Ball park range of investment....so far?

[coolio2281]

Well guys, its been a while since ive been back on here, figured i'd start a post with what all ive done so far to my bronco since ive pulled her outa storage for the first time in over 8 1/2 yrs last august, and what kinda ball park range of money ive dropped into this bottomless pit. i'll start off with my fixes

Front ABS sensors/Rear ABS Sensor

Front Pads

Front Calipers

Front Rotors

Front Warn Premium Manual Lock-Out Hubs

All New Front/Rear Shocks

Front Brake lines/hoses

All New Good Year Wrangler Tires (4)

Magnaflow Exhaust (single in/Dual out both sides in rear) sounds awesome i love it

Rear Drums

Rear Shoes

Rear Brake Cyclinders

New Rear Driveshaft u-joints

New Front driveshaft u-joints

rebuilt E4OD Transmission

Rebuilt BW 1356 T-case

TPS-Sensor

Engine Coolant Sensor

Fuel Sending Unit

Radius Arm Bushings

New Fuel Lines/Cleaned Injectors

New Fuel Pump

New Fuel Filter

New Air-Filter

New Ignition Cylinder

Rear Tailgate Window Motor

Quarter Window, and seal...(some doushbag busted it out...i WILL find him, and there will be tire marks on his hood)

New Thermostate (and housing, it cracked when re-installing, and practically ran as fast as i could to autozone 2 blocks away at 5:58 pm, barely made it or the shop floor wouldave been my bed)

New AC Compressor

Fixed a few electrical bugs here an there such as the map lights.

Total Invested since Storage Extraction in August 09- around $8,500.00

Cost of seeing a 4x2 GMC sonoma stuck in the snow and me passing right by PRICELESS

Hope all you guys got a kick outta all this, ENJOY! i know i love my bronco and no one else would be members of this site if they didnt as well, and i know iam not the only one out there forkin thousands of dollars into their rigs, soo lets here it boys! haha

 

[AdamDude04]

Nice writeup!!

Bronco: Free

Battery: $77

Alternator: $89

ECT: $18

Window Tint @ 15%: $150

HID Headlights: $62

Hella 500's: $65

55w HID kit for hellas: $62

Alpine speakers: $120

JVC Headunit: $120

Black touchup paint: $6

power inverter: FREE

Shocks: $332

Coolant flush: $24

Tranny filter/flush: $60

Floor mats: $20

LED light bar for inside center console: $8

Pin-stripe: $12

Wiper blades: $30

Air filter x 6: $45

Spark Plugs x 8: $24

Wires: $55

Cap/rotor: $15

Cargo basket: $65

Bedliner paint for basket: $30

tow strap: $35

Starter: $110

Windsheild: $50

Total: $1684 ...not bad for owning it for 35 months, or just under three years. That' comes out to roughly $48 per month. Much better than a car payment. And half that stuff is just fun upgrades..not maintance! :blush:

 

[wileec]

I would hate to think about it. Every project I start one ends up costing a bunch more than planed. Just for this season did the shocks, exhaust, a Heavy Duty 1350 rear shaft, and a load EQ hitch to make towing my pop up easier right about 1100, the good news is I have not broke anything expensive wheeling yet :-& #036;

 

[AdamDude04]

Ahhh I forgot my exhaust: $220, an brakes: $150 lol

Wheelin is fun, but yes, it can become expensive! And we're only what.. 6 hours from moab?! :-"

 

[coolio2281]

oh how i love offroading, i used to have an old 1989 landcruiser fj62, bought it for 1200 bucks and beat the living **** outta it, with the combination of budweiser and a 1989 landcruiser, and cracked front and rear axle and no brakes were my final issues with it, but how i love to offroad, iam yet to go wheelin in the bronco, but i just now got my 4x4 working again, sure i'll get my fair share of rough terrain this winter, haha, i just moved back up here to union city ohio, from tampa florida, anyone familiar with indiana or ohio and places to go fourwheelin??

 

[Devil Dog08]

this is really hilarious .i think we all invested alot of money in our broncos . everything i do or get done to my truck i write in the pages that were once blank in my bronco manual i bought at the auto store . the pages now have a lot of writing on them now . maybe one day i sit down and figure the total of evrything. but the thing i really never really thought of is what Bronco Commander wrote is that is is a lot cheaper then a car payment