- 1998 XJ 180k
- 4.0/AX15/NP242
- HP D30, 8.25
- Typical Northeast USA Rust. Nothing too serious
- Stock ride height

Terrible pictures i know. Guy on craigslist is selling it for $1,800 and claims the jeep is stuck in "4hi". I figure the linkage is just out of adjustment but i bet i can beat him down a few hundred for that.

I figure if i can get this in the neighborhood of $1,400 i should be set, would y'all agree? I mean it's a 5-speed XJ and those are becoming harder and harder to find.

Says it has 6.5" of lift on it. I'd put it back to stock ride height and throw a set of my stock jeep rims/tires on it.

I'm thinking i could sell it somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,000-$3,500 once i get it going correct? Would you all agree?

So my two questions are these.

- How much would you offer the guy?
- How much do you think i could sell it for once fixed?

 

Problem with buying cars to flip is sometimes they land on you.
Personally I wouldn't touch it for over $900-1K considering the transfer case issue, the 180K miles and unknown quality suspension mods if my intention were to flip it for a profit. And that's assuming it would be an easy sale at $3K once fixed up. It wouldn't be around here, your area may be different.
If I were buying it to keep and drive, that's another matter. No profit margin expected there.

 

Private party sale on Edmunds is $1607 clean, if it needs a transfer case or other hard parts price plummets from there.

 

It has a 242 behind an ax15..? thats gonna make it a little harder to sell unless they dont test drive it first lol

 

I would be offering him $600 for it and hoping he didn't kick me off the property before we could negotiate. You gotta low ball the hell out of it, you can't go down from your first offer, only up so leave yourself the room to negotiate.

Don't try to negotiate over the phone or email, do it in person with cash in your hand and I mean literally reach out your hand with $600 in it and make him refuse it. When your offer is refused ask him to "work with you" you like the jeep but are concerned about the 4wd issue but don't offer more than 200 over your first offer. The trick is not giving away the farm all at once, remember you can always go up again if he won't go for it.

Fwiw, I've got a little experience in the buying and selling of cars with a couple thousand deals under my belt from a $100 vw scirocco with a seized motor to a brand new $163k porsche 911 turbo.

Be nice, be friendly, know what youre talking about, don't be a dick and people will be more likely to deal with you.