Buying a Wrangler

The three most important to me:

1) Six cylinder 2) Dana 44 rear w/3.73 gears 3) Hardtop

-- JimG

80' CJ-7 258 CID 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

Three most important to me:

1) 4.0L I6 engine 2) 5 Speed transmission 3) Soft top with half doors, for some reason I can't stand the way a Wrangler looks with full doors on, and the top off.

Everyone likes their Jeep a different way, if you couldn't tell.

You should look for the 6cyl engine, unless its going to be a city Jeep. Don't be worried about milage on the 6cyl, they go forever.

Check

trim differences.

I'll agree on all points above, but I've got to say if I was buying, I would go for the full doors. Funny looking but there is something to be said for rolling down windows. With the new plastic half doors, one has the option of getting those for the nice days.

I have both half doors and full doors, they each have advantages.

Yep, that's why I take off my hard doors with the top, and get rollup windows with the top and hard doors on.

I really prefer the full doors for most of the time. Still, if I had a garage to store stuff, I'd look for a set of half-doors cheap from various vendors or junkyards, so I can swap them in during the summer... But Maryland is known for sudden weather changes, so it's nice having something up in case I'm caught.

Quadratech is selling plastic half doors now. They look light and cheap. They also have plastic bikini tops too.

I wonder if they take plastic ;^)

Oh yeah, they don't have any problem with that whatsoever. I guess you don't have to ask how I know

-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51