Mr.JayDeeM

Hi there people,

I bought a wrecked XJ from my work for 600 bucks. It runs and drives fine and it has the ax-15 trans and ****ty 3.07 gears. Blah.

Anyway, it got hit in the front. I'm looking to fix it and make it a beater. Trying to keep the miles off my Evo. lol

I need to know if any year xj hood will work and same goes for the driver side door, will any year xj door shell work as long I swap my components over?

Am I better off swapping whole axle assy or just find me a axle housing? I do not know how to set gears.

dmill89

Assuming you want every thing to look right and line-up (once you straighten the inner fender/upper rail) you want to look for 97-01 parts. Any year parts will bolt up but changes were made in 97 so 96 and older fenders won't line up correctly with the grill and header panel, and pre-96 doors have wing windows and different mirrors so they won't match the other door. I believe the hood did not change and you can use any year but an not 100% sure on that, I definitely know a 97-01 hood will work.


For the axle look for a complete assembly, I doubt a yard would sell a housing separately anyhow and Dana 30s are cheap. 3.07 gears aren't as easy to find as 3.55 but they shouldn't be too difficult to find. Since you are replacing it anyway you may want to look for one from a 99 or earlier. 99 and older had the HP (High-Pinion) Dana 30, 00-01 had the LP (Low-Pinion) Dana 30, the HP is better if you ever want to lift it.

Mr.JayDeeM

Thanks,

Well, I'm planning to still use 97-01 header panel and fender, no doubt. reason why I ask about pre 96 because local junk yard have plenty of them. I was trying to see if a hood, driver door will bolt up. I plan to swap my driver door parts over to the new door.

I'm already having issues finding a 3.07 axle. Some tell me it not worth keeping the 3.07. I wonder why when it will be stock after all the repairs. I'm also keeping the HP axle. I hate the LP. swapping front and rear axle sounds like a big headache.

Parsnip

Just grab a 3.55 axle out of an auto xj, front and rear then you can be over geared and do burnouts!
Jk, but really, if you wanted to throw a set of like 32s or somethin on it to look cool, the 3.55 axles would be met perfect methinks? I'm on mobile so I can't use the gear calc

Mr.JayDeeM

Ahh another roanoke feller! Well, if I can find another set of axles. It either hard to find or people want too much for it.

Mr.JayDeeM

Anyone have experience of ebay or aftermarket header panel? Like this one specific. Good price but how the fitment? It comes with 8 pieces and good time to replace it all.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/97-01-00-99-98-JEEP-CHEROKEE-GRILLE-BLACK-HEADER-PANEL-/170567029176?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AJeep%7CModel%3ACherokee&hash=item27b69651b8&vxp=mtr

94XjSport94

They don't fit well. Junkyards.

kgm

Are you planning on off-roading it? If not, You can probably find a Dana 35 w/ 3.55 gears for free/dirt cheap from people who upgraded their offroad rigs. When I replace mine, I plan on selling it on the cheap. edit: That is, if you are trying to go to 3.55 gearing on the front axle, and wanted to get a matching rear.

Also post dat evo

Mr.JayDeeM

Well, I have the factory 8.25 axle in the rear and would like to keep that. I will do some towing for sure tho.

tssguy123

What are you planning on doing w/ that inner fender? Your sig says you work for an auto body/paint shop, does that mean you have access to equipment to straighten stuff out? You have a good bit of work ahead of you. Rockers are messed up, it looks like.

Doors from pre-97s have different hinges. It'll fit, but you'll have to swap the hinges out. The mirrors are different. Fender should bolt on, but the lines are a tiny bit different. Same for the hood. I'd say if you used a 97+ header panel and pre 97 hood/fenders, 99% of people wouldn't be able to tell a difference. You could probably get away with the pre 97 doors, too, as long as you bolted on the 97+ mirrors. However, I doubt the door panel would go right on.

As other people have said, the gear ratio you have is for manual transmissions only... what I would do is pick up a d30 and an 8.25 from a 97+ XJ.

Mr.JayDeeM

Right, I work at a body shop and I have access to frame machine and what not. I'm going to straighten the apron and pull/repair the rocker.

Tjknights

if the inner fender/upper rail is bent far beyond recognition, how can i swap the part can i cut out the inner fender from another xj?

dmill89

Yep, you can cut a section out of a donor and weld it in. Make sure the welds are good, the lower (main) rail takes most of the load but the upper rail/inner fender does provide some support to the shock/spring mounts.

rlevs

bone yard or call Davey's Jeeps he has every thing
http://www.daveysjeeps.com/index.html