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If you ever find a XJ wagoneer in the junk yard, please pull the front clip and I will compensate you profusely.
What did you do to your XJ/MJ today?
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like this kind?
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5362226814.html
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5362226814.html
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Deal. And I still need 97+ 2door seat mechanism.
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Still have been looking. Local yard had only 2 XJs on Friday. No 2 doors.
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Would you buy that for me, pleasssseeee
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I'll be keeping an eye on how things develop...
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Okay..... so I'm a 6-pack of Guinness into movie night w/ the kid, and a few renegade braincells are debating on laying out the 2016 build plan for the XJ.
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Not looking to build a hardcore rockcrawler or mudder, just looking at a solidly built sleeper XJ that is well-rounded & can handle expeditionary duty (roadtrips) and run fast in the desert. I'll be reading though the various forums looking for Jeepspeed & expeditionary info to take cues from.
But I am also looking for thoughts/comments/suggestions from the XJ hive mind here. :cheers2:
So far, random thoughts (not necessarily in the listed order):
- regear to 4.56
- lockers front & rear
- 33x10.50's
- frame stiffeners front/center/rear
- either OME or Deaver springs, looking at approx 3.5"-4" of lift max
- SYE
- disc brake conversion for the C8.25
- disc brake upgrade for the D30
- sleeve & gusset the D30 at minimum
- upgraded electrical (starting w/ Kelly's WiP 5-90 wires)
- rear bumper w/ tire carrier
- bolt on rock sliders vs 2x6 tubing welded in place of the rockers
- shackle relocation brackets for the rear
- new head unit w/ replacement speakers
- skids for engine/transmission/TC/gastank
- clock the transfer case
- Kolak exhaust
Q: Doing the D30 disc brake upgrade will require a bigger dia rim, but what's recommended? 16" 17" 18" ?
Q: In the interest of $$$ and considering that I'm not building a rockcrawler... long arms vs drop brackets?
Q: I've got the Boostwerks "ultimate XJ steering brace" arriving via UPS in a few days, so..... "upgrade" to the Durange steering box vs the S10 steering box or just stick with an XJ box?
Q: Not planning to cut into the cargo compartment for longer up-travel in the rear shocks, but will probably cut & flip the rear lower shock mounts to gain some clearance. Thoughts/suggestions on this? Thinking about the Cross Enterprises XJ rear shock hoop
And yes, I'm on a budget... still TBD but after doing the regear, probably $300-$400 per month average.
Not looking to build a hardcore rockcrawler or mudder, just looking at a solidly built sleeper XJ that is well-rounded & can handle expeditionary duty (roadtrips) and run fast in the desert. I'll be reading though the various forums looking for Jeepspeed & expeditionary info to take cues from.
But I am also looking for thoughts/comments/suggestions from the XJ hive mind here. :cheers2:
So far, random thoughts (not necessarily in the listed order):
- regear to 4.56
- lockers front & rear
- 33x10.50's
- frame stiffeners front/center/rear
- either OME or Deaver springs, looking at approx 3.5"-4" of lift max
- SYE
- disc brake conversion for the C8.25
- disc brake upgrade for the D30
- sleeve & gusset the D30 at minimum
- upgraded electrical (starting w/ Kelly's WiP 5-90 wires)
- rear bumper w/ tire carrier
- bolt on rock sliders vs 2x6 tubing welded in place of the rockers
- shackle relocation brackets for the rear
- new head unit w/ replacement speakers
- skids for engine/transmission/TC/gastank
- clock the transfer case
- Kolak exhaust
Q: Doing the D30 disc brake upgrade will require a bigger dia rim, but what's recommended? 16" 17" 18" ?
Q: In the interest of $$$ and considering that I'm not building a rockcrawler... long arms vs drop brackets?
Q: I've got the Boostwerks "ultimate XJ steering brace" arriving via UPS in a few days, so..... "upgrade" to the Durange steering box vs the S10 steering box or just stick with an XJ box?
Q: Not planning to cut into the cargo compartment for longer up-travel in the rear shocks, but will probably cut & flip the rear lower shock mounts to gain some clearance. Thoughts/suggestions on this? Thinking about the Cross Enterprises XJ rear shock hoop
And yes, I'm on a budget... still TBD but after doing the regear, probably $300-$400 per month average.
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I daily drive my XJ with front and rear lockers, 4.10s and 32s and I love driving it. I get about 23mpg at 70mph.
DirtyJeepGuy should still have a set of full frame stiffeners that he is trying to sell.
As far as a tire carrier, JCRs option apparently is not a very price/quality option as wizardPCs writup showed. I would recommend detours or the carrier upgrade for the Mojave rear bumper from dirtbound.
Now the d30 already has disks, are you talking about the chr8.25 disk swap?
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I'm getting the AJ's offroad tire carrier option when budget allows, their sliders and rear bumpers are good stuff for XJ's.
As to the discs he means the WJ disc swap/upgrade up front (for which you need a 16+" wheel) AND the 8.25 disc conversion which can be done with ZJ 35 parts or KJ 8.25 parts.
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Ah havent heard about WJ disk swap up front until now. Thanks blue. Does AJ bumper tie in well with the rear rails?
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Started a ignition lock cylinder! Got stuck trying to figure out how it comes out. I have a 94 xj without tilt steering. Anyone know how to get it out? There is no torx screw to release it.
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Oh god that's that dreaded GM steering column. Good luck brother
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No shame in some snow wheeling. Where you located? I'm on mobile
CT. It's 4:45 AM. Another thing about getting older. Fall asleep way to early and get up way to early. Thankful for coffee, computers, internet and this Jeep Forum. Something to do to kill time before work. I can hear the plow trucks out there. Pretty sure I even heard the tires spinning on one going up this not so bad hill near my home.
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Yup, factory mounts, rails and a couple extra points on the cut'n'fold version
If and your kid are having a good time with that you should check out rc rock crawlers on you tube it's kind of an expensive hobby but a lot of fun. There is also a rc crawlers forum my first xj was 1/10 scale
We had our first snowfall last night not enough to stick around but just enough to get a couple hours of drifting in. I know it sounds a little irresponsible but I don't do it around people or property and I feel the practice makes me a better overall driver
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Woke up to my neighbor and his mom stuck in their yard directly under my bedroom window. It's been raining for two straight weeks here and he tries to turn around a 1 ton van in the yard and gets stuck and for two hours proceeds to keep trying to drive out digging his wheels deeper and deeper. Then his mom shows up in her brand new Wrangler and makes it about 10 feet into the yard before doing the same thing. POS JK can't even go through some mud lol
Two hours I'm trying to sleep listening to the two of them ***** and yell at each other and keep revving their **** trying to get out. Took me about 15 minutes a piece in the MJ to pull them both out. Van has a hitch but nothing in it and out of the 6 people living there, two of them with trucks, no ones got anything to put in it.
Two hours I'm trying to sleep listening to the two of them ***** and yell at each other and keep revving their **** trying to get out. Took me about 15 minutes a piece in the MJ to pull them both out. Van has a hitch but nothing in it and out of the 6 people living there, two of them with trucks, no ones got anything to put in it.
Mine's the smittybilt XRC rear tire carrier. I got nothing bad to say about JCR because I've never owned their stuff
But no, I won't buy another SB.
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