Hi everyone, new to this forum. Recently bought a 99' TJ (4.0, manual, 200K odo, mostly stock but bigger tires, no lift). I'm not really looking to do anything crazy with it but I want it as solid as I can make it. Before purchasing it I had a mechanic near the seller check it out and gave her a clean bill of health other than the "outer tie rod boots are torn (but no play at this time").
Of note, the Jeep doesn't have a death wobble or anything like that but I do feel like the wheel is a bit "loose".
With that in mind I felt that it was better to just do the upgrade to the ZJ conversion. Now, normally I would do this stuff myself (way back when I did) but I no longer have a garage in which to do it so I decided to take it to my local shop here in WA but I'm running into a few issues with information to provide to them. They are fine with doing it but they need to order all the parts (in order for it to be insured, makes sense) and they seemed a bit confused by the information I gave them. I told them it should just bolt in (which is what I assumed based upon this post), is that incorrect?
Also, I saw that a lot of people have had to paint parts... is that something I should confirm with the shop? I live near Seattle and we get a LOT of rain. All the owners before me garaged it, I will be keeping it in a carport but I don't have any rust and I'd like to keep it that way.
If I wanted to give them an exact parts list would this be correct?
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1x MOOG DS1312 Tie Rod End
1x MOOG DS1430 Tie rod end (Steering Drag Link) - this is the only one that should still be the "stock" TJ component right?
1x Monroe Magnum SC2928 Steering Damper (or equivalent option?)
2x MOOG ES2079S Tie Rod End Adjusting Sleeve
2x - MOOG ES3096L Steering Tie Rod End
Is that everything that is needed to fulfill this conversion? Is there anything that I should add while they are working on it? Currently I'm being quoted $1400 for parts and labor, the shop that I talked to about replacing it (but I think with original TJ parts) had quoted me $1200. Does that seem like an okay number? I feel like the parts aren't that expensive and I've seen the replacement online be only a few hours but I could be wrong. Thoughts or anything I'm not thinking of?
Apologies for the length of my post, just want to get this done but don't want to have to go back and forth with the shop. Wish I could do it at home but we now live in a condo and they have strict enforcement on even using our carport for this type of stuff.
Again, this is just for having fun around town and to be okay out on the farm when I visit family + when we move back east to wheel around Cape Cod. I do not plan on taking it on trails or anything like that (prefer horses!).
** Posted here instead of making a new thread since it's specific and I didn't see anyone in the 34 pages have my situation.
