For Sale: JK Rough Country Lift and 35"s. $10,000. Firm

REDLYNER

REDLYNER

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Just went through the car buying process for the wife and one of her top picks was a used JK Rubicon or a newish 14/15 JK Sport that we would build up. After visiting 7 different dealerships, I have to congratulate the industry on finally figuring out the most profitable piece of Car selling: bolt ons.

Dealerships are bolting on RC lift kits with wheels and tires and marking them up $9,999.99. To be fair, from time to time I saw a BDS lift or some Fox shocks, but between the 7 dealers in 3 different states, it was the same thing. I asked who pays $10k for a $500 lift and $1800 wheel/tire package and the sales reps and managers all said the same thing- they can't keep them on the lots. Lol. People come in and buy the jeep and finance the extra $10k into the car loan.


I saw the same thing with Rams and Chevy 2500's. $10k wheel/tire/lift packages. Anyone else want to get into the bolt on business?
 
That's cause people cant afford the $2500 out of pocket but can afford to just add the 10K to the bottom line.I gotta have that shit right now I cant wait and save my money for 6 months.Seems a lot of those types of buyers cant see past tomorrow.
 
This is nothing new. Several years ago when I was TJ shopping I saw the same thing. Local Jeep/Dodge dealer had a good looking tj out front with no price on it. I stopped to ask and about fainted when he said the price. When I questioned the price he gave me some line about that being a $4,000 lift. It had a 2" bb and no name 33s on steel wheels. I laughed at him and left...

There's a lot in town that specializes in buying high mileage jeeps and trucks at auction, installing lift/tire/lightbar packages, and selling them for 3 times what they're worth.
 
LBarr2002 said:
There's a lot in town that specializes in buying high mileage jeeps and trucks at auction, installing lift/tire/lightbar packages, and selling them for 3 times what they're worth.
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Same thing just south of Winston on 150

NC automotive. Usually has JKU's but he had a 2001 silver 60th anniversary TJ when I was looking. VERY clean, nice shape, 80k but wanted $15k for it. He didn't ruin it with a lift though, it was ALL stock
 
So what did you end up getting her? We are starting to look for a 4-door Rubi for my wife. Geez, asking price for a used 2014 with 20-30K miles is only about $2k less than asking price for a similarly equipped new one.
 
^^^ That's why I went ahead and bought a new one. Used were 1-2 years old, 20-30k miles, and within a couple grand of new.
 
If you are in the market for a Rubi, I'm happy to share what I have learned based on my hours of dealership sitting and pinging via text everyone I know with one lol-

You should look at 2013 or newer. Better engine, kinks worked out of 2012's.

Look into extended warranty- very reasonable on the JK: $2k for 4 years b2b

Look at the skids under neath.

All of the higher mileage ones had seats that felt worn out. Be aware.

About $900 to get aftermarket leather installed


Here's the best deal I found- it's 3 hours from Charlotte, not scratched up. You can add a 48 month 48000 warranty to it and be out the door for $29'sh to $30k. Bmw of Roanoke, VA:

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Everything else we saw cost 15% or more similarly equipped.
 
We do paint matching and hydro-graphics for a couple dealership upfitters that do this type of work... I charge them the same as walk in or a slight volume discount, but some of the quotes they have told customers I gasped at. It is ridiculous what people will pay when it only adds a couple bucks a month to the payments.
 
I swear we saw one of those AEV company vehicles at Windrock....he had every bolt-on AEV product that was sold on the outside, along with roof rack, front douche bar, rear douche bar and dual side douche bars hanging off the roof rack
 
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