When you read 694 posts that scary the s&^it out of you and you 're wondering why you have XJ instead of nice Ford Focus...
I guess it's a Jeep thing...
thats why those little convex mirrors should be a standard upgrade.
also there is a way to set the mirrors that helps, its kinda weird at first but put your head up to the window (closed) and move the mirror until you just see a sliver of the side of the vehicle, then move your head over to about inline with the rear mirror and move the passenger side mirror to be the same. if you do that you should have over lap from rear to side to your vision. works a lot better
-matt
and you respond by driving over every median in the school parking lot and getting out first
when the tire rubs and your girlfriend asks what that noise was and you respond with its growling for more and you burst out with a loud grrrrrrrr!!!:2thumbsup:
you want bigger tires after you had your 35's for 3 days
...when your XJ is the background to your phone/computer
...when your first thoughts of holiday shopping include "what can I get for the XJ?" not... "what can I get for friends/family/GF?"
...when your GF who used to hate "gas guzzlers" and drives a yota tells you "I want a jeep" after u let her drive it. (only in an empty parking lot I might add)
...when you park your XJ in the empty campus commuter parking lot and come back to find it surrounded by other XJ's as well as ZJ's and TJ's (its like we have our own jeep corner)
lol the parking lot in my apartments like that. I parked out in front of my apt the other night and look an hour later and theres 2 YJs, 2 XJs and 3 ZJs parked in the same lane lol
When you over hear someone mention that they might buy a Cherokee while standing in line at the dining hall and you give them a detailed description of what they should look out for and what the best years,models, trim packages are
I was about to go to sleep in my 4th hour senior blow class (oceanography) and i over heard some kid in the back of the class that i don't really even know say he bought a Cherokee recently with "prolly like 6" inches of lift" and instantly I popped up and turned around and said "6 INCHES!!!", So i told him to meet me after school at a gas station so I could check it out... Completely STOCK! lol I laughed cause he seriously thought he had a lift... HIS LEAFS HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED... IT WASN'T LIFTED, IT JUST WASN'T SAGGING!!! lol ****ing newb... so I convinced him how its impractical to have tow hooks on the front... he's selling me them for $20 now... lol... He did have a swapped 44 on a 2000. The PO had replaced driveline, tc, and axles... pretty cool... And he said his "under panels" (rockers) were rusted out... It was just coating... I was definitely EGOed out...
When you keep a set of vice grips in the back to holed the hatch up.
When all the german ponds guards always serch your vehicle just so they can check it out when you are coming through the gate
When you would rather buy parts for the jeep than go out to eat.
When your 2 year old son can identify an XJ a mile away.
When you bought your vehicle from the junk yard for the sole purpose of building a beast of it and wishing you could make a compiliation of all the different years to build the ultimate xj that will still have all the same issues.
When you spend hours debating wether to trim more and go with a smaller lift so u have money for lockers or just spend more money and get more lift and lockers anyway.
When you have parts priced out in December and the total cost of parts equals exactly what you hope your tax return will be
when you explain toeveryone at work you master plan for the XJ and they don't understand a single thing you just said, afterwards they ask you if you might happen to know why their volvo is making that screeching sound
- When your completely stock 87 xj with nothing other than 30 / 9.50 Wildcat EXTs finally gets stuck at the top of a logging road, and every hick friend mudding buddy you call can't make it half as far as you did. And you are kindly escorted up the hill on Monday morning by the Dozer operator of the logging company who has a smirk on his face when you keep saying, "its up just a little farther...."
-When you replace the blower/fan motor and your reverse lights finally start working again.
-When you contemplate selling your XJ for a *newer, *better one but your friends won't let you.
-At night...your friends are concerned that you don't have interior dash lights, but you assure them you can "feel" how fast you are going.
- another:
you realize just how accustomed you were to the noises your old xj made that you think something is wrong with your new xj because its quiet (for now).
It's funny how we all pretty much hear random noises from our XJs. Whenever I have a passenger in my Jeep they always comment on that "rattling noise" or some other noise. lol
i like it when someone asks what that noise is. and i ask them to describe it. i get so used to it, i could rattle off for 5 minutes about the noises. (locker noises, bad shock, etc.) haha
mebbe its jus me being use to other cars or i jus dont like random weird noises. my jeep doesnt make any weird or random noises. and if it does i fix it. my jeep use to have a lot of the issues youve guys have named off over the last 49 pages and ive fixed almost all of em some before they became an issue. the only real thing i havent fixed yet is the rear brake locking on dewy morning thing and i almost bough a set of orvis edition rear discs didnt have the cash fo the whole swap at the time. my only leak left is the door seals. not one leak anywhere else. my water bill that weekend was really bad but i found all of em. i have almost no rust. buy my sandpaper primer and rubberized undercoating bill was... lets not go there. i have the standard vacuum line transercase font axle issues but i also have a posilock laying on a shelf in the garage. my headlights sucks i used 12 gauge and 4 relays into hella e codes. as i said mebbe its jus me. or mebbe my jeep is special. or im addicted to fixing and tinkering.
When you flip off H2 and H3 owners for no apparent reason.
When you carry AT fluid, gear oil, motor oil, 50/50 coolant, and an extra serpentine belt in the back, just in case.
When your girlfriend now knows more about Jeeps than the average person.
When you realize the curb is no longer a limiting factor in parallel parking.
More on the random noises; Hissing fuel pumps scare passengers, especially when you mention that the noise means it's dying.
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