[chris87xj]

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[chris87xj]

Here are this month's awesome entries!

It's time to get the May Cherokee Of The Month poll thread started.
This month we have 5 spectacular XJ's for your viewing pleasure, each of which has undeniable winning qualities. It's up to you to help decide who will be this year's JeepForum May Cherokee Of The Month. Take the time to check these rigs out and when you find your favorite, show your support and approval by casting your vote.

Also please click the

button just under the poll to help keep this thread up all week in the top voted/crawled threads on the JF Forum homepage.

Feel free to post up with positive comments or discussion and bump this thread as needed. This poll will close one week from today.
Here are your May 2013 COTM entries in the order received. Let's get this started and see where it goes! :2thumbsup:
 

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee Sport

Drive Train: 4.0L, AW4, D30/C8.25

Suspension: 6.5" IRO Coils, 5.5" IRO leaf packs, RC 1" drop shackles, Sway-bar quick discos, Stainless steel extended brake lines, IRO adjustable arms (lower and upper), Bilstein 5100s

Wheels/Tires: 33x12.50x15 BFGoodrich A/T K/O on Recoils

Other Notable Modifications: Snorkel, winch bumper, monstalined body, LED light conversion, H4 upgrade

Favorite Modification: Monstaliner or H4/Putco Harness

Least Favorite Modification: None so far!

Best Trail Damage: Cracked header panel, broken headlight bezels

Build Thread: Thundercracker Build Thread

 

Year: 1990

Model: Laredo

Drive Train: 4.0, AW4, 242, D30, D44

Suspension: RE 5.5" superflex short arm with drop brackets, shackle relocation brackets

Wheels/Tires: 33X10.5 mounted on 15x7 AR outlaw II

Other Notable Modifications: grizzly lockers front and rear, alloy shafts up front, WJ knuckle and brake swap, 2x6 rocker replacement/mini boatside, PSC steering box tapped for assist, custom t-case skid, D30 truss, 1.75"x 3/8" wall tie rod, OTA trackbar, half doors, ruffstuff and riddler covers, C-Rok steering brace, B&M tranny cooler. Also have 12" bilstein 7100's waiting to go on

Favorite Modification: lockers

Least Favorite Modification: old truetrac, has been replaced

Best Trail Damage: rolled it

Build Thread: The '90

Optional: built this jeep from the ground up and learned a lot from it. its gone from a nice little DD to a capable rig ready for most anything.

 

Year: 1991

Model: XJ Laredo

Drive Train: 4.0/ax-15/np231/hp30/8.8Lsd

Suspension: 5.5 mixed and matched

Wheels/Tires: 32x11.5x15 on cragars.

Other Notable Modifications: removable doors. Flat sand camo paint.

Favorite Modification: removable doors

Least Favorite Modification: See thru floor pans

Best Trail Damage: Only minor dings

Optional: I've had 3 CJ's, 2 YJ's, and 5 XJ's. Still own 3 of the XJ's and this one is far and away my favorite.

 

Year: 1999

Model: Sport

Drive Train: 4.0, AW4, NP231, D30 w/Aussie Locker, 8.25 Lincoln Locked

Suspension: RE 5.5", Rusty's 4.5" coils/2" spacer

Wheels/Tires: Pro Comp 15"x10" wheels, 33x12.5x15 Super Swamper TSL's

Other Notable Modifications: Safari Snorkel, Trimmed fenders, Warn VR8000, Front winch bumper with custom tree pusher lol, offroad lights, custom rocker rails, custom rear window rub rails, custom rear bumper, rear bottom corners bobbed.

Favorite Modification: All the custom stuff I have made for it, and the winch! Also my wifes favorite mod is the removable step I made so she can get in easier!

Least Favorite Modification: Need to find a better place to mount the CB, its mounted to the console above and to the rear of my head, and it finds the back of my head occasionally on big bumps!

Best Trail Damage: Lots of dents along the passenger side doors and quarters, strangely enough the driver side is straight as an arrow haha!

Optional: I got it about 2 years ago with the lift already installed and that's all, I was going to keep it as mild as I could until I started wheeling with a Jeep club and then one thing lead to another and just like so many others of us it got out of hand and now I am almost at trailerable only status!! haha.

 

Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee Limited

Drive Train: 4.0, aw4, np231 w/AA SYE, HP Dana 30 w/Spartan locker, 760x Ujoints, Dana 44 LSD w/rear disks, 4.88 gears

Suspension: 6" IRO long arm lift, Liquid Iron Industries Slider Boxes, Fox Shox, ACOS

Wheels/Tires: 35x12.50 MTR/Kevlar, 16" Moab wheels with Spider Trax Spacers

Other Notable Modifications: WJ Brakes and steering swap, ACR steering box, Power Steering Cooler, Currie Antirock Sway Bar, JCR sliders, Upgraded Diff Covers, Thor Cowl Intake, 60mm Bored TB, Cobra Injectors, Rugged Ridge Header, 2.5" Exhaust with Borla Muffler, Brown Dog Motor Mounts

Favorite Modification: WJ Brakes and Steering

Least Favorite Modification: None

Best Trail Damage: Damaged crappy stock rear bumper in Ocala

Build Thread: My '01 Build Thread

Thanks to everyone who entered this month!
 

 

[DNFJ]

Lots of good entries this month, gl guys.

 

[VegasGT]

All star crew there^

Ill have to think on this one!

 

[SFRautomotive]

voted!

good luck errrrrybody.

 

[XJ99XJ]

1990! Voted

 

[cbenez1]

Tough competition. Good luck to all. :2thumbsup:

 

[Motorcharge]

What's with all the snorkels this month? :laugh:

 

[JeepN4KC]

Nice field to choose from - good work all!

 

[DNFJ]

Biggest tire size always wins?

 

[mountainjock]

I'm gunna hafta think on this one!!!!!! Good looking Jeeps!!!!!

 

[BlueBadger]

Voted. Smurffs up.

 

[SFRautomotive]

Biggest tire size always wins?

No

 

[DNFJ]

No

It was a joke bud :rofl:

 

[SFRautomotive]

It was a joke bud :rofl:

Sarcasm is hard to show through text

 

[ibjeepin95]

I was going to say, I almost got beat out by a near stock XJ one month... :laugh:

 

[cbenez1]

What's with all the snorkels this month? :laugh:

I don't need no steeeenking snorkel. :rofl:

 

[1990JEEPXJ]

Biggest tire size always wins?

No. Ones with build threads in the cherokee non-tech section win. Duh

 

[DNFJ]

No. Ones with build threads in the cherokee non-tech section win. Duh

It's because we're the most popular. :rofl:

 

[chris87xj]

Bump it up. Need some more votes in this lopsided poll.