Buyer's Guide: Any Interest?

[Minuit]

So I've been wondering recently about CC and how I could contribute in a big way. There's a lot of great information here, but a lot of it is spread out and a lot of times people have to post question threads to get basic answers. What would the community's thoughts be about me (and possibly some others) compiling a guide aimed at potential MJ buyers condensing all of the relevant information into one fairly simple, organized section? I realize this would be a big undertaking and it would take a while to get right, but that's really not a major concern for me. I'd be doing this for my own enjoyment and to hopefully help someone.

 

Naturally, considering the widely varying conditions of the trucks we see for sale, one-size-fits-all advice wouldn't really be possible but we could definitely outline the most important things all in one easily reachable spot. I'm open to any ideas/comments/suggestions/insults y'all may have and I just wanted to see what kind of interest there would be in something like this. Just a simple but comprehensive, easily read, centralized write-up with all of the big stuff in one place free of misinformation and off-topic debates.

[onlyinajeep726]

I think it's a brilliant idea and would be willing to contribute.  Cruiser and a few others should jump in on this being that we have some very MJ savvy folks here.

[Minuit]

Glad you're interested. Here's some more thoughts:

 

The way I see this, there will be three stages to the project:

 

1. Collecting the information, figuring out what's the most important and concentrating on getting that stuff in first. During this time, I can put together the simple stuff i.e. common rust areas, trim packages (harder since you/the dealer could order an MJ with pretty much any combination of options) differences between year models, possibly a short history lesson, etc. This will mostly involve collecting the information from all of the different spots and sites.

 

2. Fact-checking everything. This is the important one and probably the most difficult part. There can't be any incorrect things here. There can be stuff that only applies to certain trucks (i.e. '86 firewall shenanigans) but me and everyone else won't tolerate misinformation. That's the whole objective of this.

 

3. Formatting to make it easy to read and understandable, particularly for those not computer savvy. A lot of the guides I see on the internet (by no means all of them) fail to be simply understood. Colors should be basic, everything should categorized in a logical order, stuff shouldn't be jumbled together, etc.

 

This will be a long, drawn out process but I think the more time spent on making it perfect the better it will be. I have some ideas for how it'll flow. I'll throw up some examples when I have time.

 

One more thing: There are guides out there having to do with XJs, wranglers, and so on but my vision for this is something uniquely ComancheClub's. Comanche sections on other sites are most of the time pretty slow moving, and we're the most active one but there are people that don't know about CC. That group will have many of the people we'd try to reach.

[HOrnbrod]

Perhaps one of the most important things that should be pointed out is that the majority of available MJs are 86-90 Renix system due to production numbers vs. the less available OBD1 91-92 HO years. Parts availability for both are drying up, but much more for the more vintage Renix models. Pluses and minuses for both versions should be spelled out clearly.

[earl*t]

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