cherokeechick

Nice lookin' jeep! Welcome to the cherokee family! I just ordered a tone of parts for my cherokee it's getting some major upgrades for this season

CADXJ

I am a little bias as well and think you should buy an xj. Try to stay away from the v6 2.8L (still a viable option if dirt cheap). 97 supposedly has some electical issues but nothing that cant be worked out if it hasnt already and the 2000/01 xj's are known for the 0331 head cracking which once fixed makes it just as good as any other I6.

Huntr

I already bought a WJ. Picture and description is at the bottom of page 1 of this thread. Its a v8

JeepCACares

John,

Sweet looking JGC!

Looks to be in great shape. Glad to see you in a Jeep now. I'm sure I can speak for most and say spring/summer can't come fast enough.

Post back with some new pics once you get a chance to start the mods.

salad

I'm absolutely an XJ fan but I won't pretend that it will do well towing a 18' boat without significant modification. Grats on the purchase - glad to see mods already in the works!

Huntr

Thought I would update with a few poser shots! The jeep is coming along slowly...

I got my rear adjustable arms and front upper adjustables installed and ordered rebuild kit from RC for the existing heim joints on the front lower arms. I got rid of the transfer case drop at this time as well. The new bushings really stiffened things up and got rid of the wandering. The steering wheel snaps back to centre much easier with the new arm lengths because it rotated the front axle, adjusting steering caster. The alignment shop told me I ended up with about 6.85* caster. Front driveshaft started going right after that I think because of the change (improvement) in angles. So I pulled it today and will have to take it to a shop to rebuild it.

I installed the JKS swaybar discos which is a lot of fun offroad. Rides nice and soft and seems to make it over anything I point it at.

I still need to paint my skid/truss for the rear 44a and have someone weld it up. Maybe if it stops going below zero here in the north I can do that lol. Also have my front hitch waiting to be installed. I still "need" a rear locker or lsd and some rock rails and then I will have to take a break before my wife cuts me off or kills me.

I did get it all muddy a few times and she goes really good. next time I'll remember to take some mud shots to post. Cheers.

oldfart

Nice!.
I notice you have different headlight units, there was a post on here a couple of weeks ago about what is the difference between the headlights for a lorado and a limited. Your picture shows the difference.
Is your front hitch a custom part or ready made? Some of the ready made ones hang down a fair bit and will reduce your approach angle.

Huntr

Yeah I had originally ordered a hitch by Curt and I had to send it back because it would have hung well below the front bumper. So I read the forums and ended up ordering one by Warn. A quick test fit tells me it sits inside the bumper although Im not sure how it's going to bolt up. Im sure it will become evident once I remove the front bumper.

oldfart

Yes it should be self evident once you remove the front bumper thing. perhaps you could post up a couple of pictures during the installation, I've done front hitches on xj's, zj's wk's and xk's and it would be interesting to see what the front of a wj looks like with the plastic off the front.

Huntr

Ok I will do that as soon as I can find the time.