2001 cherokee....needs name ideas
 

so right now this is my dd but i am getting a new ram in about two months so i am going to start modding my jeep more. right now i am at 4.5 with 33's but i am gonna go 6.5 here soon. i am going to make new bumpers and sliders, thinking 8.8 swap but i have an 8.25 so idk. i have a roof rack, bedlined rockers, grill gaurd, rear bumper. (was a swing down but now my tire is on the roof rack. not in pic) this may start slow but should get going quick once it starts. i will be buying front and rear fender skins and making fenders of some sort....let me know what you think of her so far and give me a few suggestions please:help: lol
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...NE/bigjeep.jpg
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...0727112011.jpg

here is the roof rack i made befor i put it on

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...0327111908.jpg

well today i added some shackles, i had full 4.5 inch packs and stock shackles. i went to the auto store and got 2 inch chevy lowering and with a little modifactaion to them im now at 6.5 in the rear. just need to find time to do the front cause i am leaving for rocks and vallys on Friday morning.

pics when its done

Sounds like a decent plan I wouldn't worry about upgrading your rear axle to the 8.8. If I'd do it I go 44's front and rear. I wouldn't mess with the 8.8 rear. But good luck with your build! Jeep looks good!

thanks! yea axles will be quite a ways off from now but just kinda throwing ideas out there. i need to make a front bumper and new rear bumper, that is probably next on the list. i start my first semester of college in about four weeks,so depending on how that goes will determine how fast the build goes.

Did you get the shackles from Autozone? I've heard they are decent and strong too. Nice jeep, I'll be reading....

i got them from o'rileys. yea they are 3/16's seem well built, all you need to do it grind the metal bushing down about 1/8 inch and put some some washers on the leaf side. took me about 20 mins from the time i jacked it up until i set in on the ground.

ok well i got the lift done the other day and i started to make a steering box brace.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...0808112016.jpg

Good looking jeep. Let us know how the steering brace works.

Very clean rig! I agree with Jeep 95 on the 8.25. If its 29spline.

thanks, and yea it is a 29 spline. looks alot dirtier in the pics than it is, i just washed it but have a limestone driveway so it gets all that white marks on it the first time you move it.

That sucks. 8.25 is one spline away from a 44. Very strong axle. I just did a swap from a D30 to a 8.25 a friend gave me. Check out my build. The only bad thing i have found so far is there is not a lot of aftermarket parts for the 8.25.

i have a 8.25 in my 2wd and i romp on it all the time, no problems

they are stronger than people give them credit for