Long time viewer, newbie poster. Long story short I bought a manual 95 XJ 4.0 for 3k and put 3k into it before realizing all floor pans and cargo area need to be replaced due to rust. Exterior in great shape, new full header, Gibson exhaust, leaf springs, shocks, rotors, pads, wheels...too much to list. Anyway, mechanically it is great, very solid, 166k on engine. I dont have time to do all the welding and fix up, so I bought another 98 XJ and am taking a loss. Big question is do I sell 95 whole for maybe $1500 or part it out and use some parts on my 98, sell the rest. My decision will partly be decided by the replies and how many people need parts and whether it's worth it or not....so please let me hear it. Who needs 95 XJ parts, what and what price?

 

I would sell the 95 whole to someone who wants to do the welding.

I'd totally buy a mechanically sound 95 5-spd that only needed floor pans for $1500.

Edit - However, if you're going to part it out, what's the part # on the computer and how is the driver's side mirror?

 

Driver side mirror is great, I will PM you on Sunday with the computer number as it is garaged at my brothers house currently.
what area are you located? I am in northeast PA, I want sure what would be reasonable price to sell whole with the rust. I can share pictures over the weekend.

 

This isn't the swap meet forum.

 

I was asking for advice turbo, but thanks for policing my first post. Sorry if I offended you by putting it in the wrong spot, just looking for help.

 

Honestly, the reasonable price is whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Any prospective buyer is likely to be a Jeep lover or teenager.

What I would recommend is calling some local body shops or welders and see what a rough estimate would be for doing the job. You can also look up the preformed sheet metal prices as well -- then it's info you'd have to provide a prospective buyer.

When I was shopping for my 95, I looked at an 01 that the seller mentioned the floors were needed to be re-done. He was asking 1500. The turn-off for me was the noisy tranny, that it was a nv3550 and not an AX15 and that it was lifted. (Plus it was power windows and I wanted hand crank).

I got my 95 for 800, but it needed an exhaust and obviously a few other things - the selling points were the major components worked and it had good tires. The body had almost 300k on it.

You shouldn't have much trouble finding a buyer at 1500 if it only needs floor pans welded in.

 

I'll police it.. You look good, no real alerts... Just keep the selling stuff in the forsale threads,Carry on.

 

I take responsibility for that - my bad and I'm sorry.

Can I pet the dog?

 

If you sell it for parts you will make more than selling it whole usually, but it will typically take a little longer.

 

I prefer not,,,Not while on duty..

 

I repaired all the rusted parts on my 98 Limited 2wd. I ground out all the rust and fiberglassed the floor pan above and below. I also repaired the roof and rain gutters, and a hole in the right rear lower fender aft of the tire under the body trim. All done with fiberglass. Then I wet sanded, primed and painted the truck the original gun metal pearl color. Did it all in my garage. Today I finished repairing the bushing in the transmission extension housing. The truck is a lot of fun for that kind of stuff if you're into it. The front hubs are being replaced maybe tomorrow, availability pending. Once done, I'll move to my 96 Sport 2wd and probably repeat much of the work done on the 98.

 

I vote you repair or have it repaired. If not, I may need an intermittent wiper module. I'm going to clean up the connector on mine and see if it gets better but typically I put it on intermittent and get low speed wipers for a bit then at random the Intermittent function starts working again for the rest of the trip.