. Not sure if driving in the rain helps it LOL .