Any advice on what year to look for in a used wrangler?
Thanks, Dennis
Best year for a used wrangler
Jun 17, 2005
16 Replies
1989...then you'll get loads of experience changing almost every part on the Heep within the first year. :)
my 89 has the ax15..
Early '89 Wranglers have the notorious Peugeot BA10, late model '89 Wranglers got the better AX-5 or AX-15 trannie.
Jerry
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
I lucked out, I know. Overall, I've been pretty happy with my "carbed' 4.2L. It's running decent.
Why is your search limited to a Wrangler?
Just Curious, Norman
1982 CJ-7in article iPadnTSpsoDIcy snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com, lovs2fly at snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net wrote on 6/17/05 8:37 AM:
My '97 Sport has been good to me. Bought it about 3 years ago with 65K miles, never offroaded at that point, clean and tight, etc. What do you intend to do with it? How much money you got to spend? If you are building a trail beast, no point starting with a brand-new Jeep, unless you have money to burn. OTOH, if it's a daily driver, no point starting wiht a beast!!
I'd get a '97 or newer, personally... I like the TJ.
-jeff
Depends on what you want to do. If you plan on lifting the Jeep, and you don't want to spend a fortune doing it, get a 95 or older. The coil spring lift kits are much more involved and expensive than leaf sprung ones. If that's not a priority, and you'll be spending all or the majoriy of your time on the road, a 97 or later one would be better, as the coil spring setup rides better and they have more modern amenities. Models from 99 onward even come with cruise control. Of course, there are CJ's too, but you'll be getting into a whole other discussion there, as there are CJ 5, 6,
7, and 8 models, and later years 7's had a slightly wider body, and certain years used crappy AMC 20 axles, and other stuff to consider. But, if you plan to tear it apart and put new axles in, a nice lift, and other stuff, that could change whether or not you care about any of that stuff.Coil springs are a lot better all the way around.
now you tell me.................It's been an involuntary, yet valuable education...........
learned how to rebuild the Peugeot before I learned you aren't supposed to..............
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