What would you do?

[Brett]

Well, I am going to be swapping all of my lift components and tires to my new Jeep. So, for those of you that have seen my current Cherokee, what would you do with it? Try to sell it once it's back to stock height? Part it out? The motor is on it's last leg, with massive rod knock, so it's not worth much. The tranny (AW-4) is in good shape, along with the NP-242 transfer case. Axles aren't anything special, just a D30 and a D35. So, I need to figure out which way I'd make the most money on it. The body is pretty hashed too, since it's got lots of different colors.

Thoughts?

 

[BlackSheep]

I'd just sell it whole. Are you simply trading part for part from the old susp to the new? that's a selling point if so, newer suspension (less miles?). While you may not get as much from selling it whole as you might by parting it out, how long is it going to take to part it out, and do you have a spot to keep it after the axles are gone?

 

[Brett]

I'd just sell it whole. Are you simply trading part for part from the old susp to the new? that's a selling point if so, newer suspension (less miles?). While you may not get as much from selling it whole as you might by parting it out, how long is it going to take to part it out, and do you have a spot to keep it after the axles are gone?

Well, I am trading stock suspension (the new jeep) for the 4.5 RE kit under my old Jeep, so not much of a selling point there. But, yeah, I don't have anyplace to keep it if I start parting it out. So, selling it as a whole works out better.

 

[Cody]

Jeep speed.

 

[DevinB]

Take care of the knock and take it to Maaco and slap a cheap paint job on it, and sell it whole. Clean up the interior as much as humanly possible, and just make it look and sound good. I think you'd get a lot more that way. Just how a car looks makes a HUGE difference on how much you can get out of it. Clean it up perty and put it in the Auto Trader.
Devin

 

[CanadanXJ]

Jeep speed.

Doesn't it needs to run well for that?

Dan