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Originally Posted by wilson1010
You are absolutely right about making these parts yourself. If you can do that you have big savings. for example, the bumpers that you would pay 400-500 for can be make under 100. Same for cages. Many of your CORE guys fab up their own stuff and stuff for others that would cost an arm and leg to buy from parts shops.
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Assuming you already have, or have access to, the tools and equipment to fab parts and not to mention some fabrication skill. I'm definitely the type who prefers building their own stuff (within reason for my fab abilities) but I already have a welder and other tools that are needed.
I also prefer to build my own rig, partly because I don't have the money to pay somebody else plus I enjoy working on my truck. Again a lot of it depends on your mechanic's ability and tool selection. However I won't deny that you can get some pretty good deals on already built rigs. A few years ago a guy in our club decided to get out of the sport and sold his 3 year old, 40,000 mile built TJ for about the same price as a stock one. It had a lift, lockers and gears f&r, a new set of Swampers, rims, winch, etc...