Bought my 2000 xj for $4600 with 101,000 miles. Bought Firestone Destination ats for $400. Replaced alternator for $125 and that's it.

 

Well if we're including purchase price, I'll have over $50K in mine once the build is done, since I bought mine new in June 2000, plus 15 years of regular maintenance, tires, brakes and a heater core and an axle rebuild out of warranty. I consider the purchase price and maintenance to be sunk costs, though, so I don't put them in the spreadsheets.

 

I spent too much buying it ~$6000 but it only had 109,000, remote start, newer paint, never offroad and most importantly RUST FREE.
$600 lift
$400 rims
$680 tires
$150 tint
$710 bumpers
$120 roof rack
$100 light bars
$360 headlights
$60 flowmaster super 44
$250 sye
$430 locker
$500 audio system
$50 seat warmers
$30 seat covers
Disc swap don't remember what it cost
I don't keep up with maintenance cost
Lots of random little crap
All prices approximate.
Probably a lot I'm forgetting.

 

I guess it's hard for me to compare myself to some of the deep pockets spent.. I have only been an XJ owner for about 3 months so my tally hasn't been super steep but I thought I'd throw in my dollar sum up..

1998 XJ w/ 160k mi. & blown headgasket- $1000
Head, gasket set, water pump, radiator, balancer, idler pulley, fan clutch, rear wheel cylinders, and the oil/coolant/etc.. $750
CD player, New speakers front and rear- $350

Thus far I'm only in just over $2k but I'm finding out that you never stop finding things to spend money on these XJ's.. It's suppose to be my daily driver/non-project vehicle (my other ride is a '68 Merc Monterey) but, it's hard not to look at all of the potential options for lifts/bumpers/lights/racks/and all the other parts. I'm sure I'll end up way deeper in this jeep by the time it's all said and done

 

2500 purchase price and about 300 bucks a year on repairs over 5 years. So about 4K. Not bad. Probably spent more than that on fuel though.......

 

i'm at about 5k including buying it,lifting it,tires,rims,hub bearings,axle u-joints and entire cooling system.

the next steps will get more expensive..

 

2000 purchase.
250 air intake
180 62TB and Spacer
800 lift
120 shocks
1100 tires
350 roof rack
290 rear bumper
150 front bumper
240 winch
75 headlights and harness
80 injectors
50 cb
110 cargo net

yikes....$5,795. Ill sell it for 7k