Tacoma vs...

i personally love the cherokee....i plan on buying an building one so i dont smash my taco on the nasty stuff and wheel with the wife an kids too......love toyota but jeeps are cheap and fun and are reliable 99+ 4.0 automatic

 

no i never said that.... if im lucky im going to try to sell it for around 8500 and then add 2500 to that 8500 which brings me to 11k. then i said i was going to build up my sled (snowmobiles are called sleds)

 

bump

 

You're really not going to like my response, but I feel compelled to say it anyway.

I think you need to invest a LOT more thought and effort before making a decision, for the following reasons.

1) You're listing SFA vs IFS for a reason you would trade. But you don't wheel except over mud or dunes, and even a stock IFS (or with 2" lift) is more capable than the suspension setup you got now.

2) You list price/ease as a reason for the Jeep. Seriously, after all is said and done, trying to sell your Tacoma, buying a Jeep, fixing any problems that come along with the Jeep, registering it, etc., you're probably going to lose money.

3) "Getting the girls" is the stupidest reason to buy a 10 year old Jeep. Invest $30 in a self-help or how-to-understand-women book and save tons of money. I love women, too, dude. But a financial decision like this is immature if the woman factor comes into it.

4) I would be a little more modest about what you expect to get from your truck if I were you. It looks badass dude, and I'm sure you system is sweet. But most people won't pay for $8.5k for a truck they can't even take on the freeway OR offroad ridiculously hard.

5) Don't complain about the issues with your current setup if you're going to slap >4" of lift on whatever vehicle you purchase. Aside from looks, there's almost no functionality for anything greater than 2.5-3.0" lift. Doing it purely for cosmetics is totally fine if you want, but be aware it can cause reliability issues for a daily driver.

You're in high school, man. You're going to have plenty of time to build the sickest truck you want after college. Don't make a mistake now you're going to regret, ya know?

 

I like teh skewpz on yer truck

 

hmmm many good points . but i dont 100% agree with a few of them. like when you said any lift over 2-3" is just for looks... a have a buddy that has a 6.5" long arm lift(with quick disconnects) on his cherokee and he seriously goes where ever he wants when ever

and is feels like your riding in one that has a basic 3" lift when driving over 70. so thats where me wanted a cherokee came from.


the girl factor doesnt come into play here

also you said that i will have plenty of time to build up a 4x4 when im out of college. thats true but it will be many years untill im making the hourly rate im already make now. and once i finally do start making 20 an hour again i will have a house payment/bills and wife...( hopefully ). so then i will next to no money to put into my 4x4


im not try to disagree with you im just stating the facts

 

oh and i said i can hopefully get around 8500

 

You are wise beyond your years, but I think your advice is falling on deaf ears.

 

please read post 174.....

 

I did. If you think an XJ with a 6.5" lift can go over anything it's pointed at, you've never really been wheeling. As said before in this thread, you are convinced to do something you are probably going to regret. If you have the money to be doing this now, you probably should be saving it for something else. It sounds like all the wheeling you do can be done in a much more practical vehicle. Like I said before, I've had the exact vehicle you want and you are delusional if you think it is a practical, reliable, every day vehicle. The drivetrain on the cherokees is solid, but if you wheel them they just fall to pieces around it.

 

good points ^^^ kinda ironic that budy is selling is xj because hes been driving his sister car around(subrau that get around 28 miles per gallon) and he said his cherokee is soild but its totally impratical cuz it gets 12 mpg. so hes going with a all wheel drive car


so i think im going back to a taco.


anyone out there with a 1st gen with a 4" lift (3" ome with 1" body)

with 33's?

if there is whats your mpg?

 

Around 15mpg

 

humm thats what im getting now and im as aerodynamic as an elphant

 

15-17 max. its not the lift, its the tires

 

ya i drove over 12 miles(one way) today and on my way back i was on a long 6% grade(i think it was 6%) and i was acuatlly lossing speed when i was going down it in nuetral

another reason why i selling it (getting about 7 mpg up it)

that 3-4" lift with 32/33's sounds pretty good right about now

 

its actually 2.5 to 3' cause im 4x4

 

Hey, feel free to disagree with me, bud. I stated my opinion, and if you've honestly contemplated the points everyone has made and what matters most to you, then you should be good. Good luck with your purchase/decision! Let us know how everything works out!

 

i meant what im thinking about doing.....3" ome setup with 1/2" spacer with 1" BL

 

decided..... another taco . cherokees are sweet but they just wont work as well for me as a taco will..... guess ill be sticking around here for a little while longer