Hello. This is my jeep. owned since 2008. 4.0l, aw4, 242, 30/35 axles. 2.5"? lift, trimmed fenders, rancho stabilizers, powertrax locker, 2 electric fans, optima redtop, 32" bfg allterrains on black d-windows. for winter: 31" bfgallterrains with studs.

Plan is to maintenance it for the winter daily driving and for hunting trips and for longr expeditions to northern russia.

To do list: temporary rust repairs, cleaning wiring harness (i have removed ac/original fans/ABS), clean the interior trims and floormat, piaa/ipf/lightforce driving lights, hd steering stabilizer, sanden oba, new door/window seals.
Later: new black paint, new floors, box rockers, some kind of pullbar to protect coolers. towing points, some armoring.

Here it is 2009 in russian carelia as bought:




Before 2011


some progress:


Before


after (new 32"&steelies)





Somewhere near Murmansk/Russia in 2010:

 

new valve cover gasket. inside is really filthy.

 

couple pics more from russia

 

Looking good! How is the wheeling out there?

 

We have done couple of long trips to russian side with one car, so no recovery. Next time with a winch, hi lift and spare tire and more gaso no rock crawling for this jeep and i dont know too much about finnish off road scene. Mainly focusing this for expedition use. Eu laws are quite tight about modifying. More lifted/bigger wheel cherokees are impossible to get registered in here.

 

new waterpump and thermostat.

 

Looks fun!

 

Lots of fun there cant wait for next summer. and some 2-4 week trip. jeep has been a good choice! this is my first 4x4 vehicle, first we were lookin Land Cruisers and Defenders but then bougt this old jeep and its a keeper! (I hope you guys understand my english )

 

Lockers would be a great thing to have for yourself. Front and rear.

If you can get away with trimming your fenders you can fit bigger tires, if you can't drive on road with larger tires just get an extra set.

 

what front locker options do i have?

 

You have quite a few for the front. Not too many for the rear, since you've got a D35.

Powertrax is a common one, ARB is great (I have for my rear) but they are expensive. Search a bit, it really depends on what your looking for.

 

I have Powertax rear. front is open.

 

Quite a few guys here lock their D30s...

I'm saving my pennies to get the ARB for my front.

 

looks like some beautiful country to explore! Good looking rig too!

 

hello. this is what happened in early winter 2010. i hit a tree, new radiator was gone also ac, fans, unibody beam extend?, hood, fender and custom front bumber, front clip and hood hinges. Just one day after inspection.

replaced all with a secondhand parts exept new radiator, electric fans and trans oil cooler.















black and grey are my favourite colors on the cherokee btw