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you know you drive an XJ when..

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#1 ·
Im sure a thread like this exists but I havent seen one in a long time so..

you have flashlights taped to your fender because theyre brighter than your high beams

you have an extra CPS in your glove box

you have a 55 gallon drum of PB blaster in the garage and if it wasnt so expensive you would wash your jeep with it every day

you know the wife and kids favorite window position and automatically lower the windows to it before they ask

people wonder why your radio has a "front/rear fader" when you only seem to have rear speakers

you watch the temp gauge on your 00-01 closer than any other gauge

youre keyless entry fob locks/unlocks every door except the ones you need.. drivers and hatch

your roof rack cross bars are in the back cargo area rather than on the roof for the extra .5 mpg
 
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#701 ·
When you can't open your rear hatch ever!!! it takes the magic touch and half the time you say **** it and crawl in through the backseat...:mad:
 
#703 ·
when you have to stick your head out the window and look back to see if there are cars when changing lanes cuz the rearview mirrors and f****** tiny

this may just be me tho...
 
#706 ·
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
 
#704 ·
when people ask why?

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
 
#705 ·
...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):p

...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)
 
#713 ·
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...
 
#710 ·
haha yeah its ridiculous how tight these things turn, even when lifted with monster tires lol.
 
#714 ·
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
 
#720 ·
- 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.
 
#723 ·
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
 
#729 ·
Originally Posted by superjeep5000
when you drive down a gravel road and it sounds like WWII inside


that so true lol lol
 
#730 ·
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.
 
#733 ·
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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