Evilpopcorn's 1999 Jeep Cherokee
Just got her yesterday, figured I'd kick off a build thread. Its' gonna be slow though. Here she is!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...6b8f9d8e48.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...26a214ddd7.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...ca70c6cc95.jpg No name yet, I'm sure it'll come in time. It's a 1999 Cherokee Classic in "Gunmetal Pearl" : ~187,000 Miles I6 4.0HO AW4 NP242 C8.25 & D30HP It's got a few issues, nothing big. A bit of surface rust on the rockers, the valve cover has a very slow leak (nothing on the ground in 24 hours) and the driver side rear door needs some work on it's electric lock. Also- biggest issue, someone twisted the seat belt. |
Seat belt is fixed, but my fuel pump is out... so now the shop's dropping the fuel tank. New goodies though, hopefully I can get em on tomorrow-
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...632feb1fa9.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...7cf21324c6.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...5a20fd51d1.jpg |
Got (Mostly) everything on, so my tail gate now stays open, my interior lights are nice bluish LEDs, and my rear windows have visors on em... good thing I got them cheap because the front ones were impossible, they snapped into pieces. Also- my muffler was bad- so now I've got a Magnaflow under there!
Quick shout out for Snajo's LED set- https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f73/in...d-sets-188996/ |
Haven't done anything to the Jeep really... but I did get a few pics of my fun way home... I think this is as much as I can flex while stock...
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...b177d61af1.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...547f4e337e.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...853b151e60.jpg Almost hit my tailpipe, but it all cleared. |
Nice XJ and looks to be in great shape. I love the NP-242, and that would make an incredible daily driver with that transfer case. Nice Texas example for sure.
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Nice XJ man, good to see another local here :)
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Finally came up with a name- Cassy.
Also- poking around I found something interesting- the original inspection form from the factory, so now I know my Jeep's birthday: September 15, 1998. Also it was custom built for "Thomas Heider" Ordered a gas tank skid plate from Affordable Offroad, should be in soon! |
Clean xj
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Got my gas tank skid in a couple days ago, just waiting for my days off to paint it... hopefully I can do a good job of that.
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https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...a04ec51dcb.jpg
Sanded, cleaned and ready for paint... if it wasn't raining today. (I gotta buy some tarps for the garage... make myself a paint-booth) |
Very nice, clean, unmolested xj.
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Actually kinda got stuff done today! Not really... I wanted to get my skid plate on, but the hitch receiver decided it hated me, took all freakin day to get it off.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...1265ae8102.jpg Thing was covered in rust after the cleanup: https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...b8ac89ce7c.jpg And that's not even all of it, if anyone wants a free hitch receiver for an XJ (the bolts pretty much all broke... except the one that was completely stripped) it's free to haul off. ALSO- apparently I have a cut n fold mod in my future- https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.che...d45dec11c7.jpg So I guess I also have some JCR quarter panel armor with crappy paint jobs up for grabs... never got around to getting it blasted- paint peeled. |
Tried again to get my gas tank skid on... once again rust ruins my day- the gas tank heat shield won't come off, all the bolts are gone but the rust is acting like some kind of super glue. No matter how much I pry- it won't come loose... now it's just mangled back there. Yay. At least I'm tackling more rust issues, it's all in the back, everything else seems fine.
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how much lift you going for on this one?
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Love the color!
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