Dave's Gunmetal Pearl 99 Build
 

Maybe ill keep this thing long enough to constitue an actual build thread. Its been a year since ive had an XJ...and ive damn sure missed it.

As always, a run through of my Jeep history:

First ever Jeep, bought in late 2009, 88XJ:
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Went though a couple different lift setups, and did a paint job...when I sold the 88 this is what it looked like:
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Sold the 88 and bought this: 98 XJ:
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Spent a few bucks on tires/wheels and a 4.5" RE SuperFlex. Looked like this when I traded it off:
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Traded that black XJ for this and got rid of it fairly quick:
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Sold the Yota, and got this (bought it cheap with front end damage) 2000 XJ:
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After lots of blood, sweat, beer, and other miscellaneous necessities I ended with this:
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Infamous picture:
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Ended up thinking I wanted a wrangler, so traded the silver XJ for this 97 TJ:
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Found out quick I didnt want a Wrangler for lack of room, so the TJ got sold, and I picked up this gem. 98 2 door:
When I brought it home:
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Lowered it and went with some Mickey 33s:
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Ended up selling the 2 door to fund my wedding in September of 2013. I went jeepless until late NOV 2013 when I decided to buy a 99 WJ:
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Concluded it was going to be a bit too much work for me to get the WJ to stage 1 of my build plans...so started looking for anything that I could trade for. Picked up this 1991 YJ:
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Wheeled the YJ one time, and ended with failure, eventually recovered from this though:
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And here we are...traded the YJ on 7/25/14 for this 1999 XJ Gun-Metal Pearl:
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XJ current specs:
99 with a motor supposedly from a ZJ with 120k
Aw4
NP231
D30/29 spline 8.25 3.55s im guessing
6" RC Lift (Adjustable uppers and lowers with LCA drops, leafs + shackles, el cheapo shocks)
33" Procomp Extreme MTs (70% left)
Hanson??? Winch bumper
Clean interior, brand new rockford fosgate speakers all around, new kenwood head unit

Wow you've had a lot of jeeps. The 2 door is by far my favorite though. Shame you had to sell it.

This one may be my favorite

looks great, got amy plans to change up the suspension?

Yep...by fall I should have the money to.buy:
RE 5.5 coils
RE 3.5 leafs
RE boomerang shackles
RE double sheer TB and.bracket
And either RE mono tube shocks. ...or bilsteins
Illl be selling the current RC setup

I was really looking forward to you building a wj. Thanks for the disappointment.

Just so much to them...and I lost interest quick lol

Ya I found one built with a Clayton 6.5" L.A. kit on 35s with a dead motor for 4500 before I bought my xj the wife wasn't having it. Are you gonna 3 link this one?

Pending my budget holds up, yes.
Gonna be pulling EVERYTHING off this and selling...then going with RE 5.5 coils, RE 3.5 leafs a small shackle, bilstein 5100s, and the same 3 link that silver had.

That XJ looks very familiar. Oh wait....

:).

I'm looking forward to seeing what you do to it!

By by paint matched flares :(

I have to skip to end of your builds to make sure its not sold before I read them haha. JK
Thats a good looking rig. RE 5.5 sits perfect for either 33s or 35s IMO.

Have you thought about some shackle relocators they make a world of difference.

Nice build or builds for that matter. I've been debating on trading or selling my xj to pick up a wrangler TJ, but I do love the XJ because of all the room it has. Allows me to camp and sleep in the back. Was the TJ really that bad?

Not TERRIBLE...it was definately a cool ride, and was pretty capable even with just a 2" boost and 33s...
But the short wheel base, lack of cargo room really was a turn off.