My '91 has spring loaded folding mirrors aswell...........Ive bumped a couple of trees with mine.

 

has anyone put dodge ram 1500 shackles on theier rig?
did it give any lift?

 

What drive shafts will work with a 97 xj

 

I know its probably been said several times in this thread but, what brake lines i need for the rear of my 97 xj with a 4.5 lift on it, please include exact year and model of vehicle to take off.

 

I think you should leave the pins alone, I cut a slot leading to the top bolt on all hinges. Allows for loosening the bolt and then just lifting it off, after you pull the other two bolts out. I run my tube doors with just one bolt on each hinge during the summer. I run two bolts in each for spring and fall when the doors are off and on a lot. Then during winter I put all three in.

I chose this route to prevent the sloppy door syndrome. My doors still line up and seal and I've been doing this for two years.

They lift off and drop on easy just requires a few seconds to snug up the bolts. Its worth it to me.

 

agreed you need to leave the top pin in, but I recommend both pins
Here's a good writeup:
http://heavymetalxj.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/6/

 

I was considering this, but wasnt sure if the doors were too heavy. Most of the vehicles Ive helped with this had fairly light doors. Didnt want the pin falling out or breaking off.

That writeup did answer my origional question, though. It mentions that the pins are not just standard roll pins, and have a 'top' and 'bottom' ends. Explains why some were easy and some were impossible. I can still do this, and it would allow me to have the alognment set up for the half doors and the normal doors. Still Im not completely sold on this.

This seems like a good idea, but it seems like the door shims would fall out once the bolts were loosened, and I dont really want to reset the door every time I switch them. It would be sturdy, though. My half doors are stock doors and I have the hinges from that vehicle (half of them are still on it, and I still havent touched the ones on the wheeler. After messing with the junker I wanted ideas for the removal of the pins before tackling the good one.

You did point out one thing I hadnt realized. If the pins can slide out easily thee will be slop and misalignment. This would reduce the advantages of having removable pins.

Hmm..

You have a link for your tube doors? Might be worth looking at.

 

The doors are pretty damn heavy - even more reason to leave the pins attached. It's the only way you'll be able to put them back on by yourself

 

I have a 1985 cherokee, and the mirrors SUCK!! is there any modifications to mount 97' or newer mirrors and what about adjusting them, mine adjusts from lever inside vehicle?

 

Just find 97+ mirrors that are manual adjust and the will bolt right in. If I'm wrong someone correct me plz lol

 

I have an old 1985 2.5 4cyl. it has 4.10's?

 

Question, when talking about lifts and leaf springs, what is a bastard pack? And as far as front end what are LCA's and UCA's?

 

A bastard pack is made by taking a leaf pack from an under the axle setup and using those leafs under our xj's main leaf. Under the axle leafs have a lot more arch in them which in turn will give you added lift. Most ppl use s10 or dakotas bc the leafs are somewhat soft and are the same width as a Cherokee's.

UCA = Upper Control Arm
LCA = Lower Control Arm
These are the links that go from the body to the front axle

 

SO i bought my 90 two door XJ already lifted and im tryin to figure out what all the guy did to it. i think he did a bastard pack, its all coil up front and i think he got about 4.5" of lift, its sits pretty tall on 30" MK2s. i have noticed that its missing the front sway bar and the rear leaf springs are wrapped with chicken wire (not clamps) does this sound like a typical budget lift?

 

oh and when you lift an XJ does it usually require longer upper and lower control arms?