92SmokyCherokee

This is my 1992 Jeep XJ that I found for a thousand bucks on Facebook marketplace. My goal for this vehicle is to have a rig that is relatively capable off road while still being able to be daily driven. I like to car camp, so the XJ being an SUV is perfect for that. Since I bought it, I've changed tires from some very old dry rotted bfg's to a set of all seasons I bought from my brother, who also owns an XJ. I also fixed a leaking transmission pan gasket and coolant hose.
In the future, as funds become available, I plan to ZJ swap the rear drum brakes. I'm also going to replace the pads, rotors, and calipers in the front. The jeep will sometimes vibrate when I brake, so hopefully the new parts will fix this.
Currently, my XJ is lifted 2 inches in the front with lift pucks and 2+ inches in the back with some unknown leaves that the previous owner pulled from a junkyard. The shocks are also not the best. I plan to replace the shocks with shocks designed for a 2 inch lift and purchase a new leaf pack and a add a leaf to give it an actual two inch lift in the back. Then I will replace the lift pucks up front with 2 inch springs.
Once I get the money, I plan to upgrade my tires to 31/10.5 all terrains.

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Here are some videos of me off roading my XJ

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My bumper is a modified stock XJ bumper from my brothers XJ. We bolted a piece of metal to the back of the bumper and added I hooks to give me a spot to attach a shackle.

someday I hope to make a custom tubular bumper, but for now this one works fine.

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Well, my brakes stopped working today (the pedal is going to the floor) and we disassembled the drums which rapidly snowballed into a zj disc swap.

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Today I removed the carpet on the driver's side. Last weekend I flooded the driver's side, so I needed to get to the floor pan plugs. Plugs worked great to drain the water. I also found out that my floorpan has a small rust hole in it.

Corky

Time to catch it now...Clean the floor pans and paint with the color of your choice.. If it's just a small hole I'd clean the pan good above and below then get some waterproof stranded fiberglass filler to fix it {available at walmart, the bondo hair is the long stranded stuff you want for strength that is perfect for this repair, bondo glass is the fine chopped for finish work.} Regular body filler is NOT waterproof and you wouldn't want that for the repair..A few years down the road the pans might need some more work then the welder might have to make an appearance for the repairs...

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THanks for the advice. Unfortunately I think I need to go straight to the welding. Fortunately my dad welds as a hobby so I have all the equipment and someone who knows how to use it. Here's a picture after I cleaned the floor pan.

I still need to knock off some more rust, then we'll weld a new piece over the compromised area.

Corky

Yeah, that opened up pretty far... I'd go right after the welded in patch too...