omnitonic
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- Michael
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Obviously, this is only plausible with free labor, and all warranties are null and void. I just think it would be an interesting video series. If I had the money, this is something I could see doing to break into Youtube world. I've got the gear to make videos, but I never have much inspiration.I bet you would have a hard time making a Rubicon for cheaper. If you could it would require a lot of free labor and wouldn't come with a warranty, if that is important to you.
If you're paying full retail for new parts, this is definitely true. Using takeoff and salvage parts, I come up with about $18,000 in stuff needed to do this conversion. $53,000 is a lot cheaper than any Rubicon I've seen for sale.I ran the numbers... you can't turn a Sport into a Rubicon cheaper than you can buy a Rubicon.
Of course you're going to wind up with an inferior product compared to buying the real thing. I'm not arguing that this is a good idea. I just think it would make for an interesting project. I'd love to have the budget to do a build like that, and the time to shoot and edit all the video. It would be a cool video series. Of course, I have neither the capital nor the time, so all of this is nothing more than pointless daydreaming.
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