miglia-spyder

I bought this truck last yeat around this same time. I have been in love with it ever since!!
Its been stock for to long and im gonna need shocks and tires soon anyways. So i figured i woudl lift it and make it a bit more trail worthy!! While remembering i am on a college budget here..

Mods to date are as follows:
-Dynomax catback (Blah)
-Pilot offroad lights

Thats about it other than my bangin loud stereo! Not a ton of the bass B.S!!! I have a good subwoofer with a very expensive set of component kits! These things wiill make your fricken ears bleed!!


What i plan on doing: ( in the order of importance)
-4.5" RC 633x extreme kit w/ full leaf packs (In the big brown truck, on its way to my doorstep)
-SYE
-Tom woods DS
-32"x11.5 bfg's (I already have these)
-new wheels
-rear locker
-new bumpers front and rear
-On board air
-hood vents or rear lift
-winch
-roof rack
-tool box fab job in the back w/ magnent drawers

Heres some pics of it the day i got it...

davy

Looks really clean, nice xj

grn99

Def. a nice clean start. Looking forward to your updates.

bigbadxj

did you go all the way over that pile of dirt or just go back? WHy you ask just to see if your like me I would have went over it just to see what would happen!

Six-Pack Smile

nice start to a sweet cherokee. newb had to say it. lol

miglia-spyder

UPDATES: LIFT...

Well when i got home on friday the UPS driver was in my driveway!! 3 days earlier than i expected...

So I threw it all in the jeep and head on over a friends race shop.

First off now that im almost done with it, I HATE UNIBODY WELDED NUTS!!!!

Problems:
1. Facotry hitch was a pain, but i only broke one welded nut.
2. Front leaf spring bolt. The nut broke the welds and we had to cut the little bubble in the frame open.
3. Adjustable control arms are harder than i thought they would be.
5. Adjustable trac bar, Still isnt in because i cant get it in the tapered hole
6. Broke the bottom shock stud off the axle bracket...Welded a new one on...

Suprises:
1. When we did the rear shocks i was just expecting them to all break at the top. Only to find that not one of them did!!!
2. How many people were willing to help me out! Thanks to everybody!!

Still to go:
1.T-case drop
2. Bleed the brakes (Speed Bleeders)
3. Half *** alignment... Just to make it to an alignment shop.

Pictures:
A couple days before i found some mud!

89PBR96

That your boy sleepin while you were workin on it lookin good man

miglia-spyder

Yeah, he had one to many... And it was 4 in the morning.... Were all pretty tired, its taken us about 3 days working from 4pm to 4am...

miglia-spyder

Well i drove it home last night.... I drove fine other than the alignment being way off, I didnt get a whole lot of driveline vibes. The only thing that scared me was the track bar. I guess it wasnt tight enough and was vibrating alot when at a nuetral state of G-force. It rides a little rougher than before, but i think that may have to do with the shocks (Rough Country NITRO) But i think once the springs settle, it should be ok.

Now i have to get some old 31s mounted on my stock wheels and get an alignment...

miglia-spyder

Well im all done with the lift!!! The jeep still had some vibration issues but its a lot better than it was. I guess the front pinion angle was to steep and it was binding, so after a little grinding it doesnt for now...

Here are a couple pictures from this weekend...
With the stock tires on it still....
With some toyo O/C's 31"s that i had sittin around...
And i had to break it in a little!!

a1racer

looks good now when you take it to get aligned have them do the caster with your new adjustable arms not the little adjusters on the back of the lower control arm but you might want to set your arm lenght before going in try this http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/..._Arm_Chart.htm

miglia-spyder

I actually already had it aligned and the guys at the shop did all the control arm stuff... I eyeballed it and then they tweaked it.

miglia-spyder

The jeep is now undergowing B.F.H reconstruction on the rear bumper!! Some old blue hair betty drove into it when it was parked in my road outside my house. My younger brother was about 10 feet away when it happend. He said she was going about 15 mph and after she hit the jeep, she just nailed the gas and proceeded to push the jeep up into my yard...
All i have to say is that its a good thing i just lifted it, or otherwise she would have smashed my hatch and probably broken the back window!
Then she backed up from beneath my jeep and drove off, even with my little brother chasing her on foot!!

Duncan1800

KILL.

Seriously, I don't care how old you are, how stupid is that?

Glad nothing's too damaged, though.

miglia-spyder

Yeah im gonna drive around the neighborhood today and do some searching for a brown Buick with red and black paint all over the hood!! Im still pretty heated about it, but i dont know if i could yell at an old lady haha... Ill just get her licsense plate number and give it to the fuzz, and let do the dirty work... i think drive-offs are pretty bad.