benefits of year for jeep cherokee
 

Is there a certain year jeep that is better than the others

I have had 91 cherokee and a 00 cherokee....personally i like the 91 alot better...seemed alot more "hyper"...it actually pretty fast...

now my 2000 wasnt as fast (or seemed) but it was alot more comfortable.

Is there a jeep year that gets better milage?

I know 97 -99 is a great year b/c they didnt have the 0331 head

anybody else have thoughts on this?:thumbup1::thumbup1::thumbup1:

I love and I mean love 93's no safety features no airbags, no active restraints lol.
The steering wheel is very sporty still. I know the body style didn't change in 93. Except the grill option. And I think most 93's carry the 8.25 rear.

I got a 91 laredo (wrecked being worked on) and my new to me 99 classic

When first driving the 99 I felt like the interior was closing in on me. Between driver and pass airbags and door panels and dash being bigger.

I like the 99 style gauges much easier to see. Over all 99 looks better and seats are more comfy it seems well though out. It has an extra power outlet too.

But I like all the cubbyholes in the 91 there like no where to put stuff in the 99

I think 99 is a lil bettrr engine too. Newest without the 0331 heads. It seems to have a more organized engine bay.

Only year I wouldn't want really would be 95-96 I'm pretty sure both have airbag steering wheel but old gauges and its kinda hard to see them.

Well, first off 84-01 Cherokees featured something called 'awesomeness'. This was standard on all of them, and is something many vehicles don't even offer optionally.

With that being said, I love my '91. Granted some of it's stuff is annoying (like the bastardized CAD disco front axle), but otherwise I love it. OBD 1 is about as simple as it gets, but Renix takes it even further down in terms of simplicity. I find OBD 1 to be the balance. Cup holder-less sucks, but is easily fixed. Then again, Im biased as I;ve only driven older XJ's and love my '91 lol.

You know in Harry Potter how the wand chooses the wizard? Same rule applies; The XJ chooses the wheeler, and you bond.

Hard to pick just one year, imo, I have had an 87, a 92, a 97, and an 88 in that order, lol. My 87 had the most comfortable seats I have ever sat on in a kee, so I put them in every xj I owned when the 87 moved on. My 92 was nice and peppy, would fry stock tires at 20 mph, it was awesome, lol. I hated my 97, except for the center console with cup holders, 29 spline rear axle, and extra girdle chryco added to the mains. My 88, operating vent windows :thumbup1: (though my 92 had those as well), can't say anything about what I like best about the 88, AMCJeep logos? Not a rot box maybe? It recieved pretty much everything I liked about the previous ones.

93 represent. hate those pesky air bags and safety features
but. if you want all the stock features and changes check these
1990-1996http://consumerguideauto.howstuffwor...cherokee-6.htm
1997-2001http://consumerguideauto.howstuffwor...p-cherokee.htm
and they dont even have one from 84-89. I stay away from those. some people like them though

Like i wrote in my first post

my 91 was the shizzle....that thing had 200k and would just love to get beat on.....it actually ran like crap if i babied it

let it hit 4k rpm...that would clean her out....i think i will keep my eyes open for a nice early model 91-95ish

94
 

I love my 94, who needs airbags anyways.

I'm biased and have only owned my '00 sport. But I love her.

Super comfortable interior. My only problem, there's no freaking space to keep anything! The center console gets filled up and the tiny glovebox is worse. That's my one complaint.

Love my 87 besides crazy vacuum leaks. But I do have the Dana 44 rear axle! And a tranny cooler

X2 on the 87. My. Beat up jeep could outdo or keep up with the stock 98 Cherokee my buddy had when we went wheeling. And my 4x4 isn't working haha. I love my 87 and the best part is, when something breaks there are plenty 87-93 jeep Cherokee around me in junkyards, but have never seen one above '95 :)

I wanted a pre-96 vehicle, no ODB II. We have vehicle testing by the state EPA. They test by hooking up to the ODB II connector. No connector, no test. I could pull the cat off if I wanted, no problem.

I love my 89 limited she gets me to where ever i want to go never complains that she only has a 2' BB :/ really easy to work on but then again i only owned 1 jeep no complaints here she got 220,000 and still hums. i do have an open radiator ;)

My 2WD 92 Laredo, is my first Jeep. But I can honestly say she takes a lickin & keeps on tickin. 230,000 on her & she has more pep than some of the newer XJ's on the road. Got rid of the 35c for a 8.25, rebuilt my AX15 & went with a manga flow exhaust. I don't rock crawl but I love playing in the dirt in Lucerne Valley. She may be ugly but she sure can ride hahaha!!

If you wear seat belts you don't need air bags. :thumbup1:

90s and earlier are the Renix era motors. Closed cooling system (although pretty easily converted to open cooling system). Lots of people love em, while lots of people avoid em.

91s and over are the high output motors. Open cooling system.

00-01 have the 0331 head which very commonly cracks.

Over the years the axles, interior and exterior features, etc. varied. It's really all preference though.

I love my 96. The year right before they changed up the whole exterior look (I personally like the older look). I have gauges as opposed to dummy lights. No cupholders or overhead console (even though I just added cupholders today :) ) I also have the Chrysler 8.25 as opposed to the hated Dana 35

Once again, all preference

I like my 96 but I did put a 8.25 from a 97 or newer and fenders from 97+ as well. I also plan to put the newer front grill, grand cherokee seats, 99 intake and diffent dash lights and backdrops. I dont really care about the obd2 or obd1, I do like the newer interior but Im not picky(it all looks good with mud on it)

ive had a 89 limited, a 92 laredo 5speed, a 95 se, and currently own a 98 se and i have to say i loved all my xjs they all had there good and bads

89 was nice but not a fan of the NON-HO motors i gotta heavy foot rev limiters are nice

92 was a beast with the 5speed fastest xj ive ever owed would wrap the speedo in 3rd gear at 4500rpms it had a 3" lift with 31s

95 was my baby got it all stock with 120k miles i put a 4.5" lift 32s beat the **** outa it had to put a tranny & tcase in it tho couldnt kill it didnt like the dummy gauges tho or the steering wheel and of course not havein cup holders

98 SE my current XJ i love it ! had dummy guages but did the cluster swap plug and play so easy me personally i love the newer dashes in the 97-01 xjs & the new consoles i have cup holders now omg haha the 98 is basicly the newer version of my 95 so i hope to get it lifted and all like the old one it runs great nothing wrong with it at all only thing id change was i wish it was a 5speed like my 92 was

thats just my two cents worth :kick:

I had a 92 limited and miss those nice comfy leather seats.

But I like my current 96 because it's like having all the updated guts like the newer motor where the torque kicks in sooner and the newer seat rails which i definitely need gc seats because the seats it now make my back hurt.

My 92 had character and was my first xj definitely a champ and took a beating.