I thought to share this here. While not on the level of Tim's Monaco project, a big project none-the-less.
This is my wife's DD; 2007 Jeep GC / SRT8 that we've owned since @2011. Bought with less than 29K on the clock just under market price of @$30K at the time. Over the years I have kept the maintenance / repairs up ahead of schedule but now with @175K on the clock, it has various components in states of disrepair. That thing runs 6 sometimes 7 days a week so really shouldn't complain.
We both
love it, could not imagine selling it except for replacing it with a newer version. But the newer GC's are downright...…... fugly and good late model used ones are in the $40-50K range. With the uncertainty of the current economy I cannot see spending that kind of dough.........so that's out.
The current market value is @$7K. and it's been paid off for a while now, taxes are relatively low. So we tallied up the cost of parts and decided to keep it spreading the repairs out over a few months. This is "Stage II". The A/C evap and heater core had both started to leak, the NAV screen was out and the back-up camera was inop. All the leather interior was faded, steering wheel leather was delaminating and the carpet was threadbare in places.
In this step - I R&R the complete interior, dash, Steering column, HVAC unit, carpet, etc.
