I had seen on tv that someone replaced a Cherokees front spindles with those from a Grand Cherokee so as to fit in Grand Cherokee brakes. Has anyone heard of this? Is this a common swap? They showed that it was easy, but when I went back to watch it... it was deleted off my DVR! Stopping in my XJ is an ... um ... adventure! I am looking for a good cheap brake upgrade. I don't have the budget to go out and buy a nice shiny new after market system.

 

I wouls say for get the spindle swap and upgrade what you have. Get slotted and drilled rotors and high end pads. Good Luck!!

 

I got my pads for $30-something for the set and my rotors (drilled) on ebay for $70. If you want, check them out...
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/basic-front-brakes-7143/

 

I got adaptive one pad from napa, and a set of napa premium rotors not drilled or slotted and stop on a dime. you can also spend alot of money and get the drums switched to disks in the rear. Then you can stop on a crack

 

if you're gonna go that far, you should replace the master cylinder with one from either a zj or wj also. they have a dual diaphragm where as the xj has only a single.

 

I seen the show you are talking about. I say do it.

 

swap WJ knuckles they are set up for the bigger WJ brakes and then you get "high steer"
and do a rear disc swap. thats what i plan on doing

 

Question for you guys. What years of WJs would work for me to do this front brake swap over to my 91 XJ? Sounds like a good upgrade to me.

 

you need to do a little more than just swap the WJ brakes. you need to change the knuckles steering and maybe outer axle shafts. its a worthwhile swap though because of the upgraded steering and brakes